david.fannon
2007-04-13, 07:21 PM
I am creating the signage for a college campus (500+rooms) and I would like to have parametric signs with as much "intelligent" information as possible including links to the door they identify. I am looking for any and all suggestions for ways to do this.
We typically (historically) prepare signage packages with a sheet of details showing all the types of signs, and all the mounting conditions (in relation to a door, typically.) Then, rather than identify every sign on a plan, we have a schedule that lists a door number, and tells what the sign associated with it should say, what type it is and how it is mounted. Any signs not related to a door are called out with a tag on the floor plans. This is a pretty good system.
I need a method that accommodates a bunch of information, such as:
The room name on the sign may not be the room name as assigned in Revit (we don't have professor's names on offices)
The room number on the sign may not be the room number in Revit (the college is re-numbering the plans, but at this stage we do not want to make a change on the documents)
Most signs are associated with a door (and the mounting is described in relation to a door) not to a room, as rooms might have multiple doors, or none at all.
Some signs are independent of doors.
Right now I'm leaning towards placing every sign, scheduling them, and manually entering the door information. This is a lot of work, but seems the most straightforward. Other options are nesting the sign information into the doors and making a modified door schedule, or nesting it into rooms and making a modified room schedule. None of these seems ideal. I guess the best would be some way to "associate" one family with another, for example have a sign family "know" what door it is identifying, and pull the door number parameter from it. Please somebody have an amazing Revit way to do this better.
We typically (historically) prepare signage packages with a sheet of details showing all the types of signs, and all the mounting conditions (in relation to a door, typically.) Then, rather than identify every sign on a plan, we have a schedule that lists a door number, and tells what the sign associated with it should say, what type it is and how it is mounted. Any signs not related to a door are called out with a tag on the floor plans. This is a pretty good system.
I need a method that accommodates a bunch of information, such as:
The room name on the sign may not be the room name as assigned in Revit (we don't have professor's names on offices)
The room number on the sign may not be the room number in Revit (the college is re-numbering the plans, but at this stage we do not want to make a change on the documents)
Most signs are associated with a door (and the mounting is described in relation to a door) not to a room, as rooms might have multiple doors, or none at all.
Some signs are independent of doors.
Right now I'm leaning towards placing every sign, scheduling them, and manually entering the door information. This is a lot of work, but seems the most straightforward. Other options are nesting the sign information into the doors and making a modified door schedule, or nesting it into rooms and making a modified room schedule. None of these seems ideal. I guess the best would be some way to "associate" one family with another, for example have a sign family "know" what door it is identifying, and pull the door number parameter from it. Please somebody have an amazing Revit way to do this better.