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Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:59:22 AM | parameters for embedded families

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Hi.  I am using Revit 2009.  My question concerns families with imbedded families (components).  I have designed an elevated walkway module which is made up of a floor piece cradled between 2 posts.  The posts are an imbedded family containing the wooden post with steel wire threaded through acting as the guard rail.  I have put YES/NO parameters for both the post and the wires in the POST family.  I am free to turn these off and on when I am in the MODULE family, however in my project, I have no access to this parameter.  Should I have not built the post in a second family and built the module all in the same family?   

I have set another YES/NO parameter in the MODULE family for the entire POST family (wires + post) so I can turn them off and on, but if I would like to turn only the wires off, while keeping the post, I can't. I feel the only way to do it without building it all together is to setup different family types for each situation, but it would be much easier if I could access each part seperately.  I have attached the 2 families.

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Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:05:43 AM | parameters for embedded families

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Is it that I used type parameters and not shared parameters?

 

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Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:14:14 AM | parameters for embedded families

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In your H E L P ,  check out "nested parameters".

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Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:34:27 PM | parameters for embedded families

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"nested parameters" doesn't seem to be a category in either the index or search.  I did find  "nested family" and "shared family"

I've gotton it so I can tab select the subcomponent  while in the project (by checking shared in the "family categories and parameters for the family--However, I can't change any of the parameters (they are all greyed out)


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Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:44:56 PM | parameters for embedded families

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Where are you looking? see screenshot!

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Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:06:25 PM | parameters for embedded families

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Also check out this great tutorial from Mr Spot that walks you through this process ... and the tutorial was right here in the tutorals area:  http://www.revitcity.com/tutorials/arrays_and_nested/

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