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    Annotating Families - Nested Annotations?

    Pardon me if my lingo is incorrect, but what I think I need some help figuring out is how to nest an annotation with a family that is separate from the tag.

    I have created some cased openings, archways, etc as door families so they could be scheduled similarly. What I would like to do is be able to have an identifying line of text (i.e. C.O., Arch, etc) incorporated into the family so that when I place it, that text shows up on the plan.

    The company I work for is a small, mostly residential design and build firm - small enough to where I'm the only designer - and I'm self taught at Revit from grad school. Unless it's a commercial job (and sometimes not even then) I do not create your typical door schedule that would typically identify all these things. So instead of having a tag that reads 101, the guys in the field prefer 3'-0" or 2'-8" so that as they are framing they don't have decipher what door goes where, etc. So I'd like to keep my current tag that shows width, but add one that shows if its a CO, Arch, or even call out the door style (4 panel, 6 panel, etc).

    This may be a dumb way to do it, and maybe technically the wrong way, so I'm open to all suggestions.

    Thanks
    Robert Fisher
    Lead Designer
    VC Design & Build
    Lynchburg, VA

    #2
    And just to be clear, I have already tried just dropping a text note in the plan view of the model, but when I load it into the project, it doesn't show up.
    Robert Fisher
    Lead Designer
    VC Design & Build
    Lynchburg, VA

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      #3
      There are a couple of ways to achieve this Robert. The first being a tag. You can use a custom shared parameter or system parameter like description or type comments (if type driven) or comments (if instance driven). That parameter can be used to create a new tag or added to an existing tag.

      The other option is to use text. I would add a visibility toggle to the text so you can turn it off when you don't need to see it. It should have shown up when you added it to the family. Can you post the family in question?
      Last edited by ThatBIMGuy; August 13, 2014, 02:57 PM.
      Jason Peckovitch
      Father | Photographer | Car/Tech Guy
      Revit MEP 2015 Certified Professional
      That BIM Guy Blog | Google+

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        #4
        I would probably do it by adding a shared parameter to the tag that has the width, if that's the location you want to show it. The shared parameter could be in the door family as a type or instance to read whatever abbreviation for the door/opening style.
        Julie Kidder
        Architect + BIM Director
        Hartman + Majewski Design Group

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          #5
          Here's the family in question before I've tried to do anything you all suggested.
          Attached Files
          Robert Fisher
          Lead Designer
          VC Design & Build
          Lynchburg, VA

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            #6
            Originally posted by rfisher View Post
            Here's the family in question before I've tried to do anything you all suggested.
            I see the text you added but there is no visibility checkbox for it. This is what I did. I have a Generic Annotation family that has a blank label. I added that family to your door. I tied the label to a parameter within the family so the information can be changed. I would also add a few ref planes and lock the generic label family to that so it is a certain distance away from the wall that you can set so the text isn't overlapping the wall.
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            Jason Peckovitch
            Father | Photographer | Car/Tech Guy
            Revit MEP 2015 Certified Professional
            That BIM Guy Blog | Google+

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              #7
              Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your help.

              I was on the right path, but every time I tried to import some type of annotation into my family I got an error message. I think I was trying to use things that didn't jive with my family. So thanks for connecting the dots.
              Robert Fisher
              Lead Designer
              VC Design & Build
              Lynchburg, VA

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                #8
                Originally posted by rfisher View Post
                Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your help.

                I was on the right path, but every time I tried to import some type of annotation into my family I got an error message. I think I was trying to use things that didn't jive with my family. So thanks for connecting the dots.
                You're welcome. You are going to want to rename the generic label family, save it somewhere and than load it back into your family so our company stuff isn't there anymore.
                Jason Peckovitch
                Father | Photographer | Car/Tech Guy
                Revit MEP 2015 Certified Professional
                That BIM Guy Blog | Google+

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