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Create shared parameters in a project.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
6 min.
Transcript
00:04
Let's begin by creating a new project
00:07
on the home screen, select new
00:10
and for our template file, I'm just going to use the default structure analysis
00:14
and click. OK.
00:18
This project is purely gonna be here to
00:20
host our structural foundation and test it out.
00:24
So now that our new projects has been created,
00:27
let's go ahead and create our new family.
00:29
Go ahead and select the file ribbon
00:31
and then pause over new
00:34
and then select family
00:37
in the new family dialogue box. We're going to begin by using generic model dot RFT.
00:46
So before we create our shared parameter files,
00:48
what I'd like to do first is introduce you to built in parameters within rev.
00:54
If I go up to the create ribbon and select family types,
00:58
you'll notice when we choose generic model by default,
01:01
we just have one built in parameter here called default elevation.
01:05
We also have some others under identity data,
01:08
but this one here is a dimensional value.
01:11
Let's now go ahead and click, cancel.
01:13
And what we're now going to do is change the category of this family
01:17
again, on the create ribbon, we'll now select family category and parameters.
01:24
Now initially here, of course, we started with a generic model template.
01:29
So of course, the category is set to generic models.
01:33
Our intention of course is to create a structural foundation.
01:37
So I'm now going to change the family category to structural foundation
01:41
and click. OK.
01:44
If I now go back to the create ribbon and select family types, again,
01:49
notice here that we now have many more parameters created for us.
01:53
So of course, here you can see I have length width, foundation thickness and so on.
01:59
If I select one of these built in parameters,
02:02
I will not be able to delete it.
02:04
And the reason why I wanted to bring this to
02:06
your attention is that when we create our shared parameters,
02:09
we do not want to conflict with these built in parameters.
02:12
So it's worth understanding
02:14
what the built in parameters are for each category.
02:18
So of course, now we know not to use things like length,
02:20
width and foundation thickness in our shared parameter file.
02:24
Let's go ahead and click, cancel
02:27
and we can now create our shared parameter file
02:31
to do this. We'll go ahead and select the manage ribbon
02:34
and on the managed ribbon,
02:36
we'll select shared parameters
02:40
in our edit, shared parameter dialog box.
02:42
Our first step is to click the create button.
02:45
This will create a new shared parameter file.
02:49
Normally here you would store this on your file server.
02:52
And the reason you do this is then others in
02:55
the team can then access that shared parameter file.
02:58
You could also make the shared parameter file read only
03:01
to stop people editing that and adding additional parameters.
03:06
So for the file name, we'll type in foundations
03:09
and we can go ahead and select save.
03:12
So now that our shared parameter file has been created,
03:14
our first step now is to create a new group.
03:18
The groups help us categorize the parameters neatly.
03:21
For example,
03:22
you can have one shared parameter fold that controls many categories in a project.
03:26
And of course, you could end up with hundreds of parameters all in the same folder.
03:31
So the idea here is by creating a new group,
03:34
it will categorize relevant parameters under the groups you create.
03:38
So for our new group, we'll simply call this one foundations
03:42
and you can now see I have my new group created.
03:45
And of course, if we wanted additional groups,
03:47
we will just go ahead and create them as and when required,
03:51
we'll now begin by creating our new parameters.
03:55
Now,
03:55
here you have to be very careful that you don't make any
03:58
typing errors because you will not be able to edit these afterwards
04:01
as soon as you've created your parameter and click. OK.
04:04
Rev it will then assign a global unique identifier to that parameter.
04:09
And that can then not be changed later on.
04:12
The only option you'd have is to delete it and start again.
04:15
So we've got to be quite careful that we don't make any typing
04:18
errors or problems and errors with the discipline and type of parameter.
04:23
So here I'm gonna type in F
04:26
length.
04:27
OK.
04:28
That's gonna represent foundation length
04:31
and going back to what we said before.
04:33
I know that that's not going to conflict with any built in parameters.
04:37
The discipline is gonna be set to common and the type of parameter is in fact a length.
04:42
So we've double checked that everything looks good and we can click. OK?
04:47
We'll now create another one. So we'll click on you.
04:50
This one is going to be
04:52
F width
04:56
and finally
04:58
another new one in here and this will be F thickness
05:03
and click. OK?
05:05
OK. So our share parameters are now created
05:08
if we go ahead and select, OK?
05:11
We'll now save our family file. So we'll go to the file ribbon
05:15
and we'll select safe.
05:19
And for the farm name,
05:20
let's just simply call this one pad foundation
05:25
notice. Of course, the file type is an RFO. Now that's a
05:28
family file,
05:30
we'll click save.
