Is it possible to schedule openings?

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I'm trying to set up a roof opening schedule for our office template. I thought I'd be smart and add project parameters to the opening category. Two problems: (1) If I create an opening, my parameters do not appear in the element properties, and (2) apparently you can not schedule openings.

I was kind of hoping to get around #2 by creating a multi-category schedule (where only openings would have the requisite fields), but I now doubt that would work, even if I could get the parameters to "stick" to the openings category. As a test, I created a multi-category schedule with "Category" as a field, but I can not create a filter based on a category of "Opening" -- even though the test project has several different kinds of openings (Opening by Face, Vertical Opening, Wall Opening, Shaft Opening, etc.).

Am I overlooking something, or are #1 and #2 just fundamental limitations of Revit?

Scott Johnson, Ph.D.
CAD Manager
Richard L. Bowen + Associates

[SkiSouth]

See attached. A roof hosted void.

[sven.129574]

Thanks, Skisouth. I developed a similar workaround on my own (i.e., making a new family based on a Generic Model instead of trying to get an Opening to behave). Except that I wasn't able to create a void that could cut a roof. Seeing your example, I was able to see what to try again, and now I can get it to work. Thanks again.