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I have a color scheme. i go into edit the color scheme. i click the + to "add a new color scheme entry" no matter what i name the new entry, i get an error "invalid input" anyone else ever run into this? screencaps attached. This basically means i cant use color schemes, which is unpleasant.
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I'm having the same problem on a project I'm working on in Revit Arch 2012. Anyone have ideas?
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Try duplicate?
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In "Edit Color Scheme" window, change the "Area Type", which located at the upper center under "Color", to like "Floor Finish", and try again.
I'm on Revit 2013.
Edited on: Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:40:31 PM
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Yes, i used 'area', instead of 'area type' and it worked.
I stayed away from the hardwired 'area types'.
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whoops tried to delete above... guess i can't.
*correction*
Anyways, meant to say i used 'name' (not 'area') instead of 'area type'.
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Worked how? It allows the creation of a new color, but you cannot apply that to the object you want to!
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You don't apply the color. You change the area's associated property that the color scheme uses. Edit the legend and set what parameter controls your scheme.
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That's the issue though. These properties can't be changed to user defined (i.e. area type). It always yields an invalid input. I understand that when changed to Area instead of Area Type you can have SF values, but this doesn't really address what the intended use is in this case - defining ones own schematic areas outside of the predefined: Major Vertical Penetration, Building Common Area, Office, etc. This list cannot be amended or changed. Dead end.
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Did you follow this process?
http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2014/ENU/?guid=GUID-669094D5-FE7D-4F72-8B09-7BB45479535B
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Precisely. There does not seem to be a combination of operations such as those listed in the help menu that allow for any new additions to the color legend for Areas. This is true when duplicating as well. Area, and Area Type appear to be fixed and any new entry yields "Invalid Input." Entry of types directly in the properties palette is also not allowed. Is it your experience that these can be added to? This seems to be the case for Area Plans only. Thanks.
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winchester - you have the cart before the horse.
- Do you have a parameter assigned to areas that you can use in your color scheme? To do that, add a project parameters to areas. Lets say the name is occupancy and it is a text value.
- Create a color schedule and point it to that parameter.
- Now create an area and fill in value for occupancy in that area and lets say you called it "office".
- Now look at your schedule..... whoa - there is a new one ! Change the color as needed.
You can create all of these in your template if you wish.
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Thanks for your response 'Hub. Yeah I get that. I was interested in using the parameter already built in (i.e. Area Type). I was hoping that this could be amended or edited via a duplication, and that is where I was hitting the wall. I was hoping to avoid creating any redundant project parameters if I could. And as far as the schedule, the default Area Type built into Area Objects is not an option for filtering either! Classic. I managed to deal with the default for now since I'm still in SD. But I'm going to use rooms for the next iteration because they work better across the board (especially for design options and phasing, which is another shortcoming of Areas).
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