Create Shared Parameters

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We're going to start creating our Room Data Sheets by first adding some parameters to our project.

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So, here I am in our project file. And our first step to creating our Room Data Sheets is to create a series of Shared Parameters.

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And these Shared Parameters are going to be used to store our program and our equipment information.

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And this is the information that's ultimately going to show up in our Room Data Sheets.

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So, to create the Shared Parameters, I'm gonna go up to the Manage tab, and I'm going to click on "Shared Parameters".

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And I'm gonna create a new Shared Parameter file.

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Click on the "Create" button. And then I browse to the folder where I want to keep my Shared Parameter file.

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I'm gonna name this "Room Data Sheets", and then I click "Save".

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So, right now, I'm just gonna create a few Shared Parameters.

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But I want to group them into special category, so it makes it easier to keep track of which parameter belongs where.

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So, I'm gonna create a group by clicking on the "New" button. And I'm going to call this group "Program" and I click "OK".

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And I can see that that parameter group shows up here in the drop-down.

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Now I'm going to create another group and I'm gonna call this "Equipment".

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So, now that I have my two groups, I can create the Shared Parameter and put it inside of that group.

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So, I'm gonna select "Program" as my parameter group and I'm going to create a new parameter.

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Now, I'm gonna call this parameter "Program Area".

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The Discipline will be set as "Common". The Type of Parameter is going to be "Area".

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And I'm gonna click "OK".

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Now I'm gonna change my Parameter Group to Equipment and I'm going to create a new parameter.

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I'm gonna call this one 240 volt, and I will use this to determine whether or not the room requires 240 volt or has 240 volt equipment.

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So, this is going to be Discipline set to Common, and the Type of Parameter is going to be Yes/No.

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And then I click "OK". And I'm gonna go ahead and create one more parameter.

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I'm gonna set this in the Program Group. I'm gonna click on New and we'll call this Program Comments.

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So these will be any kind of comments that we want to add that specific to the building program.

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And I'm gonna set this type of parameter to Text and I click "OK".

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So now I can see under the Program Parameter Group, I have Program Area, Program Comments.

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And then under Equipment, right now, all I have this 240 volts.

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So, that's enough to get us started. I'm gonna Click "OK".

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Now to connect these Shared Parameters to our project, I'm going to go to the Project Parameters icon.

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I click on that and I'm going to add our Shared Parameters as Project Parameters.

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So, I click the Add button and I'm gonna choose the Parameter Type to be Shared Parameter.

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Now I click the select button and this pops open the Shared Parameters dialog.

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So, these are the parameters that I just created. So, I'll choose Program Area first.

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And then I choose the category that I want to apply the parameter to.

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So, we're gonna be applying all of these parameters to the Room category.

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So, I find it here in the list and I'm going to set these as Instance Type Parameters.

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And then I choose where I want a group the parameter under.

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I'm going to set all of these under the other category.

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But you could choose any category you want.

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Then I click "OK". And now I see that Program Area has been added as a Project Parameter.

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Now I'm going to do the same thing for the other Shared Parameters.

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Going to select, under Program, we'll add Program Comments.

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I click "OK". That's set for an Instance Parameter.

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I'm going to group it under Other and then I choose the Room category again.

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And I click "OK". Now for the last one, I'm gonna click again Add, I choose Shared Parameters.

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I'm going to select our 240 volts, click "OK". I'm gonna group this under Other and then I choose the Room category.

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And I click "OK". And lastly, I just click "OK" to add the Shared Parameters to our project.

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So, now if I go to a Floor Plan and I select a Room object,

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I can see my Program Area, Program Comments and our 240 volt parameter grouped in the Other category as I set it up.

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Now it's your turn to give it a try.

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Download the sample Revit file for this course if you haven't done so already.

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And then next I want you to add the following parameters to the Shared Parameter file.

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Add a Program Category, Medical Gasses, Television and Equipment Comments.

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Once you've done that, add the new parameters to the Project Parameters in the sample file.

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You group them in the Other category like we did in the video.

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Make sure you set these as Instance Parameters.

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And then once you've done all that, check a room to make sure that the parameters were added correctly.

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You should see the parameters in the Properties window.