Summary: Add the option to "orient annotation to view" to Pipe & Duct Accessory families so symbols can be displayed in elevation and section views as well as plan views.

Description: Many of the electrical families (electrical devices, lighting devices, etc.) have an option called "orient annotation to view" which allows the annotation inserted in the plan view of the family to be displayed in other views. It would be very helpful to have this option available in Duct and Pipe Accessory families.

For example if I want to put a single-line annotation symbol into a Gate family, when I insert that gate valve into a horizontal piece of pipe I want the symbol to display in plan, elevation and section views. Presently the only way to accomplish this is to use symbolic or model lines which do not scale with the view.

Product and Feature: Revit MEP - MEP Family Contents/Components (Mechanical)

Submitted By: Joe Fields on 06/30/2012