General
In order to create a new, or edit an existing, Attribute Configuration, open
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Project BIM Administrator Rights in the dRofus project are required to edit or delete configurations. |
Recommend reading Introduction to Revit Attribute Configurations
Open the configuration editor by selecting the "Edit" button against the type of
Navigate to the Configuration you would like to work on
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Note: In order to edit or delete these configurations, the User will need to have Project Administrator Rights in the dRofus project.
The following dialog will then appear for (for e.g.) Room <-> Revit Room type of configuration:
The above dialog has three main areas:
Top-left section: This is a list of all the available dRofus Attributes that you can synchronize data to / from (which have not already been mapped within the current configuration).
Top-right section: This is a list of all the available Revit Parameters (Built-in, Project or Shared) that you can synchronize data to / from (which have not already been mapped within the current configuration).
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Select the "Edit" button beside the type of Configuration
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Window will appear:
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3: Select Attribute Configuration or create new
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4: Configuration properties:
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Select if the Configuration should be:
Available to other users
Default.
5: Link attributes:
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a) Select dRofus attribute
b) Select Revit attribute
Notes about Attributes
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 | Attributes in half tone |
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refer to an attribute that is read-only and |
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can only be used to synchronize data from |
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Bottom section: This is a list of all the mapped dRofus Attributes <-> Revit Parameters within the current configuration.
You can also set "Configuration properties":
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Create a new configuration by clicking on either "New" or (to create a new configuration based on the currently selected configuration) "Copy". To delete an existing configuration, select the configuration within the "Choose Configuration" drop-down menu, then click on "Delete". To rename an existing configuration, select the configuration within the "Choose Configuration" drop-down menu, then click on "Rename". Note that the configuration named "Default" cannot be edited, deleted or renamed, but you can create your own version of this by selecting it and clicking on "Copy".
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. Read-only permissions are necessary for this attribute, as it prevents users from writing data to the database. NOTE: The attribute can be read-only if the user only have read only permissions to the database, and therefore can not write data to the database |
c) Select:
[Link<-- ] to send data from Revit to dRofus
[Link ==] if it is the Key Attribute. Read more Key attribute
[Link -->] to send data from dRofus to Revit
[New -->] to create new Revit attribute based on the dRofus attribute and send data from dRofus to Revit.
6: Check attributes: Check if the linked attributes are correct and that the data will be sent the right way.
7. Unlink attributes:
Select linked attribute
Select “unlink”