Graphics Programs Reference
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At first the formatting can be confusing, and if you don't have a cheat sheet,
it will be hard to remember it for the various parameters. However, if you
look closely, you are probably noticing a pattern; you can make sense out
of all this instead of just trying to remember it. Let's take a look at the
Duct Width parameter, for example. When you are creating this parameter,
you need to select options for Discipline (HVAC), Type Of Parameter (Duct
Size), Group Parameter Under, and whether it will be Instance or Type, as
shown in
Figure 6.11
.
Now look at the formatting for the preceding Duct
Width parameter again. You can see that the syntax is as follows:
<parameter name>
##
<Discipline_Type of Parameter>
##
units
.
OK, now this is a lot easier to understand and memorize than remembering
about a 100 different configurations.
Figure6.11
Parameter settings
You can create a type catalog by exporting parameters from a family. Note
that this method is not available in versions of Revit from 2011 and earlier,
so the previous method should be used. In more complex families
containing a lot of parameters that don't need to be controlled via a type
catalog, the previous method would still be more efficient. To create a type
catalog by exporting parameters from a family, do the following:
