How To Create A Door Tag In Revit

8 assign door thickness in plan view.

How to create a door tag in revit. Make sure to lock the thickness parameter. Use the tags dialog to specify the default tag for an element category. Click annotate tabtag panel tag by category. Click modify and then select the element.

The tag will detect the size of the door and add appropriate dimensions. You can specify that the tags are attached automatically as you place the doors or you can attach them later either. Before attempting this procedure load the necessary tags for elements that need a tag. Shared parameters are available for both single and multi category tags.

As you place doors and windows in a project you can use tags that sequentially number the elements. Door tags are annotations that are generally used to enumerate instances of doors within a project by displaying the value of the door s mark property. Values can be alphabetical numerical or alphanumeric sequences. If you need to tag furniture load a furniture tag.

Place more instances of the. To set the orientation of the tag select vertical or horizontal. Click new annotation symbol select a template such as door tag rft and click open. Click create tabtext panel label.

Click in the drawing area. Save your tag and load into your project or save it to your revit annotation family to be used as a standard. This loaded tag becomes the default. The tags automatically number based on the mark parameter for doors and windows.

Click annotate tabtag panel drop down loaded tags. See loading tag styles. Create a dimension between the reference planes and assign the thickness parameter to it. Create a new reference plane below the exterior wall face as in the image below.

To apply tags to elements based on their categories use the tag by category tool. In the parameter properties dialog click select and select the shared parameter to add to. This value is equal to 1 for the first door you place and it increases by 1 for each subsequent door regardless of type. Then sketch a six sided polygon or any other desired shape as shown below.

The family editor opens. On the properties palette enter a value for mark. In the tags dialog click in the value column for an element category and then select a tag name. On the options bar.

Go back to the plan view. The edit label dialog opens. Revit door and window tags a how to guide duration.