Graphics Programs Reference
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Families Version
When you create families in Revit MEP 2015, you can use those families
only in Revit MEP 2015. Therefore, it may be a good idea to create your
families in an earlier version of Revit, allowing you to use the same
families for projects that are still in older versions!
Your annotation family can also be loaded into a component family for
use as a schematic symbol representation of the component. Open the
component family, and click the Load Family button on the Insert tab.
Browse to the annotation family that you want and click Open. On the
Annotate tab, click the Symbol button to place the loaded annotation family
into the view. You can place an annotation symbol into a family only in floor
plan or ceiling plan views, not elevations or 3D views. Place the symbol so
that its insertion point matches theinsertion point ofthecomponent family.
When one family is loaded into another, the loaded family is considered
to be nested . Figure 18.6 shows a thermostat annotation nested into a
thermostat component family.
Figure 18.6 Annotation family loaded into a component family
Based on the purpose and functionality of your component family, the
nested annotation may need to show all the time. The symbol for a
thermostat family shows all the time, but a symbol for a valve family shows
only when the pipe is displayed in a single line. In order to achieve this
behavior, select the nested family and click the Visibility Settings button
from the Modify | Generic Annotations tab. From the newly opened Family
 
 
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