Tag Revit Id

[djn]

I would be nice if there was a tag that would display the Revit ID number for beams. This would be especially nice when trying to trouble shoot, between Revit and an analytical package like Ram Steel.

[truevis]

I think you could so somthing like that currently with AutoHotKey:

Select something (hit hotkey)
Do ID of Selection
Copy that to Clipboard
Paste the ID into a shared parameter of that element.
Tag itI know it's a workaround but it is a way it could be done, now.

I suppose multiple elements could be selected, then parse out the IDs and do the AHK tricks to each element.

[sfaust]

it could also be done with an API command getting the ID's of a selection and pasting a piece of text or something at the center of it, or the shared parameter like you were saying.

[kathy71046]

Although you have suggested workarounds, I agree that this would be valuable as an inbuilt thing, just for the amount of time it would save when you need the info to faultfind the issues either within or interfacing with Revit.