David

The third tutorial in PropertyWizard Help shows you how to join text values together using the ‘+’ operator: The ‘+’ operator works differently depending on whether the values either side of it are numeric (numbers, lengths, areas, etc.) or text.

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”

PropertyWizard 1-7-1 is now live on the Autodesk App Store. Download from here – with free trial Help file here This version includes support for Revit 2022 and drops support for Revit 2016 and 2017. I’ve also added ‘Assemblies’ to the Category drop-down, so you can set up formulas on assemblies:

The second tutorial in PropertyWizard Help introduces the idea of using element properties in your formulas: You can refer to: Properties of the target element – Use the name shown in the Revit Properties window, as in this example. If the name includes spaces or special characters, then you need to wrap it in squareRead more “Using properties in formulas”

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’”

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”

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”

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”

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”