beam system tags

[haydenwse]

Is there any way to list the number of beams in a beam system tag?  I am working on a project that has lots of different sized systems in it would be nice to have it list the quantity.

[Anonymous]

Yes, you can abuse RST Schedule feature.

[haydenwse]

How do you do it?  I have gone into the family editor for the beam system tag an it doesn't have a parameter for number of beams, count or anything like that.  the number of members shows up in the beams system properties dialog box but I can't find similar info in the tag.

[Anonymous]

Do you want to show the actual quantity in the Beam Tag?  For example, W10x12 (22), which would denote that you had 22 W10x12's in the project?  

[haydenwse]

Yes, that is exactly what I need.  Can it be done?

[Anonymous]

I meandered about the web at lunch - and found a topic where they created a shared parameter and placed the shared parameter in a tag as part of label.  

http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/families/

and

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-create-shared-parameters-revit-architecture-255295/

I need to get back to "work" no more exploring the wonderful, wacky world of Revit - but maybe you can cull some wisdom from the videos. 

Mike

[Anonymous]

Still not what you want, but I created a shared parameter and added the shared parameter to the beam system tag.  You have to manually enter the quantity in the properties, so it's not auto-magic. 

Anyway, my Revit "play-time/lunch-time" is over, back to the real world. 

Good luck.

Mike

[haydenwse]

i was able to do that as well but it is really frustrating to have a quantity listed in the perameters dialog box and not be able to list it in a tag.  As Charlie Brown would say, AAAAHHHHHH

[mwrhalliday]

I am having the same issue my firm uses the following format to label joists on our drawings:

TYPE MARK QUANTITY @ SPACING = TOTAL EXTENT

We have to workout and enter the quantity manually which is not desirable. My next step is to look at the Revit API and see if I can do it that way. It's annoying that revit works out the amount bit doesn't make it directly available.

I will be sure to share my code if u can get it working.

Mike.

[haydenwse]

Thanks.

This is just as frustrating as Revit not being "able" to calculate the CG of an element.