General

The articles in this section cover broad aspects of FireBIM's features and concepts, including general customization and workflows.

📄️ Shared Parameters

FireBIM outputs information to shared parameters on panels, circuits, and fire alarm devices in Revit. They can be used like any other shared parameters, such as in annotation tags and Revit schedules. FireBIM shared parameters are all prefixed with FBIM.

📄️ Using Non-FireBIM Parameters for FireBIM Settings

Some device settings in the Family Edit, Panel Edit, and Device Edit commands have a Based on parameter option you can use to have the setting controlled by a family parameter or shared parameter on the device.