sfassnacht
2011-04-21, 01:29 PM
We are developing a database dump of items and materials to work with our in-house estimating and materials management software. I want to be able to create or pull the sub-category from an object.
I can see this parameter with the Revit lookup add-in but am having difficulty grabbing this through our collection tool. I can easily grab instance and type parameters but the sub-category is buried deeper it seems.
Does anybody know if there is any way to apply a parameter to the family or project level that reads this information or will I need to add a dummy parameter and manually type this in?
Basically I want a type parameter that shows the sub-category info assigned at the family level and I don't want to type this in for each family but rather add a parameter to pull this info. Or if someone knows an easier way to get this info from an element, that would be a great help.
Thanks
I can see this parameter with the Revit lookup add-in but am having difficulty grabbing this through our collection tool. I can easily grab instance and type parameters but the sub-category is buried deeper it seems.
Does anybody know if there is any way to apply a parameter to the family or project level that reads this information or will I need to add a dummy parameter and manually type this in?
Basically I want a type parameter that shows the sub-category info assigned at the family level and I don't want to type this in for each family but rather add a parameter to pull this info. Or if someone knows an easier way to get this info from an element, that would be a great help.
Thanks