Details and Annotations - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 244

These view-based tools are located on the Detail panel of the Annotate tab
(Figure 11.1). This small but very potent toolbox is what you will need to familiar-
ize yourself with in order to create a majority of the 2D linework and components
that will become the details in your project. To better understand how these tools
are used, let's quickly step through some of them. You're going to use the Detail
Line, Region, Component, and Detail Group tools, because they will make up
your most widely used toolkit for creating 2D details in Revit Architecture.
Figure 11.1 The
Detail panel of the
Annotate tab
Detail Line
The Detail Line tool is the first tool located on the Detail panel of the Annotate
tab. This tool is the closest thing you'll find to traditional drafting in the Revit
Architecture software. It lets you create view-specific linework using different
lineweights and tones, draw different line shapes, and use many of the same
manipulation commands you would find in a CAD program, such as offset, copy,
move, and so on.
Detail Lines are View Specific
Detail Lines appear only in the view in which they're drawn. They also have an
arrangement to their placement, meaning you can layer them under or on top
of each other or other 2D objects. This feature is especially important when you
begin using regions, detail lines, and model content to create details.
Using the Detail Line tool is fairly easy. Selecting the tool changes your rib-
bon tab to look like Figure 11.2. This tab has several panels that allow you to
add and manipulate linework.
Figure 11.2 The Detail Line toolset