What is Shared Parameter Manager? Shared Parameter Manager Defined RTV Shared Parameter Manager for Autodesk® Revit®, automates the process of creating and editing Shared Parameters in Autodesk® Revit®. RTV Shared Parameter Manager is ideal for Architects, Interiors Designers, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Visualization Artists using Shared Parameters in Autodesk® Revit®. RTV Shared Parameter Manager is ideal for Architects, Interiors Designers, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Visualization Artists using Shared Parameters in Autodesk® Revit®. Shared Parameter Manager Features Include Create, Edit, Rename and Delete single or multiple parameters from Autodesk® Revit® project files and Families. Replace and substitute existing shared parameters with new shared parameters across single or multiple Autodesk® Revit® project files and Families.. Exchange parameters without loosing existing stored or ...
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For some of our RTV Tools products you will need to install and configure an SQL server to store database information. You can download required installation files from the following links; SQL Server 2012 R2: click here. SQL Server 2008 R2: click here. For guidance on the configuration setup of the SQL server please see the below PDF document. SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition Installation
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In order for Shared Parameter Manager to manage your Shared Parameter files you will need to define the various parameter files to be actively managed and then import the parameters themselves from those files to the SPM SQL database. Your Revit application itself must of course have a default Shared Parameter File defined as the current parameter file, therefore when you launch SPM you will see that same parameter file and location already listed on the Settings Tab of the Ribbon. In addition to that if you have other Shared Parameter files then you will need to load those into SPM also to define them and manage them.
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When you have large amounts of Shared Parameters being managed by SPM knowing how to manipulate the Main User Interface Data Grid can make finding required Parameters a lot quicker and easier. Some useful Data Grid functionality includes; Group by Shared Parameter File Group by Column Headers Re-order columns Filter the view / columns Use the dynamic search function To Group by any of the Column Headers simply drag the column header up into the Dark Grey area directly above the Column headers in order of Hierarchy. You can re-order columns if required by simply dragging the column header to the desired position in the main data grid. In order to Dynamically Filter and search the data grid first turn ...
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With RTV Tools Shared Parameter Manager you can manager your Shared Parameter files that Revit uses for both Project Parameters and Family Parameters. You may have more than one Shared Parameter File present within your organisation however Revit of course can only reference a single parameter .txt file at a time. Using Shared Parameter manager you can manage multiple parameter .txt files stored in the SQL database, create new Shared Parameters, Import/Export Shared Parameters, and even Move / Copy / Clone Shared Parameters within the same Shared Parameter File or between Shared Parameter Files. In order to Manage multiple Parameter Files you must add them via the Manage Shared Parameter Files dialog as per below which will then add them ...
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With Shared Parameter Manager you can generate a new Shared Parameter text file (.txt) and the Shared Parameters contained within that file in order to be referenced and used by Revit. To create a New Shared parameter File click the Define button from the Settings tab of the ribbon to launch the Manage Shared Parameter Files dialog box and then click the Add button and define the network location where the resulting .txt file is to be saved. New: click to enter a file name and location to generate the new .txt file for Shared Parameters Add: click to browse for another existing Shared Parameter .txt file to be Added to Shared Parameter Manager SQL database Delete: click to delete ...
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With Shared Parameter Manager you can import Parameters from an existing Shared parameter .txt file to be stored in the SQL database. Once the parameters have been imported to the SQL database you can then easily Manage the parameters to make any required changes to the Shared parameter itself, change the parameter grouping, copy, move or clone the parameter to another Shared Parameter file as required. Click the Import From button on the Shared Parameters Tab of the ribbon Select the Import from Shared Parameter File option as shown below and then browse to the Shared Parameter File required to import the Parameters from. Once Imported the Shared Parameters will then appear in the data grid as per below example.
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In Addition to Importing Parameters from an existing Shared Parameter File you can also Import directly from the current open Revit Project file into Shared Parameter Manager. Click the Import From button on the Shared Parameters Tab of the ribbon Select the Import from Current Revit Project option as shown below and then browse to the Shared Parameter File required to import the Parameters from. Once Imported the Shared Parameters present in your current Revit Project file will then appear in the data grid as per below example. In the ‘Group’ column any imported parameters from a project will be grouped under ‘Imported from project’ by default however you can edit the grouping of these parameters as required. Note: the ...
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In Addition to Importing Parameters from an existing Shared Parameter File you can also Import any ‘shared parameters’ directly from the current open Revit Family file into Shared Parameter Manager. Click the Import From button on the Shared Parameters Tab of the ribbon Select the Import from Current Revit Family option as shown below and then browse to the Shared Parameter File required to import the Parameters from. Once Imported the Shared Parameters present in your current Revit Family file will then appear in the data grid as per below example. In the ‘Group’ column any imported parameters from a project will be grouped under ‘Imported from family’ by default however you can edit the grouping of these parameters as ...
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In Addition to Importing Parameters from an existing Shared Parameter File you can also Import any ‘shared parameters’ directly from a specified Revit Family directory or a selected Revit Family File into Shared Parameter Manager. Click the Import From button on the Shared Parameters Tab of the ribbon Select the Import Revit Families in folder or selected option as shown below and then browse to the Shared Parameter File required to import the Parameters from. If you want to import Shared parameters contained in multiple files from a specified Folder location then you can simply define the required folder directory as per below example and include for any Sub-folders if applicable. Alternatively instead of importing from multiples files in the ...
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