So this hopefully might be a simple question, but I'm new to scheduling/parameters in Revit, so any help is much appreciated.
To simplify this example, I have two different window types from two separate manufacturers. One of the the window manufacturers, let's call it A, includes a parameter in the window family type called "cladding material". The other window manufacturer, B, does not include a parameter called "cladding material". Now what we want to do is have one parameter column in the window schedule that specifies the material for the window cladding for all windows in the project, from both manufacturer A and B. However, right now the "cladding material" column in our window schedule only lists the material for windows made from manufacturer A, while windows from manufacturer B display as empty. What is the best way to get it so that we can just have one column in our schedule that displays the cladding material for all windows from any manufacturers, A and B, and any future C or D, etc.? Does my question make sense? Please let me know what to do, and let me know if you need any more information to answer my question. Thank you very much!
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Have you tried making the same parameter available in the family for 'B'
I think we tried but failed to do this. What is the correct way to do so? Thank you!
this is a shared parameter and you must export it first then add it to the other family. This is a must to have the same GUID and dont end up with 2 columns
Reload the family to the model...now both should share the same Material Parameter in the schedule
If you need them all to share the same material (example: Aluminum Blue) ...in the project, Link them all to a Global Parameter.
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Associate all the like Parameters to a Global Parameter that is of the Reporting kind.
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NEVERMIND, I think I figured it out! I just edited the family for the window, and changed the material parameter associated with the material of the component of the window, and it appears to work. Is that how you would advise doing it as well?
@RDAOU Okay, I actually have a follow up question now if you are up for helping again.
How do we "link" new parameters we create to the families in a way so that it actually changes the display output? To clarify, for these windows I'm working with, we have a new shared parameter called "interior material", and we can set it to any material we want, and that's what it shows in the schedule, which is great. But to make things more complicated, we'd like that parameter value to dictate the actual material of the window's interior, so that it shows up in a render. How would that work? As an example, I set the "interior material" parameter for the window to a green paint as a test, and I'd like to then see the window interior using that green paint material in the renderer (we use Enscape). How do I do this? Is it doable?
Thank you very much for all your help!
You can do the following:
Then paint the interior surface of the Extrusion or sweep. ... I have an old GIF I will look it up and post it
Edit see GIF (This is an In-Place family but the Same principle can be used in a window family)
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Here is another GIF also an old one from a previous post ... Paint parameter in a window
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LICEcap, Giphy, Snagit and Cloudapp
I use all the above...depending if I need editing or exporting to different format or just small/compressed captures
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