Use shared parameters in key schedules to populate and change properties on elements in your models.
Shared instance parameters associated with categories now appear as available fields when creating a key schedule for that category. You can also add shared parameters to the category when you create a key schedule. The use of shared parameters in key schedules allows the possibility of a key schedule to drive geometry or control visibility in families. Use shared parameters in families, and then include the shared parameter in a key schedule to control family geometry using the key schedule.
Assign Keys to Elements
When a key is applied to an element, properties assigned by the key become read-only in the Properties palette. Parameter values aligned with the key value display "=" to the right of the value. Parameter values that cannot be aligned with the key value display "≠".
- Project Parameters - Blank/Null values for a modifiable value in a key schedule are maintained when the key is assigned to an element.
- Project Shared Parameters - Blank/Null values for a modifiable value in a key schedule are maintained when the key is assigned to an element.
- Family Shared parameters - In most cases, a default value is required. If a default value is not defined in the key schedule, the default value from the family type is used when the key is assigned. For parameter types that do not require a default value, empty values (for keys assigned to an element) display as blank in the key schedule.
Remove Keys from Elements
- Air Systems
- Electrical Circuits
- Electrical Equipment
- HVAC Zones
- Plumbing Fixtures
- Spaces
- System-Zones
- Water Loops
- Areas
- Materials
- Rooms
- Structural Connections
See Shared Parameters, Create a Key Schedule, and Apply a Key to an Element.
This feature was suggested by customers on the
Ideas forum and is described on the
product road map.