Hi all!
I'm working for a security consulting firm and I'm using Revit 2011 MEP.
We have multiple linked Revit files for the other disciplines (arch shell, arch core, site, IT etc...) and needed a way to be able to add and schedule parameters for linked instances of doors that require access control hardware. In order to do this we created face-based door families with no geometry and only parameters (yes/no parameters for each of the different access control hardware needed in this project). We have placed our "hardware" families on the faces of the doors requiring access control hardware and set the Mark value to the same as the door that it associated with - which allowed for us to schedule our hardware in a door schedule that includes all of the doors in the project (doors with hardware were duplicated in the schedule obviously). This worked fine for us until we realized that if the mark value of the associated door from the arch models is changed, then our hardware family's mark value must be manually changed to reflect that change - a MAJOR pain in the ass if you can imagine!
So what I was wondering about is if there is any way to set a parameter formula to drive the mark value of our hardware family by the mark value of the host door from the linked files? If not, have you any suggestions for alternative solutions? I'm guessing that there isn't because our hardware family is not hosted/associated with the door itself, but rather just the face of the door... therefor I am open to any possible solutions to this issue.
Any help what-so-ever will be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
-Kcaparella
I'm working for a security consulting firm and I'm using Revit 2011 MEP.
We have multiple linked Revit files for the other disciplines (arch shell, arch core, site, IT etc...) and needed a way to be able to add and schedule parameters for linked instances of doors that require access control hardware. In order to do this we created face-based door families with no geometry and only parameters (yes/no parameters for each of the different access control hardware needed in this project). We have placed our "hardware" families on the faces of the doors requiring access control hardware and set the Mark value to the same as the door that it associated with - which allowed for us to schedule our hardware in a door schedule that includes all of the doors in the project (doors with hardware were duplicated in the schedule obviously). This worked fine for us until we realized that if the mark value of the associated door from the arch models is changed, then our hardware family's mark value must be manually changed to reflect that change - a MAJOR pain in the ass if you can imagine!
So what I was wondering about is if there is any way to set a parameter formula to drive the mark value of our hardware family by the mark value of the host door from the linked files? If not, have you any suggestions for alternative solutions? I'm guessing that there isn't because our hardware family is not hosted/associated with the door itself, but rather just the face of the door... therefor I am open to any possible solutions to this issue.
Any help what-so-ever will be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
-Kcaparella
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