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How PropertyWizard generates text values

The previous post explains how to use the ‘+’ operator to join text values together in PropertyWizard. But it doesn’t explain how PropertyWizard generates text values from the Revit properties that you use in your formulas. For example, in this formula what determines how the Length value is formatted? “This wall is ” + LengthRead more “How PropertyWizard generates text values”

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Your first PropertyWizard formula: ‘Hello Wall’

This is a quick exploration based on the first ‘Getting Started’ tutorial from the PropertyWizard Help. The tutorials are meant to give you a good introduction to PropertyWizard and what it can do for you. The first tutorial’s formula is straightforward: It collects all the walls in the project and sets their Comments parameter toRead more “Your first PropertyWizard formula: ‘Hello Wall’”

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PropertyWizard – New Version 1-6-0

PropertyWizard 1-6-0 is now live on the Autodesk App Store. Download from here – with free trial Help file here This version includes the top user-requested feature: Import and Export formulas. So you can now transfer your carefully-curated formulas from one Revit project to another! You simply click the new ‘Export’ button in PropertyWizard’s mainRead more “PropertyWizard – New Version 1-6-0”

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How to automate your Key Plans with PropertyWizard

New in PropertyWizard 1-5-0, you can control parameters on Title Blocks. This means you can automate your Key Plans to have the highlights match your sheets automatically: In this example, my building is divided into three zones. Each of my plan sheets shows one of the zones, and I want to highlight the relevant zoneRead more “How to automate your Key Plans with PropertyWizard”

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PropertyWizard – New Version 1-5-0

PropertyWizard 1-5-0 is now live on the Autodesk App Store! Download from here – with free trial Help file here I’ve added four new features in this version. You can now: Add formulas to Title Blocks to control Key Plans, etc. Access built-in parameters using their BuiltInParameter Enum name Access shared parameters using their GuidRead more “PropertyWizard – New Version 1-5-0”

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How to use RevitLookup – Getting Started

Once you’ve installed RevitLookup, how do you use it to explore the Revit API? In this post, I’m going to show you how to use RevitLookup to explore the Properties and Methods of your Revit elements. Being able to explore the Revit API with RevitLookup will make it much easier to code in Dynamo, PythonRead more “How to use RevitLookup – Getting Started”

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PropertyWizard – New Version 1-4-3

PropertyWizard 1-4-3 has just gone live on the Autodesk App Store! This is a bugfix release with two key bugfixes: Hyphens in parameter names Some built-in parameter names contain hyphens. An example is ‘Rebar Cover – Top Face’. Now you can use these parameter names in PropertyWizard formulas. Large models in BIM 360 Design BIMRead more “PropertyWizard – New Version 1-4-3”

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PropertyWizard – New version 1-4-0

PropertyWizard 1-4-0 has just gone live on the Autodesk App Store. This version adds two much-requested features: your formulas can now target Type parameters, and they can read Global Parameters. There are more details and tutorials in the Help file here on the website. Download a free trial of PropertyWizard 1-4-0 here: https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=2295752866487515443

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