Setup

The Room & Area Sync tool for Revit from Autodesk will allow you to Quickly apply a standard set of parameters to all your Rooms and Areas and sync the data between them.

Setup will add parameters and data to Rooms and or Areas in the active model. It will also save the configuration to an external file to use in other Revit models. This does not need to be used before using the Synchronize tool, however some features in Synchronize will not be available if Setup is not run.

Setup Step 1 has four primary steps:

1. Summary of the currently selected configuration.
2. Option to go through the Room & Area Sync tool Setup with no preconfigured settings.
3. Option to load an already created configuration file. The subsequent steps in the Room & Area Sync tool will have the settings from that configuration prepopulated, but changes can be made before Setup is run.
4. Navigation and Action buttons are context sensitive throughout the tool.

Step 2 identifies a Revit shared parameter file. In the next step, parameters from this file can be selected to add to Rooms and/or Areas.

1. Browse... button to navigate to and select the shared parameter file.
2. The currently selected shared parameter file. If Start From Scratch is selected in Step 1, this area will be empty until a file is selected.

Step 3 identifies the parameters Setup will add to elements.

1. Select if parameters will be added to Rooms and/or Areas
2. The list of parameters found in the selected shared parameters file. The groups can be expanded or compressed. To select a parameter for inclusion, click the "+" next to it
3. Parameters added from area 2 will be listed here. They can be removed individually by pressing the "X" next to them or the entire list can be cleared by clicking RESET LIST

Step 4 assigns default values for the new parameters, if desired. The only required setting is to assign a parameter group for each parameter in the Group Under column.

1. If both the Standardized Data Tool Number and Description are used, this character is used to concatenate the two values.
2. The parameter group for the parameter. This value is required.
3. The default value to fill in the parameter when created. Manual input in this field is allowed.
4. To use the Standardized Data Tool value, click the ellipsis button, check one of the options identifying if the value should include the Number and/or Description, then click "Choose value from Standardized Data Tool data". This will open the database and allow the desired value to be selected. It will then be copied to Default Value field.

Step 5 provides a summary and a means to save the configuration for later use before running the tool.

1. A summary of the settings
2. Export Settings... will open a dialog box to save an XML file with the settings configured in the prior steps. Note that it does not save new copies of the shared parameter file or the Standardized Data Tool database. It is recommended to have copies of these in a defined location that the Room & Area Sync tool configuration is able to access if

For more information, sample files, and downloads, visit the Room & Area Sync page on the Autodesk Interoperability Tools website.