Using Material tags in wall sections???

[neumejd]

When I edit a note on a material tag on a wall section it changes multiple tags. For instance I have a wall section with insulation in it and have placed detail components (2x4's) as top and tie plates. When I tag the insulation it shows a question mark, I edit the question mark to the desired insulation note no problems. However when I go to tag the top and tie plates they come in with the same note as the insulation. When I edit the note for the top plate it changes the insulation as well. How do I keep this from happening???  

[Anonymous]

If you use a Material Tag, the Material itself must contain a description and/or Mark so the Material Tag can pick it up.

You could also use a Keynote by Material or Keynote by Element to annotate the Wood Blocking Detail Component.

You need to specify the Keynote value in the Properties of the Detail Component.

The Insulation ( I'm assuming you used the Batt Insulation tool? ) will be a problem to tag automatically.

We have used a Detail Component Line family to run vertically at the face of the stud to "fake" the insulation tag.

The Batt Insulation tool needs to be replaced altogether with a Fill Pattern which can be applied within the Material

of the Wall itself. But no one has been able to come up with a .pat file that looks exactly like the Batt Insulation symbol,

so we still end up chasing it around as a 2D drafting element......LOL

cheers