Custom Rebar Shapes - Length names

[koen_weijman69ME9]

Hello,

I am modelling rebar in a custom shaped wall.

For this shape I need a custom rebar shape. When I sketch this shape it works fine, but the names of the length parameters are not how I want it to be. Normally they are named alphabetically which is desired, but in this case I get the following result (A; B; E; Length 2):

What is happening here? I can see in the properties that other non-visible lengths are at play. Can I change the order of this manually? I need this to get a proper bending detail schedule.

Thank you for looking in to it in advance!

[jay_colcombe · Accepted solution]

Are you using an Addin or user defined Rebar Families?  

On Revit 2025 my Properties for a similar shape are as below for a bar drawing in a section (planar) and ordered very differently and grouped in different Group Headings?

You can also review the Bending Detail for more clarity on the dimensional references in the Properties Palette

[rafael.marinGFHRP]

hi, i don't know which version you are but i made a rebar by sketch, first i put a single one 

them i double click and fill the lines

if u click on the rebar and go on bendin detail it should be ok without lenght 1 or 2

also u can change it by just clicking on the rebar and changing it number

hope it helps 🙂 im using newest version of revit, 2025.3

[koen_weijman69ME9]

Hello Jay, thank you for your fast reply. I believe I use a family that my company made, and that family glitches sometimes when I change the sketch of the rebar shape into a shape that doesn't exist already. When I want to edit the family, Revit crashes, so I can't change the Labels.

I resorted to editing a Rebar Shape family to exactly the profile that I want to use, and now I have a functioning shape with A, B, C and D as length labels. 

Bit of a workaround I'm not totally happy with, but it works!