Video transcript
00:04
Let's begin by creating a new project
00:07
on the home screen, select new
00:10
and for our template file, I'm just going to use the default structure analysis
00:14
and click. OK.
00:18
This project is purely gonna be here to
00:20
host our structural foundation and test it out.
00:24
So now that our new projects has been created,
00:27
let's go ahead and create our new family.
00:29
Go ahead and select the file ribbon
00:31
and then pause over new
00:34
and then select family
00:37
in the new family dialogue box. We're going to begin by using generic model dot RFT.
00:46
So before we create our shared parameter files,
00:48
what I'd like to do first is introduce you to built in parameters within rev.
00:54
If I go up to the create ribbon and select family types,
00:58
you'll notice when we choose generic model by default,
01:01
we just have one built in parameter here called default elevation.
01:05
We also have some others under identity data,
01:08
but this one here is a dimensional value.
01:11
Let's now go ahead and click, cancel.
01:13
And what we're now going to do is change the category of this family
01:17
again, on the create ribbon, we'll now select family category and parameters.
01:24
Now initially here, of course, we started with a generic model template.
01:29
So of course, the category is set to generic models.
01:33
Our intention of course is to create a structural foundation.
01:37
So I'm now going to change the family category to structural foundation
01:41
and click. OK.
01:44
If I now go back to the create ribbon and select family types, again,
01:49
notice here that we now have many more parameters created for us.
01:53
So of course, here you can see I have length width, foundation thickness and so on.
01:59
If I select one of these built in parameters,
02:02
I will not be able to delete it.
02:04
And the reason why I wanted to bring this to
02:06
your attention is that when we create our shared parameters,
02:09
we do not want to conflict with these built in parameters.
02:12
So it's worth understanding
02:14
what the built in parameters are for each category.
02:18
So of course, now we know not to use things like length,
02:20
width and foundation thickness in our shared parameter file.
02:24
Let's go ahead and click, cancel
02:27
and we can now create our shared parameter file
02:31
to do this. We'll go ahead and select the manage ribbon
02:34
and on the managed ribbon,
02:36
we'll select shared parameters
02:40
in our edit, shared parameter dialog box.
02:42
Our first step is to click the create button.
02:45
This will create a new shared parameter file.
02:49
Normally here you would store this on your file server.
02:52
And the reason you do this is then others in
02:55
the team can then access that shared parameter file.
02:58
You could also make the shared parameter file read only
03:01
to stop people editing that and adding additional parameters.
03:06
So for the file name, we'll type in foundations
03:09
and we can go ahead and select save.
03:12
So now that our shared parameter file has been created,
03:14
our first step now is to create a new group.
03:18
The groups help us categorize the parameters neatly.
03:21
For example,
03:22
you can have one shared parameter fold that controls many categories in a project.
03:26
And of course, you could end up with hundreds of parameters all in the same folder.
03:31
So the idea here is by creating a new group,
03:34
it will categorize relevant parameters under the groups you create.
03:38
So for our new group, we'll simply call this one foundations
03:42
and you can now see I have my new group created.
03:45
And of course, if we wanted additional groups,
03:47
we will just go ahead and create them as and when required,
03:51
we'll now begin by creating our new parameters.
03:55
Now,
03:55
here you have to be very careful that you don't make any
03:58
typing errors because you will not be able to edit these afterwards
04:01
as soon as you've created your parameter and click. OK.
04:04
Rev it will then assign a global unique identifier to that parameter.
04:09
And that can then not be changed later on.
04:12
The only option you'd have is to delete it and start again.
04:15
So we've got to be quite careful that we don't make any typing
04:18
errors or problems and errors with the discipline and type of parameter.
04:23
So here I'm gonna type in F
04:26
length.
04:27
OK.
04:28
That's gonna represent foundation length
04:31
and going back to what we said before.
04:33
I know that that's not going to conflict with any built in parameters.
04:37
The discipline is gonna be set to common and the type of parameter is in fact a length.
04:42
So we've double checked that everything looks good and we can click. OK?
04:47
We'll now create another one. So we'll click on you.
04:50
This one is going to be
04:52
F width
04:56
and finally
04:58
another new one in here and this will be F thickness
05:03
and click. OK?
05:05
OK. So our share parameters are now created
05:08
if we go ahead and select, OK?
05:11
We'll now save our family file. So we'll go to the file ribbon
05:15
and we'll select safe.
05:19
And for the farm name,
05:20
let's just simply call this one pad foundation
05:25
notice. Of course, the file type is an RFO. Now that's a
05:28
family file,
05:30
we'll click save.
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