creating callouts with detailing from parent view

[matthewh.104177]

I'm working on wall sections, putting in detail components, lines, annotations, etc., but when I create a callout for a detail blowup, I lose all my detail work.

Is there a setting to include the view specific elements when doing a callout?

To workaround, I'll copy and paste in same place, but that's tedious. Another workaround I'm trying is to duplicate the wall section with detailing and the crop it down to the detail blowup and change it from a wall section to a detail type. Then I have to go back to the original wall section, create a callout and reference it to the copied and cropped wall section. Also very tedious.

[aaronrumple]

I'm working on wall sections, putting in detail components, lines, annotations, etc., but when I create a callout for a detail blowup, I lose all my detail work.

Is there a setting to include the view specific elements when doing a callout?

To workaround, I'll copy and paste in same place, but that's tedious. Another workaround I'm trying is to duplicate the wall section with detailing and the crop it down to the detail blowup and change it from a wall section to a detail type. Then I have to go back to the original wall section, create a callout and reference it to the copied and cropped wall section. Also very tedious.
This works well.

Group the detail information in your wall section. Copy the group to the clip board.
Make your callout. Paste in the group.
Add any additional detail you might need.

Updating the group will then update the detail later in the project. And the group can be used in other similar sections.

You still have the copy/paste, but it is a lot faster to keep the drawings coordinnated.

[Erica Evans]

The Group idea works pretty well, but did they come up with a better answer in 2011?

[rkitect]

No they did not. Detail components are just that, detail components. They are view specific.

[tropitech]

Tedious perhaps, but the ethos of Revit is all about control and adaptability. I'd rather know and go through the simple processes of how something is applied (so i can change it if needed), rather than having another button/tool or (especially!) another option box which will just frustrate me when it won't do what i want. Look for the current discussion on stairs...on most multi storey stairs i do i find it easier to just model over the top of what the stair tool creates, railings included.
Many users seem to want more visual/spatial ways of working within Revit and one of most obviously visual ways Revit achieves this is the copy/ paste aligned function, together with creating a detail item that instantly updates throughout your project couldn't be much simpler.