Revit How To Tag Doors And Windows

The tag opens in revit s family editor.

Revit how to tag doors and windows.

First let s check if we already have our tag families loaded. Tagging of doors and windows are very important in architectural working drawings. By default doors tags are oval with the door number centered in the tag and window tags are hexagons with the window type centered in the tag. You can specify that the tags are attached automatically as you place the doors or you can attach them later either.

If it s not loaded yet click load on the right side of this dialog. Click tag group title to expand this panel. If you do not select elements the tag all not tagged tool will tag all elements in the view that are not already tagged. You can manually add tags one by one by using tag by category.

Open the existing door or window tag by selecting file open and then navigate to the library folder in which the tag is stored by default door and window tags are located in imperial library annotations architectural. Create sequential tags for doors or windows place a door or window. Specify the elements to tag. Click annotate tab tag panel tag all.

But instead of selecting objects one by one let s just tag all our doors and windows. Open the view in which you want to tag elements. Optional select one or more elements to tag. Click modify and then select the element.

In order to tag doors so that the type appears in the tag instead of the mark or to tag windows so that the mark appears in the tag rather than the type you need to load a different annotation family component. To tag untagged elements. Thus that is why this video is very important. Place more instances of the element as desired.

On the properties palette enter a value for mark. Check if door tag and window tag are already loaded. This value is equal to 1 for the first door you place and it increases by 1 for each subsequent door regardless of type. On the options bar click the select parameter button.

The tag all not tagged dialog displays.