Forums >> Revit Building >> Technical Support >> RAC 2013 - Transfering wall parameters between projects

jessewalt

active

Joined: Thu, Oct 11, 2012
2 Posts
No Rating

I've run into a bit of a pickle, and I'm curious if anyone knows of a way to get this to work.

I am working on a campus plan with several buildings, each building is broken out into a seperate project, however the deliverables will combine all of the buildings into one set of documents, so wall types and other common elements need to be scheduled into one file.  What I've done is created one "master project" file which has all of the buildings linked into it for the purposes of scheduling these items, and maintaining master copies of all wall, window and door types that are shared amongst the buildings.  I've also created a series of text parameters for things the client requires to be scheduled; for instance maximum stud spacing and maximum wall height.

The issue I'm having is that while I can transfer the text parameters from the master project file into the individual projects, if I make a change to the master file and attempt to overwrite the (for example) wall family in the individual projects, the text information is not updating.  Is there a way to get this to work?  or am I going to be stuck managing these text parameters individually?

I have tried them as both Project Type Parameters, and shared type parameters with the same result.

Thanks

This user is offline

WWHub

site moderator|||

Joined: Tue, May 16, 2006
13079 Posts

Depending on size, these may have been better in one file.

I don't see any way of updating common elements short of modifying them individually or using cut / paste.  For wall types, you can name the old walls xxx-old, copy paste the new in then right click on one old wall, select all in the model, and change them to the new wall and delete the old from the browser.  Relatively easy.

If you are using material tags, they will get lost - no way around that.

This user is offline

jessewalt

active

Joined: Thu, Oct 11, 2012
2 Posts
No Rating

They buildings are too big and too complex for one file.  I think I found a solution though.  If I use transfer project standards for the Wall types and Project parameters at the same time, it seems to consistently overwrite the text parameters with the new information... at least so far as I've been able to test.

This user is offline

transfering roof sweep profiles

2

model transfering to 3d studio

0

Transfering model groups

6

Trouble with curtain wall panel parameters - 2013

6

"auto" open in Revit 2012, when you have both 2012 and 2013

4