Autodesk Revit Architecture

[#1]

Revit 2011 text editing

How do I keep the formating stable in the text editing.  I have columns separated by tabs.  Every time I click to edit the text Revit re-arranges the paragraph.  I can't keep the format stable so the columns read correctly.  I never had this problem with CAD.

I feel like a Beta tester right now trying to produce permit documents on a program that isn't finished yet.

[#2]

It might have to do with the zoom scale when you're editing the text versus when the text was created. I would suggest taking a look at the following post on our Support blog, the Revit Clinic: Text Wrapping Inconsistencies

I hope this helps!

[#3]

With all due respect, Katie, the "solution" posted on the blog is to "try and zoom to the same level as when the original text was created," which is impossible if the text was created by someone else.  And zooming extents every time new text has to be created?  C'mon, that's just ridiculous.

Why does it behave this way?  It seems like it should be such a simple fix...

[#4]

I find that solution completely unworkable.  As the other commentor stated if the text is created by another person or even by me several weeks ago how am I to remember what scale I was zoomed at when I created the text.

The solution I ultimately have found is to abandon paragraph text and have each group of words a separate text element.  Even text that is in the same line needs to be a separate element to stay consistant.  This reminds me of acad r10.  Revit is equal with software written 20 year ago as far as text goes.

Chris

[#5]

This behavior is currently being investigated by the development team to be addressed in the future - so the blog post is really just an explanation of how it works now, and how you might be able to get around it. The zoom level doesn't have to be exactly the same, just close. I apologize though as I realize it's not ideal; it is just a suggestion based on the way it currently works.

Hearing comments directly from customers helps to build traction on items like these, so I would really suggest providing a business case as to how this affects your firm at the Feedback site.

[#6]

Hearing comments directly from customers helps to build traction on items like these, so I would really suggest providing a business case as to how this affects your firm at the Feedback site.

I don't mean to be petty about this, but it seems kind of incredible that we'd have to give you guys feedback on something like this, so you could build a case to deal with it.  

It should be self-evident that this is a really sucky behavior that ought to be fixed. Along with all the rest of the text shortcomings in Revit. Hanging indent? Paragraph spacing between numbered paragraphs? Adjustable tabs? 

In the meantime, I really appreciate that Adesk workers troll this site, and look for feedback from the rabble who use the software.

[#7]

Revit gets a big fat "F" as in failure when it comes to text.  

From now on we are do the text in MSWord printing to pdf then importing them into the file.  

[#8]

But you can't import a pdf into Revit...

[#9]

I think I tried a pdf today, worked fine.  Imported at an image.  Could have been a jpg.  Either one is better than native Revit text.  I'll try it again in the morning and let you know how it works.

[#10]

You're right it was a jpg I tested yesterday.  It still printed and looked fine.  The other option might be to do all the text in autocad and then link the file.  That way the text would stay formated correctly.