As a first step, kindly setup the Shared Parameter File using the 'Setup Shared Parameter File' button. Please browse to the add-in installation location:

%AppData%\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\QuantityParameters.bundle\Contents\Resources.

and select 'skRevitAddins_sharedParameterFile'. This is a one-time activity.

The plugin is set up to work only in the family editor environment so that the user could have a look at the family geometry and its extents before running the plugin.

If we try to run the plugin in the project environment, it’ll prompt the user to open a family in the family editor environment.

The geometry of a family document could consist of simple solids to curvilinear complex forms or even nested families.

Our tool performs consistently in all these scenarios.

The way it works is that it wraps the entire geometric content into a single bounding box and then calculates the dimensions and quantities of that bounding box.

It calculates the length on the x axis, the width on the y axis and the height in the z axis.

It also calculates the areas in the horizontal and vertical planes.

By horizontal, we mean the xy plane, and by vertical, we mean the xz plane.

It also calculates the volume of the bounding box.

And finally, the tool creates the corresponding shared parameters and assigns them the calculated values.

The values are made read only so that the users may not edit them inadvertently.

All this happens in a single click.

After running the tool successfully, we can load the family back into the project environment.

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plugin from the Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plugin. Or, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plugin. To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

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