Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
It is important to understand how Revit handles text types before choosing
how to set up your text family types. Each text family type that is created is
unique to the file in which it was created.
Figure 2.24
shows an example of a
text type called STYLE 1 that was created in a project and a text type called
STYLE 1 that was created in an annotation family. When the annotation
family is used in the project, the text within the annotation family maintains
its settings as defined in the family file. It does not take on the settings for
STYLE 1 as they are defined in the project, even though both family types
have the same name.
Figure 2.24
Text types with the same name
The easiest way to manage this behavior is to use the default font, which is
Arial. Although this may be a deviation from your normal CAD standards,
it provides a huge return in time savings. If you choose to use a different
font, you will have to change the text and labels in every family or detail that
you bring into your Revit project in order to maintain consistency in your
construction documents. This includes all the preloaded content that comes
withyourRevitinstallation.Onethingtoconsideristhefontstyleoftags.By
default, all tags in Revit use the Arial font. If that font doesn't comply with
your company standards, you would have to go through all tags and modify
them.
Forallofyourfuturefamilyneeds,youmaywanttoconsidercreatingfamily
templates that can contain your company standards to avoid having text
types with the same name, as
Figure 2.24
shows.
By setting the properties of a text style, you can create several variations
of text for use in your projects. Remember that these are type properties,
so you will need to create a new text type for each variation in settings.
