One-Line Diagrams

[jason.combs]

Does/will Revit Systems be able to create a one-line diagram that is connected to the model?

[dtownsend]

I'm not 100% sure what the requirements of One-Line Diagram are, but I do know that if you change your view Detail Level to Coarse then everything will be displayed as one line. I think the standard in Floor Plan is Medium...change this to Coarse and see if that will work.

[nfaehnle]

I am in the same boat. It seems there is not much help anywhere on this subject. Could someone please help with this. I need to create one-line diagrams and I'm not sure where to get symbols and/or components to get started

[sgermano]

at this moment I do not believe there are any type of intelligent parametric 1 line functionality built into Revit. For sysmbols ect, you can use your existing cad symbols. For 1 lines and PNID's ect you may just want to draft them in cad and link that cad file into a Revit sheet.

[james.klatt]

I think the big challenge with this request is that single-lines are diagramatic and revit is actual distance. Also, now you are getting into a bigger area of engineer and drafter preference. If revit did develop this capability I would imagine it would only be laid out in one format and that format would only appease 1% of the population. Just my 2 cents.

[mwiggins]

We do all one lines and risers in CAD. We also do not link these into revit beacuse it can bring down performance.

[AaronC]

We do all one lines and risers in CAD. We also do not link these into revit beacuse it can bring down performance.

We link the CAD linework into Revit, and change all the lines to Revit linetypes, then annotate in Revit.

[mjdanowski]

I think the big challenge with this request is that single-lines are diagramatic and revit is actual distance. Also, now you are getting into a bigger area of engineer and drafter preference. If revit did develop this capability I would imagine it would only be laid out in one format and that format would only appease 1% of the population. Just my 2 cents.

The pieces of the puzzle are there, there just needs to be a function to bring them together.

-Have a UI which lets you set custom symbols for each type of equipment.

-Have a different annotation type for "One-Line Symbols" which has a special element called "connection" where different elements connect to symbols.

- Have a check box on all mechanical and electrical equipment (default set to "off") where you can choose what elements you want to put on your one line.

- Tagging can be done via the current system, just create the tag to fit your needs.

- Allow drafting in one-line views.


Boom, you just have a one-line tool which will appease 90% of the population because its lets the user customize it to their standards. I think thats why people complain so much about Revit is because so many standards are forced upon people and as such people don't like it.

[jlondenberg]

We do all one lines and risers in CAD. We also do not link these into revit beacuse it can bring down performance.

Why ACAD? Revit is a great diagramatic drafting tool, I like it better than ACAD.

[musicjunkie300]

We link the CAD linework into Revit, and change all the lines to Revit linetypes, then annotate in Revit.

I had a question about how you annotate the single line in REVIT, (I was trying to create a riser diagram in REVIT just to see how it's done and if it's worth it). Did you just set up a generic anotation symbol to annotate since tags can't be used on lines and only equipment (correct?) I had wanted to try and use the tag feature but was unable to, do i just need to do it the old-fashonied way with generic annotation symbols.

Thanks for any help!
-allen