Details and Annotations - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 260

rooms. You can add tags to your project by navigating to the Tag panel located
on the Annotate tab. When you select the Tag by Category tool and then select
an object in your model, Revit Architecture will automatically assign the correct
tag type to the associated material. From there, you can enter the appropriate
information within the tag object.

tex t
Not all elements in Revit Architecture have materiality to them, and sometimes
tags are not the best way to convey information. In these cases, you can use
text. The Text tool is located on the Text panel of the Annotate tab.
When you're using text in your model, it's important to remember that text is
not linked to any element or material; it's 2D view-specific information. If you
label something with text or use text to call out notes, the text doesn't dynami-
cally update as elements change in the model.

exercise 11.4: add Dimensions to Your Detail

In your detail, you have added aspects to the window family to reflect some of
the details needed for construction. Now, with much of the linework and ele-
ments in the view, you need to annotate and add dimensions. From the Chapter
11 downloadable files, open the c11-ex11.4start.rvt file, or continue with
your opened file if you've completed the previous exercise.

1. Select the Aligned dimension tool, and place a dimension string from
the grid line to the centerline of the wall, as shown in Figure 11.20.

Figure 11.20 Adding a dimension string

2. Click Esc to clear the active command. Highlight the dimension
string, and you see two sets of blue dots on either side. One set con-
trols the length of the witness line (the line that extends from the

▶

Certification
Objective

Dimensions are
dynamic in Revit
Architecture and are
easy to relocate.