Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC, User Manual

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Creating a Type Catalog
There are several ways to create a comma-delimited TXT file. You can type it in using a text editor like
Microsoft
®
Notepad, or you can use database or spreadsheet software to automate the process.
You can export your project to a database using ODBC and download the element type tables in
comma-delimited format. See
Exporting to ODBC on page 1287.
As you create the type catalog, follow these rules:
■ Save the type catalog file name with a TXT extension; the file must have the same name and same
directory path as the Revit Architecture family, for example, Doors/door.rfa and Doors/door.txt.
■ The left-most column lists types.
■ The top-most row of the file is for parameter declaration. Format is columnname##type##unit.
■ Use decimals.
■ Parameter names are case sensitive.
■ You can use single or double quotes. If you are using double quotes, you need to enter "" for Revit
Architecture to understand it as double quotes.
■ Valid unit types are length, area, volume, angle, force, and linear force.
■ Valid units and suffixes:
■
For length: inches ("), feet ('), millimeters (mm), centimeters (cm), or meters (m).
■ For area: square_feet (SF), square_inches (in2), square_meters (m2), square_centimeters (cm2),
square_millimeters (mm2), acres, or hectares.
■ For volume: cubic_yards (CY), cubic_feet (CF), cubic_inches (in3), cubic_centimeters (cm3),
cubic_millimeters (mm3), liters (L), gallons (gal).
■ For angle: decimal_degrees (°), minutes ('), seconds (").
■ For force: newtons (N), decanewtons (daN), kilonewtons (kN), meganewtons (MN), kips (kip),
kilograms_force (kgf), tonnes_force (Tf), and pounds (P).
■ For linear force: newtons_per_meter (N/m), decanewtons_per_meter (dan/m), kilonewtons_per_meter
(kN/m), meganewtons_per_meter (MN/m), kips_per_foot (kip/ft), kilograms_force_per_meter (kgf/m),
tonnes_force_per_meter (Tf/m), pounds_per_foot (P/ft).
■ You can enter a value for parameters of type Family Type. To declare the Family Type parameter in the
parameter declaration, you would enter column-name##other##. The column name is the same as the
Family Type parameter name. In the type catalog file, enter values as Family Name : Family Type. Be sure
there are spaces before and after the colon (:). For example, for a family file called Chair-Executive.rfa
with a type called Leather, you would enter Chair-Executive : Leather. If the family file has only one type
that is the same name as the family, you do not need to include the Family Name.
■ Revit Architecture applies project unit settings to type catalogs when loading a family.
Example file:
,Manufacturer##other##,Length##length##centimeters,Width##length##centi
meters,Height##length##centimeters
MA36x30,Revit,36.5,2.75,30
MA40x24,Revit,40.5,3.25,24
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