Add Shared Parameters to several categories into a project

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Do you know if it is possible to add several Shared Parameters to several categories (e.g. Walls and Floors) at the same time using this node?

I do not know how to combine several categories into a list in order to feed the node. It gives me “NULL”.

@Kulkul I am not sure if you have solved it before.

Thank you in advance.

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@alejandro.daras If you ignore the null value it works as expected. Follow the process below.

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Thank you for the early answer @Kulkul ; however, it is not working yet.
I did exactly the same workflow as you but using my shared parameters file and the correct names for my parameters, without luck.

I am using Revit 2016 R2 with Dynamo 1.2, maybe the API is different and this node is written in order to work in Revit 2017. Any thoughts?

By the way, here I see that you set 3 parameters into WALLS (Watts, Uvalue, Thermal) and 3 different ones into FLOORS (Fractal, Flip, Finite), would it work setting the same parameters in both categories at the same time?

My main goal is to set a unique list of parameters into several categories simultaneously, is it possible?

Thank you in advance for all your help!!

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Hi @alejandro.daras ,
do you already have your .txt containing the shared parameters?

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Yes I do. It is selected in my project too.

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Then I suggest you take a look at this workflow as an alternative :

you can download the .dyn in part 3 of the article.

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@alejandro.daras Yes you can set for both categories. Set Lacing to Shortest for Create.SharedParameter node.

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My main goal is to set a unique list of parameters into several categories simultaneously, is it possible?
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Yes!

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Thanks for your help guys!!

@Kulkul now it’s partially working!! However, there is an issue that I cannot understand.
When I create a parameter using Parameter.CreateSharedParameter node and then I delete it (selecting my parameter by ID), I cannot create it again using Dynamo but I can create it using the UI.

Should I “deeply” remove my parameter? I thought it was completely removed when I deleted it by ID.

P.S.: I didn’t try Data-Shapes yet, but I will very soon @Mostafa_El_Ayoubi

Thanks again!!

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@alejandro.daras You need to close the script. Open it again and then “Run”.

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I’m having problems to get this script running. The first UI is working fine but the second won’t appear.

When having a closer look inside the Dynamo it shows the following Errors:

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The UI Nodes for the Listview also seem to be a different version of the one showing on the documentation (https://data-shapes.io/2016/12/11/batch-add-shared-parameters-from-txt-file-with-ui-multipleinputform/)

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I found the Problem. I have been using Dynamo 1.3 instead of 2.0.
Did the update and it worked like a charm.