Allow Revit to allow Text in linetypes

[revit.wishlist1942]

Summary: I wish that Revit Architecture had the ability to draw utility linetypes: ie.
----G----G----G----
----S----S----S----

Description: I wish that Revit Architecture had the ability to draw utility linetypes: ie.
----G----G----G----
----S----S----S----

How Used: I have tried to draw these utility lines in my site plans. The only way that I have gotten even close was using Repeating Details. This works until your line turns a corner. Then, it gets all goofed up with extra lengths that appear after the turn. When I import a .dwg with these lines, they become solid lines and I am forced to drop opaque text over the line to simulate the utility line. If the line moves (GRRRRRR) I have to move each piece of text to follow. Let's make this coordination more simple, with new lineweights supported by Revit Architecture.

Feature Affinity: Linework

Submitted By: Yates Chris on September 21, 2007

[Chad Smith]

Am totally looking forward to this one. This is quite a popular wish from new Revit users that are switching from AutoCAD.

[Scott Hopkins]

Yes very much needed. I can see this for...

Rated wall diagrams:

-----1 Hr---------------1 Hr-----------
-----2 Hr---------------2 Hr-----------

Handicap path of travel diagrams:

-----HC---------------HC-----------

and a lot more!

[bclarch]

One of those little things that would be a big help. I hope that the Revit MEP folks have been requesting this as well.

[t1.shep]

Yes. I need this now.
What are people doing in the meantime?

[Scott Hopkins]

What else can you do? I put text on top of the line and repeat the text periodically down the length of the line. Makes me feel like a caveman before the wheel was discovered...

[t1.shep]

Here's an interim "solution" from Autodesk...

By drawing a repeating detail line (with imported text) on top of a simple detail line, you can add text to linetypes to create utility lines for gas, electricity, phone, sewer, and storm drains.
To add text to linetypes:
1.Enter the text that you want in AutoCAD and save it as a DWG file.
2.In Revit, click File menu > New > Family and select a Detail Component family template. Click Open.
3.Import the DWG file into your new Detail Component family by clicking File menu > Import/Link > CAD Formats.
4.Place a Filled Region behind your imported text. Click the Region Properties button on the Sketch tab of the Design bar.
5.In the Element Properties dialog box, click Edit/New and specify No Pattern for the Fill Pattern parameter.
6.Click Finish Sketch.
7.Click Load into Project on the Design bar.
8.On the Drafting tab of the Design bar, click Repeating Detail.
9.Click Properties on the Options bar.
10.In the Element Properties dialog box, click Edit/New.
11.In the Type Properties dialog box, click Duplicate.
12.Enter a name your repeating detail (for example, phone line), and click OK.
13.Select the name of the new detail family for the Detail parameter.
14.Set Detail Rotation to 90° Counterclockwise.
15.Set Spacing to 1000mm.
16.Click OK to close each dialog box.
17.Using the Detail Line tool from the Drafting tab of the Design bar, draw a detail line in your project.
Draw the Repeating Detail over the new detail line as if you were tracing the detail line.

[Chad Smith]

I think the main reason why we need this is so that we can define existing services, at least that's why I need it.

But the problem I see, is that Autodesk might dump this in the MEP category, and then give the MEP users the ability to display their intelligent piping as 'linework with text', if it can't already be done.
This will then result in Autodesk telling us that this falls under the job of the MEP engineer and that we (Architecture) users should need it. Or tell us to buy Revit MEP as well.

I think our chances of getting this wish may be very slim.

[DaveP]

Here's an interim "solution" from Autodesk...

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Wow. That's a lot of steps.
We did basically the same thing, except instead of all that DWG stuff, we just drew lines.
A circle is an "O", an "H" is three lines, etc, etc, etc,

The problem with the Repeating Detail Compnent route is that it's scale-specific.
You need a different Component for each scale.

[jlara.182874]

microsol resources (www.microsolresources.com) has a great write-up on this which I used to create these line styles within my template file. See attached.