Using a single type mark to describe all similar doors and/or windows

[ken.marcus]

Can anyone suggest a best practice when it comes to modifying door or window type marks? It seems pretty common place to describe Door or Window type drawings by a single letter. For example: a single flush door might be an "A" while a single flush w/sidelight might be a "B" and so on. Same for windows. Then in the window or door schedule you call out the size of the door with along with it's type. So you could have multiple sizes of type "A" doors but they are all type "A" doors.

The default in Revit is to have a different type mark for every single door and window based on the size. If you change the type marks in Revit to be the same for a single flush door it gives you a warning. Additionally, a type "C" on one project might not be used on another project but you might want to use type "C" to describe a totally different door or window in another project.

Are you better off using a different parameter such as type comment or creating a custom parameter then changing the window or door tag to display different information. Or is it better to just accept the defaults and let it go; It does seem odd to use a window that has the type set to 105 when you only have 4 windows in an entire projects, plus it seems like a lot of work to renumber all of the types and try to keep track on every letter or number you have used. Is type mark really meant for some other use?

thanks,
ken marcus
ideate,inc.

[beegee]

The Type Mark is meant to define both the window style and its size. For instance, windows Type A may be Sliding Glass -1200 x 1500 and windows Type B may be Sliding Glass - 1100 x 1200 and windows Type C may be Double Hung 1200 x 900.

The window schedule will then pick up the numbers of each type - ( sort by Type, and uncheck itemize every instance )

Whether to use a window / door schedule sorted by type or one with each individual marks ( or both ) is at the discretion of the user. Using both is a very simple exercise since Revit has all the data available and its just a question of how you wish to display it.