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title: "Connecting to a Shared Parameters file"
slug: "connecting-to-a-shared-parameters-file"
tags: ["How to", "Revit Add-In", "Setup", "Revit Native "]
updated: 2025-09-22T16:49:44Z
published: 2025-09-22T16:49:44Z
canonical: "docs.augmenta.ai/connecting-to-a-shared-parameters-file"
---

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# Connecting to a Shared Parameters file

In order for ACP to run the **Initialize Project** sequence, your Revit model must be connected to a Shared Parameters file. For most organizations, Revit projects are already connected to a Shared Parameters file.

This guide explains how to check and add a Shared Parameters file if one has not already been connected to the Revit Project.

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## Connect a Shared Parameters file

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/image(282).png)

1. Navigate to the ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/image(286).png) **Manage** tab in Revit.
2. Select the ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/image(285).png) **Shared Parameters** tool from the Settings panel.
3. In the Edit Shared Parameters window, select ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/image(284).png) **Browse**, then navigate to the location of the Shared Parameters file.
4. Select **Open** to have the Shared Parameters file linked into Revit.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/image(283).png)

> [!NOTE]
> ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/C1.png) *If you do not have access to an existing Shared Parameter file, you may need to create* ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/image(420).png) *a new shared parameters file. Check with your content manager to be sure.*

> [!NOTE]
> ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3db99144-2736-4654-a3ba-1aa2e78ddb2a/Images/Documentation/C1.png) *If Read/Write access to the Shared Parameter file is restricted, the Content Manager for your organization may need to be the first to initialize a project. This will ensure the correct Shared Parameters have been written to the shared parameters file. This will continue to be true each time the ACP Add-In is updated, and the project need to be reinitialized.*

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## Related

- [Initializing a Revit project](/initializing-a-revit-project.md)