I want to lay out the following common scenario:
- You have a host generic model family.
- In the host family there is a nested generic model family.
- The nested family has several type parameters for Width, Height & Depth.
- The host family has the same parameters for Width, Height & Depth and they are associated to the nested family parameters.
- Everything works as expected until you decide to set the nested family Shared and load it back into the host family.
- When loading back in you receive the following error message:
While reloading family ‘Family Name’: type(s) of a shared family cannot have their properties driven by parameters of the host family – fixing.
When you click OK to fix, Revit removes the associated parameters and sets them to standard type parameters.
Revit does this because the nested type parameters cannot be shared in the host family. Instead edit the nested family, and change the parameters from type to instance.
Once the parameters are set to instance, the family can be set shared and loaded back into the host family. With instance parameters any associations will be maintained in the host family.
This is S.Kamalanathan.
I have to cross check the following task.
1. Start Export -> CAD Formats-> DWG file in Revit Menu.
2. Select DWG Properties tab.
3. Press ... button.
4. Change the layer for Walls -> Finish1 [4]
5. Press OK button and continue the Export operation.
Please clarify that how can I check the above task.
Please note that I am very new To Revit. I tried the above task with MEP 2011 sample file "rme_advanced_sample_project.rvt", but i am unable to check the output for its correctness.
Posted by: Account Deleted | March 07, 2011 at 01:10 AM
Thanks for the post. I have witnessed this before myself. I was reading hoping you would reveal why this occurs. IS this a limitation of Shared Families? Is it limited to certain categories? Do you know "why" this limitation exists and if it is on the radar for a fix someday? Thanks.
Posted by: Paul Aubin | March 08, 2011 at 09:10 AM