Displaying Stud Count within a Beam System Tag - can it be done??

[Anonymous]

I'm attempting to make my Beam System tags match my individual Beam tags and am running into an issue when it comes to displaying stud count. Currently I have a relatively simple beam tag family that displays the beam size and stud count after in parentheses (see picture). I use the "Beam Annotations" tool to then display the top-of-beam elevation below the tagged beam in plan.

For the project I'm working on, there are very long bays of beams framing between girders that I want to annotate using the beam system tag function. Since all beams within a system will have the same amount of shear studs welded on top, I'd like to display the stud count for said beams within the beam system tag. I've adjusted my beam system tag to display all the same information as the individual beam tags, but since there is no "stud count" parameter within the Structural Beam System tag editor, I'm looking for a way to accomplish this. Ideally the beam system tag would read, for example:

W10X17 (30) @ 5'-0"

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        111' - 10"

 Has anyone found a workaround for this or know some information about customizing tags that I don't? Any help would be appreciated.

[Ahmed_Muharram]

Hi 

You can add Elevation to the tag of Beam system like the photo attached 

After tagging the beam system, choose it and click on edit family 

at family editor, add label with parameter "Elevation"

in the place you need it at.

choose load into project then overwrite.

it should appear now as you need 

if it helped you please mark as solution.

[Tom_Kunsman]

But what about the studs and or camber? It does not appear there is any way when you place a beam system to select those options.

[Anonymous]

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@Ahmed_Muharram wrote:

Hi 

You can add Elevation to the tag of Beam system like the photo attached 

After tagging the beam system, choose it and click on edit family 

at family editor, add label with parameter "Elevation"

in the place you need it at.

choose load into project then overwrite.

it should appear now as you need 

if it helped you please mark as solution.

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As you can see from my picture, I've already displayed the elevation of the beam system in the tag. Like tkunsman says, stud count is what I'm aiming to display

[Ahmed_Muharram · Accepted solution]

You can add paremeter to the beam then
Add it as label
It should be shared parameter

[Ahmed_Muharram]

Can you add the revit file so that i can try to help you.

[Tom_Kunsman]

While this does work and will give one the desired result, IF the beam system is ever removed the individual beams will NOT have this parameter associated with them. I guess this is one reason (among others) that I do NOT use beam systems.

[Anonymous]

Though it's not a perfect solution, I'm just using the "Comments" parameter of the beam system to display the stud count for the whole beam system. Thanks for your help everyone.

[Ahmed_Muharram]

yes you are right 

you can use array instead

and i will try to think about another way