Tagging Columns...

[scowsert]

In AutoCAD we tag our columns with a line coming off of the column at a 45 degree angle. On top of that line we have the size called out. Now in Revit Structural I see an option to tag at 45 degrees but without the line. Do I have to manually draw each line? There must be a better way.

Thanks Sage

[Anonymous]

Turn on the leader check box on the option bar but it might not be what you
want. I find the line in the wrong place.

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In AutoCAD we tag our columns with a line coming off of the column at a 45
degree angle. On top of that line we have the size called out. Now in Revit
Structural I see an option to tag at 45 degrees but without the line. Do I
have to manually draw each line? There must be a better way.

Thanks Sage

[scowsert]

When I turn the leader funtion on it just places the Column tag at a 45 degree angle at the end of the leader. Also the leader looks to be a totally different angle.

I'd like the column text on top of a 45 degree line coming from the column. Isn't this typical labeling? Revit must do this?

Thanks

[JacSelinsky3801]

As it has been almost 10 years since you posted this, did you ever find a solution to this problem?  I just started using Revit, if I find a solution I will post it here.

[kathryn.langan]

While it's not a completely automatic process, you could edit the tag family and rotate the label 45 degrees, place a detail line underneath it to act as a leader, and then turn the leader off. Would this achieve what you are looking for?

[JacSelinsky3801]

This is basically what I did, though the 45 degree line has to be drawn and copied as a detail line in the view, not the tag itself, which is a little bit sloppy and I can see it leading to difficulty maintaining consistency down the road.  It seems like this is something Autodesk would have figured out by now?

Thanks,

[kathryn.langan]

Unfortunately, as you are seeing, at the current time there would be manual work involved to achieve this. If you would like to see the functionality enhanced in the future, I would suggest providing comments and a business case as to why this is important to your firm at http://www.autodesk.com/feedback.

[yosso]

I created a column tag family that has a line already in place, and visiblity tags to set quadrant position  - it sort of works - make it easier than drawing the model line.

If you're interested I can dig up the family.

[kylenelson3113]

I don't know about anyone else, but I would be interested in the family if you could post it.

[JacSelinsky3801]

Thanks Katie, I will do that.  I understand that Revit is a relatively new program and these things will improve over time, I'm just surprised that this specific tag hasn't apparently come up that much.

I would also be interested in taking a look at this family you created.  I tried to make a tag like this gave up in defeat.  My problem was that when placing the tag it places the text and the line away from the column.

[yosso]

I can't take the credit for the idea, as it came from another forum.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=107450&highlight=base+plate

Anyway, here's the tag.  Remember it's  a work in progress.