Transfer Families with Project Parameters between files

1

Hi there, i just wondering if its possible to transfer families with associate Project Parameters (shared parameter) values between model files.

Thanks in advance.

2

I think you just need to copy a family from one project to another.
In Revit: add the link, select the family (Tab select) and copy to clipboard, paste in the same place in the destination file.
I would be harder to copy the family without the parameters :slight_smile:

3

Hi Marcel, thanks for your response, i was concerning about that workflow, but i want to know how to manage for like 200 families in a row, i managed to copy this shared parameter in the project to one inside builtin parameter inside the family, then export all families and import in the other Files but i need another clean workflow.

Thanks

4

There is a good addin from CCT Software called Shared Parameter Manager, might be what you are looking for.

5

So you want to copy the parameter values aswell?

6

Yes yes, te values concerning those shared parameters in the project.

7

You need to set up an experiment in a clean test file and learn the standard behaviour in Revit, then figure out how to do the same in Dynamo.

8

Ok, thanks

9

Hi there, im trying to bring to the current document all the family types from linked model with their project parameters.
When i try it the new Family Type add a value to avoid have same names, how can i avoid that? i want to overwrite the existing match families in the current document.
Here the code taken from the forum.

import clr

clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

from System.Collections.Generic import List

clr.AddReference('RevitNodes')
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

def singleton(x):
	if hasattr(x,'__iter__'): return x[0]
	else : return x

def tolist(x):
	if hasattr(x,'__iter__'): return x
	else : return [x]

class CustomCopyHandler(IDuplicateTypeNamesHandler):
	def OnDuplicateTypeNamesFound(self, args):
 		return DuplicateTypeAction.UseDestinationTypes
 
 
linkInst = UnwrapElement(singleton(IN[0]) )
elements = UnwrapElement(tolist(IN[1]) )

linkDoc = linkInst.GetLinkDocument()
tf1 = linkInst.GetTotalTransform()
eId = List[ElementId]()
for e in elements:
	try:
		id1 = e.Id
	except:
		continue
	eId.Add(id1)

TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
co = CopyPasteOptions()
co.SetDuplicateTypeNamesHandler(CustomCopyHandler())
copy = ElementTransformUtils.CopyElements(linkDoc, eId, doc, tf1, co)
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

OUT = [doc.GetElement(i).ToDSType(False) for i in copy]

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10

Perhaps an even easier solution: delete everything except the families you want to transfer in the old file. Move the remaining content to a conspicuous location (day 300’ below the origin point). Link old file into the new file, and then bind the link.