mylogs
2011-07-27, 08:30 PM
Hello,
I'm documenting a project and came up with this question:
I've been using keynotes to document the projects I work. Works well. I keynote the drawings with key values I take from a predefined keynote text file.
To differentiate walls, floors, ceillings, I've "symboblized" the key value, by adding a couple of lines around the key value. It works well, but I need to choose which keynote tag to use, say "Floor Keynote", "Wall Keynote" to get the right symbol.
If I tag however, Revit will recognize the right tag per building system (floor, wall, ceilling). I can fill the other fields and schedule as required.
Keynote is a sort of library on a text file. If don't want to have to fill the various walls and floor types, I will create a wall and floor library.
Having said this, it would appear that you would use tags for systems and keynotes for the nitty gritty of the system (cavities, insulations, etc). But then, you also have you can also keynote by element, which kind of duplicates the tags.
As I writte this, I feel tempted to tag systems, and keynote materials only. What's your view on this? How do you use the available Revit tools to document?
Many thanks on this!
p.s.- How come Revit doesn't allow roof and floor plans on legends, only sections? I'm quite sure you could do this on earlier Revit version...
I'm documenting a project and came up with this question:
I've been using keynotes to document the projects I work. Works well. I keynote the drawings with key values I take from a predefined keynote text file.
To differentiate walls, floors, ceillings, I've "symboblized" the key value, by adding a couple of lines around the key value. It works well, but I need to choose which keynote tag to use, say "Floor Keynote", "Wall Keynote" to get the right symbol.
If I tag however, Revit will recognize the right tag per building system (floor, wall, ceilling). I can fill the other fields and schedule as required.
Keynote is a sort of library on a text file. If don't want to have to fill the various walls and floor types, I will create a wall and floor library.
Having said this, it would appear that you would use tags for systems and keynotes for the nitty gritty of the system (cavities, insulations, etc). But then, you also have you can also keynote by element, which kind of duplicates the tags.
As I writte this, I feel tempted to tag systems, and keynote materials only. What's your view on this? How do you use the available Revit tools to document?
Many thanks on this!
p.s.- How come Revit doesn't allow roof and floor plans on legends, only sections? I'm quite sure you could do this on earlier Revit version...