Shared Parameters are parameter definitions stored in an external text file.
Shared Parameters
The definitions are identified by a unique identifier generated when the definition is created and can be used in multiple projects.
The main objects associated with shared parameters are:
- DefinitionFile - represents a shared parameters file on disk
- DefinitionGroup - group of shared parameters which are organized into meaningful sets
- ExternalDefinition - represents a shared parameter definition, belongs to a DefinitionGroup
- ExternalDefinitions - supports the creation of new shared parameters definitions
- Binding - binds a parameter definition to one or more categories
- BindingMap - contains all the parameter bindings that exist in the Autodesk Revit project
- ParameterElement - stores information about a particular user-defined parameter in the document
- SharedParameterElement - derived from ParameterElement, stores the definition of a shared parameter
The following sections describe how to gain access to shared parameter definitions through the Revit Platform API, including how to get a shared parameter definition and bind it to Elements in certain Categories.
To access Shared Parameters after they are defined and bound to categories, see
Parameters.