mjdanowski
2007-03-02, 11:06 PM
I have been learning and working with Revit over the past month or so, and I have come upon some things which I am pretty sure aren't implemented/doable with the current build of Revit but I am not sure.
First, is it possible to have Annotation (specifically symbols) scale with the view of the drawing. Electrically, I use different symbols for different types of voltage for panels. Our symbol for a 208V panel is a solid block while our 480V panel is adorned with diagonal stripes. If I try to stay away from a separate annotation file, I find that I cannot get the solid fill from a black material in a hidden line view, and in a shaded view I cannot get symbolic lines to show (because the material will obscure them). The ideal choice here would be an annotation, however I can only seem to build them as per a specific scale. If I try to adjust the scale from lets say a 1/4" to 1/8", the annotation will get all out of whack, and either be extremely large or extremely small.
Is there a way to scale the annotation with the view scale?
Second, is there some sort of support for main circuit breakers and/or feed through lugs on panels? On a lot of projects we have panels fed from another panel, but NOT from a circuit breaker in the feeding panel. This is especially true to double wide panels. These are schematically shown as an 84 pole panel in 2 enclosures, however in Revit I cannot feed one panel from another without a circuit breaker. At the moment I am just using a second family, but its a bit of overhead and a lot of fluff that really isn't needed. As far as MCBs are concerned, is there some sort of support for this?
Third, is there a way to make a parameter drop down with pre-defined choices? This would be a godsend, along with the ability to change other parameters (such as materials) with check-boxes and such things.
Thanks
First, is it possible to have Annotation (specifically symbols) scale with the view of the drawing. Electrically, I use different symbols for different types of voltage for panels. Our symbol for a 208V panel is a solid block while our 480V panel is adorned with diagonal stripes. If I try to stay away from a separate annotation file, I find that I cannot get the solid fill from a black material in a hidden line view, and in a shaded view I cannot get symbolic lines to show (because the material will obscure them). The ideal choice here would be an annotation, however I can only seem to build them as per a specific scale. If I try to adjust the scale from lets say a 1/4" to 1/8", the annotation will get all out of whack, and either be extremely large or extremely small.
Is there a way to scale the annotation with the view scale?
Second, is there some sort of support for main circuit breakers and/or feed through lugs on panels? On a lot of projects we have panels fed from another panel, but NOT from a circuit breaker in the feeding panel. This is especially true to double wide panels. These are schematically shown as an 84 pole panel in 2 enclosures, however in Revit I cannot feed one panel from another without a circuit breaker. At the moment I am just using a second family, but its a bit of overhead and a lot of fluff that really isn't needed. As far as MCBs are concerned, is there some sort of support for this?
Third, is there a way to make a parameter drop down with pre-defined choices? This would be a godsend, along with the ability to change other parameters (such as materials) with check-boxes and such things.
Thanks