Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Revit Sheet Index with Multiple Bid Packs

Here is a way to create a sheet index using shared parameter to track multiple bid packs (BP), where a single sheet can have various significance in each BP.

Read on to learn more...

First, I am sorry for the typos in this post, but I don't get paid enough to go all the way back to the start and redo all the images:) I am sure you understand.

Create the Shared Parameters... one for each bid pack. They need to be shared if you want to add this info to the titleblock. I added a tooltip to help users know what the standard input should be.


Create a Project Parameter using the new Shared Parameters, be sure to assign them to the Sheets category.


Optional: add Conditional Formatting to highlight every other column. Notice, I also manually shaded one of the title rows, and inserted a title row to add a note/legend about what the input means.


Here is the result on the sheet!


When a sheet is selected in the Project Browser, or just opened, you see the new parameters in properties as well.


Do you have another clever way to manage this on a large project... share in the comments below.

Update: Need to share these parameters with another firm, read this post: Sharing Revit Shared Project Parameters.


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