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What are Innobrix Parameters?

Innobrix parameters refer to the 3 (formerly 4) parameters that are injected into the Revit document when the Prepare Document button of the Innobrix add-in is activated.

The 4 parameters are:

  • Innobrix: Type(s)
  • Innobrix: Column
  • Innobrix: Row
  • Innobrix: Floor (legacy)
Innobrix: Floor*

Since the release of version 2.0.0 of the Innobrix Add-in for Revit, this parameter is considered deprecated. Existing models that still use this parameter still remain functional, but in a future release this parameter will no longer be supported.

5th parameter

Although a 5th parameter exists, this is a read-only parameter that is normally invisible and only used during the import of the model. It concerns the is Situation parameter.

The parameters are of type Shared and are all Instance based. Once the parameters are injected into the document you can find these parameters on all the Model Groups present within your document.

Delete

Take care when purging a document when no Innobrix parameters have been entered (yet). It may happen that during this process the Innobrix parameters are removed, causing the add-in to no longer function correctly. Should this happen, you will have to manually have to add them again. From version 2.0.0 of the Innobrix add-in for Revit onwards, you can always use the Prepare Document button for this to re-inject missing parameters again.

Which parameters should I use?​

The starting point that may be used depends on the project type chosen. For a project of the BIM Publisher type, no more parameters are required and you can make a direct export via Export without options. For the Home configurator and Plan configurator (optional), the the Innobrix parameters are used. In cases where you therefore work with dynamic options, you will have to provide the Model Groups that make up a model (with any options) should be provided with content parameter completion.

The parameters are used within Innobrix to be able to put away the Model Groups in a so-called Gridfield, at a specific location or position. This location is determined on the basis of the filled-in parameters.

The Gridfield is basically only applicable when the model uses option groups.

Columns & Rows​

The parameters Innobrix: Column and Innobrix: Row only start playing a substantive role once you start working with options. As soon as you export a model with options from Revit, you can find these groups back in the bag field. You can find the bag field by going to the Configurable-Editor clicking on the icon and then clicking on Expanded.

columns & rows

You can then read the parameters applied to each group at the top left in the model group when the gridfield form is active. You can read the Model Group name at the bottom left of each group.

Innobrix: Column​

This parameter is best described as a category. It is possible to link labels to columns. This makes it easier to keep track of your bag field as it grows in size and scope.

It is advisable in advance to already choose a certain layout of your Innobrix: Column.

Innobrix Columns

  • Column: 0 => Front facades
  • Column: 1 => Back facades
  • Column: 2 => Side elevation (left)
  • Column: 3 => Side elevation (Right)
  • Column: 4 => Layouts (BG)

The above is an example filling. For example, it is perfectly possible to merge column 2 and column 3 into just column 2 => Side facades where all possible side facades of the model are incorporated in multiple rows. Whether it is desirable to merge them into a single column is a second matter.

A good guideline is: the more variation in a category (side facades, front facades, rear facades, layouts) the more desirable it is to allocate them in a own column.

Innobrix: Row​

This parameter refers back to an option within a column. Innobrix: Row with a fill of 0 usually indicates the default group. Within the bag field, a default group is displayed as Blue. Option groups always have a value of 1 or higher.

Illegal Parameters​

Problems can arise when Innobrix parameters are incorrectly interpreted. Below are some known problem cases.

  • Filling in letters instead of numbers in the Innobrix: Column and Innobrix: Row field.
  • Negative values (-1, -2 etc.) in the Innobrix: Column and Innobrix: Row field.
  • 2 separate Model Groups containing exactly the same parameters. (This is where the Innobrix add-in from version 2.0.0 will also show an error message about this).