Scheduling the level a mass is placed on

[davidwlight]

I think the answer is "no", but does anybody know how to schedule the level a mass is placed on? I can see it in the properties of the mass, but can't actually seem to get this to appear in the schedule. I can create a generic model "mass" family and get this to schedule out based on the level it was created, but then I loose the massing functionality of floors areas etc. Although various shared parameters and calculated formuals allow be to work this out.

[dhulsberg]

I have been using the mass floor for scheduling masses. After you've created your mass you as associate a "mass floor" to a specific level. I'll use this mass floor to schedule all of my shared parameters, area,...etc. If you copy this mass to another floor it will link itself to the floor in which you've copied to.
Hope this is helpful.

[dbaldacchino]

Pretty ironic that there is a parameter for the Schedulable level. Must be incomplete functionality started by the "Elevation Tag" guy ;)

I think to a certain extent it makes sense that a mass' level cannot be scheduled as masses typically span multiple floors. It's the mass floors that could be scheduled. I'm not really trying to justify why it doesn't work, but I really cannot come up with any workarounds except using the mass floors either. I tried using a material schedule, but you cannot schedule materials in masses either. I also tried using a multi-category schedule and added a shared parameter to the massing category but again, this didn't work (shared parameter doesn't even show up as a selection).

I have also tried nesting a shared GM family in a massing family. The Level parameter is available for scheduling purposes in a multi-category schedule, but it shows up blank. If I place an instance of that shared GM family separately in the project, the level schedules fine. Conclusion: masses are crippled!

[mountain1985734181]

still a problem in Revit 2023. yippee. I want to make small mass families to represent typical apartment sizes. then stack them up the building for each level. From this i can schedule the number of 1 or 2 bed apartment types. I can schedule total areas. I can schedule the percentages. This all works fine.

But the next thing i want to do is to make another schedule to show how many there are per floor. and i can't do that with the masses as "schedule level" even though its on the mass. isn't a field i can add to a schedule.

For now reduced to having to add mass floors to my mass families. but doesn't sit right with me as technically its 2 different things I am scheduling and I'm always concerned if something was to cause one to change. It might be missed and not noticed that the other schedule is different.