Creating a key schedule

- Schedules often contain many simple text-based fields.…Inputting values in such fields can be a tedious affair.…Using key schedules can help.…A key schedule is a schedule that allows us to create…a name style complete with the values for several…different text fields.…You can can use this key in your main schedule…and then choosing one of the predefined key styles…from the list, Revit will input all of the other values…designated by that key.…Now, to demonstrate this feature,…I'm working in a version of my condominium building…which includes three stories and all of…the condo units and rooms.…

So if I scroll through this list,…you can see that there are several dozen room elements…in this room finish schedule.…Now, on the left-hand columns,…we've got the names and numbers,…and we've got some area column on the right;…but in the middle of the schedule, everything is blank,…and that's really where we need to focus our attention.…So we want to look for a way to fill in the data…in this schedule in as efficient a way as possible.…