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Creating Shared Project Parameters

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    1. Click Manage tabSettings panel (Project Parameters).
    2. In the Project Parameters dialog, click Add.
    3. In the Parameter Properties dialog, under Parameter Type, select Shared parameter, and click Select.
    4. In the Shared Parameters dialog, select the appropriate parameter from the appropriate parameter group, and click OK.

      If you click Edit, the Edit Shared Parameters dialog displays. From this dialog, you can open a different shared parameter file or add new parameters. See Creating Shared Parameters Files, Groups, and Parameters.

    5. In the Parameter Properties dialog, under Categories, select the categories to which you want to apply this parameter.

      If the shared parameter provides project-specific information, select the Project Information category. You can then click Manage tabProject Settings panel (Project Information) to see or change the parameter’s value.

      If the shared parameter provides sheet-specific information, select the Drawing Sheet category. The parameter is then listed in each sheet’s view properties.

    6. Under Parameter Data, select Instance or Type to store the parameter by element instance or family type.

      Optionally, if you select Instance you have the option to specify the parameter as a Reporting Parameter. See Reporting Parameters.

    7. For Group parameter under, select the heading under which the parameter should display in the Instance or Type Properties dialog.
    8. Click OK.