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rgkjr

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Is there a way to create a family and control the geometry without seeing all of the parameters in the revet project?

2D detail item, say you have a box controlled by 2 parameters H & W.

Now say you want to round the corners of this box and you want the radius to be 10% of H.

Normally I would create a parameter for the radius and place my formula there, easy enough but

how can I hide this extra parameter from the user after they have loaded the family into revit since they do not need

to see it?

This is a simple example, it would be nice not to show a large list of parameters to the user.

Thanks

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Shatner86

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hey rgkjr,

I was actually reading something on this recently. There is a way to create a shared parameter file that contain parameters that can be hidden within the project environment but visible in the family editor. 

See this guide by "The Fluffy Kitten"

http://blog.discoverunifi.com/hidden-parameters-the-key-under-the-mat/ 

Kind Regards,

Shatner86

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rgkjr

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Thanks I'll look into that.

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rgkjr

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Ok, I figured it out.

Make a family with all of the parameters you want.

Make the parameters you want to show to the user "instance" parameters then nest this one into a final family and connect

the shared parameters all of the others are controlled in the background.

RK

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