On the Import Instance panel, click the Query button, as shown in Figure 11.56... On the Modify | Interior Partition Legend.dwg tab, click Explode ➢ Full Explode, as shown in Figure 11.
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import units Import Units should be set to Auto-Detect In
Chapter 18, “Site and Topography,” we will import a site At that point, we will have to modify this choice, but for now, leave it as Auto-Detect
Positioning Leave Positioning as Auto - Center to Center.
F i g u R e 1 1 5 5 The Import CAD Formats dialog Be deliberate when
importing a CAD file by choosing the options at the bottom of the dialog.
7 Click Open.
After you import the CAD file, it may be zoomed off the view so you cannot see it Follow the procedure to zoom the CAD import into view and manipulate the data:
1 Type ZA (to zoom all).
2 You can now see the import When the import is in view, select it.
3 On the Import Instance panel, click the Query button, as shown in
Figure 11.56
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F i g u R e 1 1 5 6 Clicking the Query button on the Import Instance panel
5 After you select the line, Revit will report information back to you
about that line You are also given the chance to delete the layer
Click Delete, as shown in Figure 11.57
F i g u R e 1 1 5 7 You can query items in the CAD import You can also
delete items.
6 Click OK All of the lines on that layer are gone.
AutoCAD When you delete a layer in Revit, the layer is deleted and any
object that happens to be on that layer is deleted as well You could easily
delete objects inadvertently
7 Press Esc twice.
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The next step is to fix some of the text that didn’t quite wrap correctly What
we will need to do is explode the import so it is broken down into Revit lines and objects
1 Select the import again.
2 On the Modify | Interior Partition Legend.dwg tab, click Explode ➢ Full Explode, as shown in Figure 11.58
F i g u R e 1 1 5 8 Click the Full Explode button on the Modify | Interior
Partition Legend.dwg tab.
that a partial explode will break the import down to the next level of blocks For example, if there was a block included in the drawing file, such as a column bubble, the explode would break down the import but leave the col-umn bubble as a block When you do a full explode, you are exploding every object in the import—blocks and all
3 Select the text UNDERSIDE OF STRUCTURE for the MJ detail.
4 Pick the grip to the right, and drag the text box to the left until the
text wraps into the correct position, as shown in Figure 11.59
5 Do the same for the other details that have text improperly wrapped.
6 Save the model.
N O T E You may ask, “how did revit know what line weights to use for
my import?” This is a great question You can configure the import/export settings to translate autoCaD colors to revit line weights If you are using standard aIa layering, you will have very little problem with this transla-tion If not, you may have some work to do In Chapter 12, “Detailing,” we will be configuring this file
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Now that you have experience with keys, it is time to move on to learn how
tags work in Revit and why we address them along with schedules
Adding tags
Now that you are halfway through the book, you have found that some subjects,
such as tags, were brushed over in earlier chapters Tags simply cannot be avoided
since they come in automatically with many items But there is a mystery
surround-ing them Where do they come from, how does Revit know what tag to associate
with what element, and how the heck do you make Revit’s tags look like your tags?
You can almost see a tag as a “window” looking into the item itself A tag allows
you to pull a parameter out of an item and put that parameter onto the drawing in
a physical sense Given that, tags are how we label things!
To start, let’s concentrate on the simple and then move to the more complex
First you’ll learn how to add a tag that did not get added automatically
Adding tags individually
As you may have noticed, not everything we placed in the model received a tag—
especially many of the doors and windows that we copied to different floors The
objective of the following procedures is to add tags to individual objects The first
type of tag will be By Category
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tagging by category
Tagging an item by category simply means that when you start the Tag command, it will look for an entire object to tag with the loaded tag that was created specifically for that object
1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 2 floor plan.
2 Zoom in on the area where the corridor meets the east wing, as
shown in Figure 11.60
F i g u R e 1 1 6 0 The area where the corridor meets the east wing
3 On the Tag panel of the Annotate tab, click the Tag By Category
but-ton, as shown in Figure 11.61
F i g u R e 1 1 6 1 Click Tag By Category on the Annotate tab.
4 On the Options bar, uncheck the Leader option, as shown near the
upper left in Figure 11.62
5 Pick the door shown in Figure 11.62 Your tag is added.
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Adding tags to doors is a straightforward concept Keep in mind, however, that
doors and windows are certainly not the only “taggable” items in Revit
tagging Walls
Tagging walls is almost as automatic as tagging doors and windows The only
difference is that when you tag a wall, the tag will initially be blank
To learn how to tag a wall, follow along with the procedure:
1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 2 floor plan if you are not
there already
2 Zoom in on the east wing.
3 Click the Tag By Category button.
4 Pick the wall indicated in Figure 11.63.
5 Many times, you will not have a tag loaded for this specific type of
item When that situation occurs, you will get the message shown in
Figure 11.64 Click Yes to load the tag
6 Select Annotations ➢ Architectural ➢ Wall Tag.rfa
7 Click Open.
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F i g u R e 1 1 6 3 Picking one of the corridor partitions to tag
F i g u R e 1 1 6 4 When you try to tag an item without a specific tag type
loaded, this dialog prompts you to load the tag.
8 On the Options bar, click the Leader option so that the tag is leadered
into the wall
9 At the bottom row of the Tag panel, you will see a pull-down arrow
Click the Loaded Tags button (see Figure 11.65)
10 In the Tags dialog, scroll down to Walls, as shown in Figure 11.66.
11 In the Loaded Tags cell for Walls, pick Wall Tag : 1/2″
12 Click OK.
13 Pick the wall again You now have a wall tag.
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F i g u R e 1 1 6 6 Changing the default tag for walls to Wall Tag: 1/2″
14 Press Esc twice.
15 Select the new wall tag (it will be blank).
16 Notice the blue items Click the blue question mark in the tag.
17 Call it MC-1, as shown in Figure 11.67.
18 Click Yes to the warning that you are changing a type parameter.
19 Press Esc.
20 Click Tag By Category on the Annotate tab.
21 Pick any other corridor partition in the floor Notice that this time the
tag is automatically placed with the appropriate MC-1 tag filled out
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In revit 2011, the tag By Category but-ton is also located
on the Quick access toolbar.
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When you modify this type of tag, it is generally the type mark that carries this data To see where the type mark is, select any one of the interior parti-tions, and click Edit Type in the Properties dialog In the Type Parameters, you can scroll down to find the Type Mark, as shown in the following image:
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add to the schedule, you are selecting from the same list that Revit used to
tag items in the model This is the definition of BIM: the right information
is used in the right places
Suppose you would like to tag a number of the same items in one shot Revit
will allow you to do this by using the Tag All command
using the tag All command
The Tag All command is a favorite among Revit users One of the most common
examples of using this command is when you Copy/Paste Aligned multiple items to
higher-level floors You will almost always miss a few tags, or even all of the tags
This is where Tag All comes into play
The objective of this next procedure is to find the Tag All feature and tag many
items in one shot:
1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 4 floor plan.
2 Notice that many doors and windows are not tagged (If for some
reason all of the doors and windows are tagged, select the tags and
delete them for this procedure.)
3 On the Annotate tab, click the Tag All button, as shown in Figure 11.68.
F i g u R e 1 1 6 8 The Tag All button on the Annotate tab
4 In the Tag All Not Tagged dialog, click Door Tags.
5 Hold the Ctrl key and select Window Tags This specifies that every
door and window in the view is about to receive a tag
6 Make sure the All Objects In Current View radio button is selected
(see Figure 11.69)
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