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However,Revitwillmakeabestguess,placingtheHVAC/Airflowparameter
into the Mechanical - Airflow group or the Electrical/Luminous Flux
parameter into the Photometrics group, for example. The user can override
this but should consider other users and content creators. If you are using
shared parameters, it may well be a best practice to accept the defaults,
unless the company documentation is very good. This will lead to less
confusion because coworkers will know where to find similar data in
families and projects.
Figure 6.7
Parameter groups
The option for grouping parameters is sometimes confusing to people
because they think that it is related to the Type Of Parameter setting. The
Group Parameter Under setting does not have any bearing on the Type Of
Parameter and Discipline settings, so you could have a Duct Size parameter
thatisplacedintheIdentityDatagroup.Parametergroupingisanotherarea
in which being consistent is important to improved workflow and efficiency.
You want to be able to find your parameters in the same location for each
family while editing in your model. If you are not going to use the default
for Group Parameter Under all the time, it may be a good idea to take it a
step further and create a company-standard document that outlines what
Type Of Parameter setting goes in what Group Parameter Under setting. By
finding the same parameters always in the same group, your users will be
more efficient and comfortable with your company families.
NewtoRevitMEP2015istheabilitytoeithersortparametersalphabetically
(Ascending or Descending) or move them by using the additional buttons
available in the Family Types dialog, as shown in
Figure 6.8
. When new
parameters are added to a new family, they are automatically sorted
alphabetically. If a family is upgraded from a previous version, the user then
