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    Custom Elevation Symbol

    Revit 2018

    OK, so the Architect is a stickler for smart symbols only in the drawings. And I get it, but it's difficult for me to customize the symbols so far. For example, I can't submit drawings with the square framing elevation symbols that Revit supplies me with. (See image) I would very much like to have the symbol look like the one on the right, as it it far smaller and better looking in my opinion, and that's the symbol we have used for years.

    In the past, I created dummy symbols in these cases, but the Architect doesn't want any of those in the drawings anymore.

    I have some experience with family creation and editing, but when it comes to system families like this, I'm stumped.

    So if someone could give me some info or a clue as to how to do this, that would be excellent
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    Originally posted by DCLowery View Post
    Revit 2018

    OK, so the Architect is a stickler for smart symbols only in the drawings. And I get it, but it's difficult for me to customize the symbols so far. For example, I can't submit drawings with the square framing elevation symbols that Revit supplies me with. (See image) I would very much like to have the symbol look like the one on the right, as it it far smaller and better looking in my opinion, and that's the symbol we have used for years.

    In the past, I created dummy symbols in these cases, but the Architect doesn't want any of those in the drawings anymore.

    I have some experience with family creation and editing, but when it comes to system families like this, I'm stumped.

    So if someone could give me some info or a clue as to how to do this, that would be excellent
    that's a standard Revit interior elevation symbol. In an a project started from an OOTB template in the PB go to Annotations and look for Elevation Mark Pointer_Circle

    edit: I never use that annotation symbol and just looked in my R2017.2 and it's called Framing Elevation. I normally see this symbol used by Architects for interior elevations though. You can change all of your square elevations to round by duplicating the Type, renaming it, and changing the Elevation tag from 1/2" Square to the Circle type. There are three options in the Elevation Mark type properties.
    Last edited by Dave Jones; April 19, 2018, 11:44 PM. Reason: more info
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      #3
      That symbol is what is used in the Australian template as a section head.
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        #4
        Thank you, that's a lot better, but can I edit it so the detail number is inside the circle as in the pic?
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          See attached our elevation symbol for you to reference when creating yours. It's just a matter of moving the labels around and creating the geometry that you want. Note that the dividing line works best when it is comprised of text that contains underscores, I picked that up from Aaron.
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          Joshua Kohl

          Eastern Exterior Wall Systems, Inc
          www.eews.com

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            Originally posted by Joshua Kohl View Post
            See attached our elevation symbol for you to reference when creating yours. It's just a matter of moving the labels around and creating the geometry that you want. Note that the dividing line works best when it is comprised of text that contains underscores, I picked that up from Aaron.
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            Thanks!

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              #7
              If you do move the text around, make sure you test it pointing left, right, up and down and rotated at different angles.
              Sometimes the label doesn't move as you might think it would
              Dave Plumb
              BWBR Architects; St Paul, MN

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