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We list all the consultant's contant infos on our coversheets.  I am trying to make a new sheet template that will have a place to edit the text for each consultant.  I tried using labels and I created an "address" and "consultant name" using the shared parameters.  I created a new group, then new params, then placed them in the coversheet.rfa.  When I edit one label, they all change.  Is there a better way to do this?  I just want a blank textbox sort of like the attribute in acad...  The block will be the same, the text will be editable.

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o.k.  I have been trying to figure this one out...  I can create a generic family and in that family I can place a label, add a family parameter, set that to instance instead of type, then when I insert that family into a drawing, everything works fine and I can edit each part of the label, create another copy of the label, edit that, etc.  When I try to do the same thing inside my coversheet, I can't get it to work.  It wants to put all the parameters as shared parameters, the "family parameter" is greyed out.  If I do use a shared parameter, I can only edit copy of it, then everything else changes.  Is there a way to make shared params instance instead of type?

 This seems like it should be a super simple task.  Based on how easy everyone says Revit is to use, there has to be an easier way to do this...???

 Thanks for any help/advice.

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o.k.  I have been trying to figure this one out...  I can create a generic family and in that family I can place a label, add a family parameter, set that to instance instead of type, then when I insert that family into a drawing, everything works fine and I can edit each part of the label, create another copy of the label, edit that, etc.  When I try to do the same thing inside my coversheet, I can't get it to work.  It wants to put all the parameters as shared parameters, the "family parameter" is greyed out.  If I do use a shared parameter, I can only edit copy of it, then everything else changes.  Is there a way to make shared params instance instead of type?

 This seems like it should be a super simple task.  Based on how easy everyone says Revit is to use, there has to be an easier way to do this...???

 Thanks for any help/advice.

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hmm...  I think I am starting to understand labels, but they still seem really cumbersome.  I have just decided to set up a few text boxes in the project template rather than in the sheet family.  Much less work.  The info doesn't show up anywhere else, so it makes sense to make it simple.  I do need some clarification on lables though.  I am editing the door tag.  I want to add in "Phase" and "Series" labels to the tag.  I try to add the labels and I have to do a shared param, so I won't be able to edit each door tag as I need to.  Any way to change this behavior?

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When you are working with families that are already loaded and used into a project you will discover that things don't work the way you think they should.  I'm not sure that I have all the rules straight my-self but here is something to be aware of:  

If a family has already been used in the model, when you change parameters in the family from type to instance, or vica versa, REVIT will probably load your family with a number after it.  REVIT will not automatically convert one type of parameter to another. 

To overcome this, you may have to "select all instances" of the original family and change them globaly to the new family ... delete the old one ... rename the new one without the number.  When doing this, any instance parameters that you have changed to type will be lost and the type from the new family will be used.  The same goes in reverse.

Also be aware of how the check box to "override existing parameters" works when you reload a family. 

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The key is to make the consultant name, address, phone, email, etc. instance-based Text parameters, rather than Type parameters. If they are Type parameters, editing one instance can update every title block using that type. Autodesk confirms that instance parameters can be modified separately for each placed family instance.

For a title block, you can create shared Text parameters such as Consultant Name and Address, add them to the label, and then associate those parameters with the Sheets category as Instance parameters in the project. Autodesk specifically recommends this approach for making shared parameters on title-block labels editable at the sheet level.

That gives you the “blank textbox/attribute” behavior you're looking for: keep the graphic/layout fixed in the title block, while the consultant information can be changed separately for each sheet.

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