Details and Annotations - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 266

4. Highlight the tag, and in the Options Bar deselect the Leader check
box that is shown checked (Figure 11.30). Doing so lets you drag the
tag down—leader free—and place it in the crop region.

Figure 11.30 Removing the leader from the
Window tag

5. Choose the Material Tag button from the Tag panel on the Annotate
tab. With the tag selected, mouse over the vertical panel shown in
Figure 11.31. The material there has been prepopulated with 5/8 ″
GYPSUM BOARD as a tag through the material (from the Manage
tab). Select the material, and place the tag.

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Material tags let you
tag materials consis-
tently throughout the
model. If you tag some-
thing like Concrete
once in the model, the
material will remem-
ber the tag you used
and show that same
tag every time you tag
it in any other view.

Figure 11.31 Using the Material tag

6. Notice that by default the tag has no arrowhead. Select the tag, and
choose Edit Type from the Properties palette. Here in the tag's Type
Properties dialog, you can assign an arrowhead. Choose 30 Degree
Arrow for the Leader Arrowhead property, and click OK (Figure 11.32).

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For materials that
aren't already speci-
fied, Revit Architecture
will display a question
mark. Click the Material
tag, and enter the text
describing that mate-
rial. Changes made to
this material will be
broadcast throughout
the model.

Figure 11.32 Adding an arrowhead to
the tag