When uploading parameters to the Autodesk Cloud Parameter Service today, users have no way to choose which parameters to transfer when selecting 'active model'. Instead, they must resort to work-arounds:
Clean the model. Strip out every unwanted parameter so that only the ones you want remain, then upload.
Use a Shared Parameter file. But this sacrifices the convenience of the “Active Model” option (see red rectangle in screenshot).
Proposed Workflow
Upload to Cloud Parameter Service
- User selects Active Model (or Shared Parameter File / Text-File Import).
Ask user for confirmation to get all parameters from the model
Display a multi-select list of all shared parameters in the model.
Adjust Categories
Give the user the option to change the applied categories for each shared parameter (for example to add revit categories which become available in new revit versions.
Give the user the option to change standard categories in the properties menu, like Identity Data, Underlay, Graphics, etc.
Final Confirmation from the user to transfer the shared parameters to the Cloud Parameter Service
Steps 4–6 would also be useful when importing from a Shared Parameter file, as this format has no category-and-property metadata. (Or add an extra option to the import method where the user can select a textfile with the extra data (like category-and-property metadata)
