schedules on multiple sheets - instances?

[jond]

Is it possible to have legends and schedules on multiple sheets as an instance parameter so I dont have to manually place each one in the same place?

[gab.83408]

I would make your legends and schedules an xref. Bring them into each drawing. Then you will only have to edit on the legends and schedules xref. Hope this helps.

[jbalding48677]

I would make your legends and schedules an xref. Bring them into each drawing. Then you will only have to edit on the legends and schedules xref. Hope this helps.That would work fine for AutoCAD...

To answer the original question, I don't know of a way. You can use the copy and paste align feature, but that can get a little tedious if there are a bunch of sheets...

One thought is don't do it. If the legend needs to be pasted on several sheets, why not put it on one of the cover/title sheets as a master and leave it at that???

[RobG]

i'm gonna second Jim's point of view. I've never ever duplicated a schedule in more places then one. the contractor shouldn't need to be told the same thing multiple times if he can reference it all in one place. However, the copy and paste in place works a little nicer then Jim is thinking as you can select all the pages you'd want at once.(EDIT > PASTE ALIGNED > SELECT VIEWS BY NAME)

personally, save the headache and place it once in the front-end information sheets..

[jond]

That would work fine for AutoCAD...

To answer the original question, I don't know of a way. You can use the copy and paste align feature, but that can get a little tedious if there are a bunch of sheets...

One thought is don't do it. If the legend needs to be pasted on several sheets, why not put it on one of the cover/title sheets as a master and leave it at that???

So you mean a "master" in terms of dragging and placing it on one G sheet right? I think that would work on a smaller project but this set of drawings is enormous.

Really my question had to do with getting the right keynote legend on the right plan. I have had excellent results with nested families in my sheet so that the right info can be turned on and off depending on the enlarged plan (legends, key plans, notes). I fear that the keynote schedule may be too "alive" to get away with the nested general annotation trick. I definitely dont want to go down the dumb text road for keynotes - been there done that.

[Scott D Davis]

Really my question had to do with getting the right keynote legend on the right plan.
That concern will be completely eliminated in Revit 9.0. Keynote Legends are Sheet Aware, so they display the keynotes only from that sheet (if you choose to). You drop the same keynote "master" on any sheet, and it filters for that sheet.

[archjake]

That concern will be completely eliminated in Revit 9.0. Keynote Legends are Sheet Aware, so they display the keynotes only from that sheet (if you choose to). You drop the same keynote "master" on any sheet, and it filters for that sheet.
<drool drops from mouth> Awesome! :)

[tc3dcad60731]

....the contractor shouldn't need to be told the same thing multiple times if he can reference it all in one place......

Let me introduce you to a few people! It should not be needed but it depends on what you are detailing and needing a schedule for. I agree with Jim on the main sheet that has the schedules on it though. I have found that to work best.

Reason: worked for a company that decided everything was engineering's fault! The PM read the BOM / Schedule on the assembly sheet and ordered the wrong stuff. Told to put it on a main sheet and they did not order everything. Placed on a main sheet AND on the assembly sheets and double ordering took place. :-(

Placing a schedule on one sheet for all doors and windows and linking it the way Revit does with tags to the different views works great. I have one contractor who gets confused by this method and that is due to the fact that he has different people on different days working on the same project and he only gives them parts of the drawing set!