UPDATE: Latest SP.Writer can be found HERE PLEASE READ: The file format for this utility should be .xlsm. If you are using Internet Explorer to download the utility it will likely rename the file to .zip. Please rename the extension from .zip to .xlsm and then open in Excel. Apparently some users have been unable to use the utility because of this. Apologies for any confusion. I always hear first hand from companies and end users the difficulties they have managing their shared parameters files under the Autodesk Revit platform. Lets be honest, it isn’t a fun task and Autodesk has done little to make our lives easier. Some companies are still not implementing schedules in Revit just due to the fact that Shared Parameters are so difficult and time consuming to work with. This post will showcase two utilities for managing shared parameters. The first, Revit SP.Writer, is a Excel tool that I have been working on with a former co-worker of mine Phil Cunningham.  It is intended to allow users to create, manage and organize their shared parameters outside of Revit easily allowing for importing and exporting compatible files. The second tool was built from the source released by IBD on the BIM Advent … Continue reading →