scheduling and tag

In this tutorial we'll be explane how to create a new family of curtain wall's panel and then scheduling the parameters we need to calculate

First of all we'll start to create a new "metric curtain panel" from the main revit's screen of revit as we already learn, selecting the right choice in the "new families" window

We'll name the new families

after we create a simple geometry in the workspace, we go to the "families type" tab to start define new parameters to controll the panel

The first parameter will be the material, setting with its relatives features

By create new reference planes, and allign the dimensions of the panel to these planes, let'go to define a new parameter "spessore" by click the "label" tab and "add new" parameter

and assign this to a previously created height

 

In the way to define a new parameter relatives the material of the panel, we start to define new families type and after this new parameter it's been create we ca customize and rename two differents materials we'll assign to the different panel

renaming the new material

we choose to modify the nature of the parameter, that will become a shared parameter

In order to do this changing, we have to define a new shared parameter file

and the rename the existing parameter

Here it is

to export and make the use of this parameters possible, we have to check the "shared"tab in the family type menu

we also define a type comment for ech one panel types we have preoviusy create

In the new project, by selecting the "wall" tab in the "architecture" toolbar, after create a new specific project yet, draw a wall after choose the "curtain wall" option

Duplicate the type and rename it

Now you can start to divide the curtain wall using the "curtain grid" tools, that cut in trhee different way all the surface

now, after load the family previously create, you will find it ready to be use in the "project browser"

with all its parameters

step by step, after selecting some panels , and help yourself with the tab button for to choose them in the curtain wall, you can now replace them with the panel you've been create

In order to schedule the different parameters we choose in the "view" toolbar, the "schedule" tab

and start customize the schedule properties by add all the fields we want in our finally output

here you'll find also the shared parameters imported from the loads families

To make the features of the panel more evident we create a new families of tag, in a new families by choosing the specific category from thestarting new families menu of Revit

 

After we have rename it, we choose the field and the aspect we want to be displayed for this new tag

Return now in the project we're the curtain wall it's draw and with a click in the "tag all" key we can tag all the panels, after loading our tag's family

Back to the schedule, that you'll find in the "project browser" window

here there are all the fields we choose to schedule and the different way to manage it by filter and other customize possibilities

Here the final result of the defined and tagged curtain wall

we can define other filter to the visibility of the project to have a more clear graphic output