Wall layers and materials

[DParkRMAK]

I am developing a wall tag that will list the materials within a wall, floor, ceiling, or roof to match the company standards and I have a couple of questions for everyone.

I have not been able to reference the actual layers of a wall but I attached attributes to my walls, floors, ceilings, and roofs to reference the materials that are selected in the wall type.  I had hoped I would be able to link the wall layers directly to the tag but that doesn't seem possible. The tag works as intended but I have to assign the tagable  materials separately from the wall layers. I can live with this if I have to but would rather not have to duplicate things. Is there a way to link the wall layers to my materials?

My next question is about how Revit handles the materials that I assign to my walls etc. My tag is set up to fill in up to 10 layers in the tag. The material list is blank until I select a material. If I need to remove a selection and make a previously filled selection blank, the only option is to set that material to by category. When this happens <BY CATEGORY> appears in the list. There is no option to leave it blank once something has been selected. Is there any way to clear these selections and make them blank?

See attached snip for how the tags are set up and intended to be used.

Thanks

[ToanDN]

No.  You could create Parts and stack a bunch of Part tags together, keep one leader only.

[DParkRMAK]

Is that 3 part tags? That is not much better than manual text. My tag looks exactly how we want it to and will list the wall components predefined in the wall, floor, roof, or ceiling with a single pick. It can be tagged in different views to suit our drawing standards. I am looking at dynamo for a solution but know nothing of Dynamo.  I think Dynamo will do what I am looking for.

[ToanDN]

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@DParkRMAK wrote:

Is that 3 part tags? That is not much better than manual text. My tag looks exactly how we want it to and will list the wall components predefined in the wall, floor, roof, or ceiling with a single pick. It can be tagged in different views to suit our drawing standards. I am looking at dynamo for a solution but know nothing of Dynamo.  I think Dynamo will do what I am looking for.

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Really?  You meant it will list anything you manually typed in the wall type?

[DParkRMAK]

My tag reads the material parameters I created. I set up material names to read the way I want in the list. I use these materials in my wall layers. I input the same materials to match the wall layer materials in my custom parameters. I am hoping to be able to read the wall materials and link my parameters to the wall layer materials so I don't have to put them in manually. If I can't link them it isn't a huge deal because this will be predefined in my template.

My experience with parts is limited. Is it possible to group the parts of a wall and tag them with a single tag that shows the list of materials?

[DParkRMAK · Accepted solution]

https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=7780462665166729539&appLang=en&os=Win64&autostart=t...

This app does exactly what I am looking for.

[GJennings-BM]

It is possible and quite easy to use Revit Lookup Tables for handling multilayer tagging of any assembly in Revit.  This works for all building elements, MEP, finishes, or just about anything you can think of.   We use a concept called face based Data Cubes and link Revit Lookup Tables to a Data Cube family.  Based upon the wall type, the Data Cube will report all of the assembly information without you having to write tons of data into your project files.  You can update an entire project with hundreds of assemblies just by updating a single Data Cube family.   

Here is a link to a video to show how this can all be easily achieved and keep your models and your work simple.

https://youtu.be/NiWR2pYtT6w