Door Wall Thickness Reporting Parameter

On a door or window schedule it is often advantageous to know the thickness of the wall into which the doors or windows are placed. In this case a shared instance reporting parameter can be used.

Create a shared parameter for the wall thickness.

<Manage><Settings><Shared Parameters>

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Browse or create a shared parameter text file.

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Create a new shared parameter group for Wall Inserts.

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Create a shared parameter for the wall thickness within this shared parameter group. It must be of common discipline, of type length and given an appropriate name (t_wall, in my case).

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Select and then edit a door family in the project.

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Load the Wall Thickness Parameter into the Door Family

<Create><Properties><Family Types>

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<Family Types><New Parameter>

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<Parameter Properties><Shared Parameter><Select>. Group the parameter under an appropriate heading (Dimensions). Make sure the parameter is an instance Reporting Parameter.

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In a plan view, dimension the width of the host (wall).

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Select the dimension and label it with the wall width reporting instance parameter.

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Save and load the family into the project, overwriting the previous version.

Include the Wall Thickness Shared Parameter in Schedules

Insert the modified door family into a few walls of differing thicknesses.

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Create a door schedule. <View><Create><Schedule/Quantities>

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Include the wall thickness reporting instance parameter (t_wall) as a scheduled field.

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Notice how the thickness of the wall into which the door is inserted into is now displayed.

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This type of schedule can be of great importance when it is taken into account that a manufacturer or installer needs to know the thickness of a wall into which inserts are placed. This same shared parameter (t_wall) could just as easily be included in a window family so that that may also report the thickness of the wall it is placed into when included in a schedule.

 

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