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PropertyWizard V1-8-2 gives you several ways to extract one piece of text from another. This post explains how to split a text like this into two pieces at the semicolon: E:9.9;N:10.8 There are three steps: Find the position of the semicolon Extract the first part of the text Extract the second part of the textRead more “How to split text at a character using PropertyWizard for Revit”

PropertyWizard 1-8-2 includes an extra inverse tan function, ‘atan2’: atan2(<y-value>, <x-value>) The new function allows you to calculate the angle of a line from the line’s Y and X components (note the order of the arguments!) and it will return angle values from -π to +π radians (-180 to +180 degrees). This is more versatileRead more “New trig function ‘atan2’ in PropertyWizard V1-8-2”

There are three new text case functions in PropertyWizard version 1-8-2. They allow you to change text between lower and upper case, and to capitalise the words of a piece of text. toLowercase(<text>) and toUppercase(<text>) These two functions convert text to lowercase and to uppercase respectively. They are useful when you want to enforce aRead more “New text case functions in PropertyWizard V1-8-2”

There are three new text extraction functions in PropertyWizard version 1-8-2. They give you more options for extracting sub-strings from a string of text, alongside the existing substr(<text>, <index>, <count>) function. substr(<text>, <index>) This new function returns the end of the <text>, starting from character number <index>. The first character index is zero. This operatesRead more “New text extraction functions in PropertyWizard V1-8-2”

PropertyWizard version 1-8-2 is now live on the Autodesk App Store. Download from here – with free trial Help file here This version adds several new functions, mostly in response to requests from users. If there’s a function you’d like to see in PropertyWizard, please let me know!

This is a quick post describing the Id and UniqueId properties in Revit, and showing how to access them using PropertyWizard. Every Revit element has an Id property and also a UniqueId property, highlighted here in RevitLookup:

When you have a Number value but need an Area, how do you do the conversion? If you try to push the Number into an Area parameter, you will get a Type Mismatch error, saying ‘Target property is an Area parameter, but your formula returns a Double’:

PropertyWizard 1-7-5 is now live on the Autodesk App Store. Download from here – with free trial Help file here This is the first digitally signed version on general release, which is a significant step forward for us. This version also has a bugfix for working with large models hosted on BIM 360 or AutodeskRead more “PropertyWizard – New Version 1-7-5”

Revit’s schedules are very powerful, but there are some parameters that you cannot schedule. For example, you cannot schedule the ‘Top is Attached’ or ‘Base is Attached’ parameters on walls:

PropertyWizard treats Revit’s Yes/No parameters as True/False boolean values. So it is easy to use Yes/No parameter values in formulas, and it’s easy to set Yes/No parameters from formulas. Using Yes/No parameter values You can use a Yes/No parameter value anywhere that is expecting a True/False data value. So you can use them: As theRead more “How to work with Revit’s Yes/No parameters in PropertyWizard formulas”