I have done another blog on how to customize the config file in the IMAGINiT Revit Utilities to add a category with parameters that already exist in Revit, but if you have custom parameters the process is just a little different so I thought I would share that with you.
Let's say, for example, we have created a new Generic Annotations family (which has no pre built parameters) and I want to add a Number label and a Note label. In this example I am using this for sheet notes and I want to be able to renumber the notes if I remove one.
If I look at the family, you can see that the parameter name is Number (default just indicates it is instance based)
In the ElementRenumber.config file we need to add the following line in order to add this category and parameter.
You will notice a couple of things in this line...the Name has to match the Family Category exactly, but the Category OST does not contain the "s" at the end. Also note that the other ParameterToSet all equal "BIP.ALL_MODEL_PARAMETERNAME" because they are all built in place parameters that already exist for Revit. The parameter (label) I created in the Generic Annotation does not exist, so the formatting is different. Had I used the label Mark instead of Number I could have used the same formating as the other categories.
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