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Sort project parameters like family parameters

Sort project parameters like family parameters

Allow to change order or A-Z (Z-A) sorting for project parameters 

 

Now it is complicated to fill non sorted user parameters

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dfoth
Advocate

BUMP! I have a few families that have over 100 calculation parameters. Before you are quick to judge, my families run fine and are small in file size, they just have a lot of parameters.  The issue is, Revit recalculates the entire family after each time the push parameter up or down button is clicked. It takes minutes just to get one parameter in the spot where I want it. Can we please get the unlock, drag, & relock feature I mention above?  

Helen_Gilfoy
Observer

Currently system families only support displaying the order of the parameters as A to Z, Z to A and default. Please include Move Up and Move Down options to reorder the parameters as required.

 

Helen_Gilfoy
Observer

This feature was requested as site fixers are using Tablets with the Revit model in a viewer to fix steel and wanted to view specific properties of the rebar in the Properties dialog. Our customer is wanting to move away from paper documentation to a digital world.

Status changed to: Implemented

We are pleased to say that this has been implemented in Revit 2025! Thank you for your contribution to improving Revit!

Help | Sorting Parameters Alphanumerically | Autodesk

 

 -The Factory

curtisridenour
Advisor

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones does the 2025 implementation actual include being able to manually sort like in families? We have been down this road before in 2024.

dfoth
Advocate

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones & @curtisridenour 
The parameter sorting in families is not the greatest.  Does the new option give us the ability to drag and drop the parameters rather than clicking the up and down buttons?

curtisridenour
Advisor

@dfoth I 100% agree with you.

dfoth
Advocate

@curtisridenour & @kimberly_fuhrman-jones 
Yes I posted this back in November 2023. 

 

"BUMP! I have a few families that have over 100 calculation parameters. Before you are quick to judge, my families run fine and are small in file size, they just have a lot of parameters.  The issue is, Revit recalculates the entire family after each time the push parameter up or down button is clicked. It takes minutes just to get one parameter in the spot where I want it. Can we please get the unlock, drag, & relock feature I mention above?"

 

Families and Project Parameters would be best if they had a unlock/lock then drag and drop function. Perhaps the unlock/lock function could be a UI button that you click or it could be a keyboard button that you hold while clicking on parameters.

curtisridenour
Advisor

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@curtisridenour ,

 

I am checking with the product team. Thank you for the reminder!

Status changed to: Accepted

Our mistake. Not completely implemented yet. Apologies for my humanness! 😕

dfoth
Advocate

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones 

😊 no worries. I think we're all appreciative that Autodesk is listening. 

SBI_R_Kostenko_HKLS
Participant

Hello AU Community,

Previously, all created parameters were sorted according to the creation date.

From Revit 2024 all parameters are sorted alphabetically. This applies to both type parameters and instance parameters in the Properties palette. Alphabetical sorting is always to each parameter group. However, the built-in parameters in the group are not affected.

Unfortunately, there is currently no way to manually sort project parameters. Or at least enable a sorting rule by creation date.
New alphabetical approach, erases all erlier configured templates. And it makes an critical impact on data representation from Engineering and Management poit of view in the Projects after their update to Revit 2024.

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johnarv3
Participant

This is an old subject but still needs attention; 

It's now possible to sort default og alpabethically within the groups, but the groups themselfs are still locked.  

(and it would be nice to be able to set a user-decided sorting also for both groups and parameters).

 

see example. Yellow can be sorted to (some degree):

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