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In this exercise, detailed instructions are not supplied because each office has a unique set of needs. If you
do not need to make changes to shared or project parameters, you can skip this exercise and move on to
the last exercise of this lesson, Creating Named Print Settings.
Set up shared parameters
1 Click File menu ➤ Shared Parameters.
NOTE This procedure is for creating a new shared parameter file. If a file already exists, you can
browse to that file and modify it as needed.
2 Click Create.
This allows you to name the external parameter file. If this template will be used by multiple
people within an office, you may want to save the file to a network location.
3 Name and save the file.
After the file is named, you can begin creating parameter groups.
4 In the Edit Shared Parameters dialog, under Groups, click New.
5 Enter the group name, and click OK.
6 Create as many groups as needed.
For each parameter group, you can create a list of parameters.
7 Under Parameter group, select a group to which you want to add parameters.
8 Under Parameters, click New.
9 Name the parameter, and specify the Type.
10 Click OK.
11 For each parameter group, add required parameters.
12 Click OK when you have finished creating shared parameters.
Set up project parameters
13 Click Settings menu ➤ Project Parameters.
14 Click Add.
15 In the Parameter Properties dialog, select Project parameter.
16 Under Name, enter a parameter name.
17 Under Discipline, select a parameter discipline type.
18 Under Type, select a parameter value type.
19 Specify whether the parameter is stored by instance or type.
20 Select the element categories to which this parameter applies.
21 Click OK.
22 Add project parameters as needed.
23 To add a shared project parameter, click Add, and select Shared Parameter.
24 Click Select, and select a shared parameter.
25 Click OK.
26 Specify whether you want the shared parameter to be an instance or a type parameter, and
specify the categories to which this parameter applies.
27 Click OK.
28 Add shared project parameters as needed, and click OK when finished.
Create and load multi-category tags
29 Create required multi-category tags in the Family Editor.
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