Simple question… Can it be done??

Thank you, but I was really hoping for something more efficient. I will hold out to see if anyone else has a way of doing it in Dynamo before I spend the time creating new ones and copying the data.

I don’t think so but the node SetSharedParameterByGUID should have been invented a long time ago.

Any given Revit project (RVT) uses the initial name stored with the GUID. Even if you renamed it manually in the TXT file, it would revert in your RVT file. While we can get the GUIDs from the Shared Parameters text file(s), it can’t be exposed in the API to manipulate attributes, such as the name. …

It would be a great addition in Revit. An idea has been put forward, but would need much more votes. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/rename-shared-parameter/idi-p/6334363

You would not need this if the parameter could be selected by it GUID, the name is there to make it human readable. If its called “John” or “Erin” is not the important bit, but could lead to serious errors.

OK, so I have created the new Shared Parameters with the correct names. Can I transfer a parameter to another in dynamo instead of opening each family and assigning the new SP to the existing SP

I think FamilyDocument.AddSharedParameter from Orchid package is what you need to begin.

Forgive me if I am wrong here, but is that just to add a Shared Parameter? Sure it was quick to add them in Revit which I already done. I want to somehow get a parameter from a door family and change it to a new parameter.

why not add it to the Category instead, a lot easier and more freedom to Tag and create schedules from. if its not driving geometry that is

@Marcel_Rijsmus Yes they are all driving geometry

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@dylanpeng, did you ever resolve your graph? If yes, what was wrong?

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