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Category Table

_key​

Unique key value representing each BIM Document. Can be used to Count the number of BIM Documents selected or the total number in a project.

BuiltIn​

Built-in Revit Category Name.

Category_Tag​

The Category Tag allows the filtering of different elements into major Categories:

  • Annotation — Rooms tags, etc.
  • Conceptual — Views, Cameras, Areas, etc.
  • Group — Revit Groups
  • Link — Revit Links
  • Physical — Real Physical elements
  • Symbol — Annotation Symbol Family
  • System — Electrical, Mechanical, MEP and Piping Systems
  • Topography — Topography is considered different than physical elements since it is part of the earth

To quickly hide non-physical elements from a list or a 3D view, you can filter and select "Physical" and "Topography".

InTotalModels (measure)​

Counts the number of models in which the Category is present. This can be useful for determining if a category is present in multiple models, for example to see if the coordination of Lights Fixtures is complete or in progress between the architecture and MEP models.

In the sample Power BI template, Measure is used in the "Workset Category Audit" report to help identify conflicting content in Worksets and overlapping Categories.

Name_Full​

This column combines the Name of the Category with the Parent name in the format: Parent_Name: Name_Original

If there is no Parent name, the Category name does not have a ":" character. We recommend using Name_Full when referring to Categories, as it groups things elegantly in alphabetical order.

Name_Original​

All Categories have a Name, and sometimes a separate Parent name as well.

Parent_Name​

Some Categories have parent names.

Type​

Indicates if the Category is:

  • Analytical Model — Analytical Surfaces, Structural Loads, etc.
  • Annotation — Tags, Cameras, Levels, Elevations, symbols, text, adaptive points, etc.
  • Internal — Phases, Site lines, Design Options, Views, Model Groups
  • Model — Physical Elements and their graphical representations

We recommend using the Category_Tag instead of the Type column to filter elements that are not physical. The Categories in ‘Category’[Type]=Model are a combination of Physical, Symbolic, Conceptual, Links and Topography Categories, and are therefore not an efficient method of filtering physical elements.