'Smarter' Smart Drawing Tags

[amjones]

Hellooooo All,

Having lurked on this board for years now (fond memories of zoog), I am finally going to post something as I am finally in an office that is committed to Revit, and I finally have a question worth asking...lol.

So...you know those title blocks. The ones with, say, 10 divisions on top (numbered 1-10) and 8 divisions down the side (lettered A-H) and then the drawing title numbers are derived from the location of the detail head in the that matrix. Resulting in details call out somethings like this: C8/A101. Well, what I am wondering if there would be a way to have there detail tag automatically know where it is relation to this grid and number itself correctly.

I am well aware I am out of my depth just yet, and realize that there would be a bit of family creation magic to get this to work (if at all). I also wanted to keep my mind out of the rabbit hole if it's impossible. All I want to know is "Is the above scenario feasible and what keywords would be helpful in figuring out how to get there"

Thanks,
Drew Jones

[D.Williams]

Skisouth posted a reply to a similar request thread not too long ago... I don't think it's been discussed since then.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=59705&highlight=sheet+coordinates

[amjones]

Thanks for the pointer. Yup, looks to be rabbit hole territory. Honestly, I am looking to convince the firm, in it's migration to Revit, to take a really hard look at the graphic standards they set 30 years ago and trim the fat. Some of the fat is this matrix system, and as SkiSouth said: Revit automatically numbers and coordinates the tags and the contractor will find the detail without the matrix anyway. True that.

Thanks again,
Drew

[tomnewsom]

Definitely revise your standards. There are things that you do with ink drawings that it makes no sense to do with revit and vice versa.