I have created several electrical fixtures (receptacles, switches, tele/data, security). I was shown the way to do this is to create the element and bring in a generic annotation with the old autocad symbol in it. So I have the element lets say a receptacle with a generic annotation imported into the family for the symbol. Now when I am working in revit and I want to change the color of receptacles to be different from tele/data symbols how do I do that? Since all symbols are generic annotations? This also gives me problems when plotting since I can't make device categories plot differently if needed.
Should I instead have created the elements with the symbols drawn directly in the family? Would this have allowed me to make the receptacle green and switches cyan etc...?
