topic Re: how to create text note catagory on printing in Revit Architecture Forum

how to create text note catagory on printing

danezeq — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:50:52 GMT

Hey

I need to write some text notes on a plan and i want them not to be printed.

i know revit doesnt has "non-print layer" option,

so i thought about create a "not for printing" text type, create a dependant view called "floor 6 PRINTING" and hide that type on that view.

but i find out that it's possible only to hide whole text catagory, and there are ofcourse some text which i want to reamain.

isn't it possible to to create text note catagory which then i can hide? or take advantage of another catagory for that? or hide only one TYPE of text notes?

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

ToanDN — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:01:08 GMT

I created a dedicated Text type for non-printing note and run a Dynamo script to turn it off before printing. I can share the Dynamo script if you are interested.

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

danezeq — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:05:43 GMT

Whoa it is THAT complicated? Revit hasn't integrated option to do it?

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:16:34 GMT

Dynamo is integrated with Revit as of 2017 (sort of, it isn't a separate download anymore)... And getting the script from someone makes it a snap to implement. No complication necessary.

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

barthbradley — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:22:39 GMT

If you are using Revit 2016 – use can create a “Multiline Text” family that you could turn on and off in project views.

How you would do it is by creating a family and giving it a “Multiline Text” parameter (a real gem!), as well as a visibility parameter. Then load and place a generic label and associate its “Label” and “Visibility” parameters to these two driving parameters.

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

Alfredo_Medina — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 01:15:38 GMT

@danezeq wrote:

Hey

I need to write some text notes on a plan and i want them not to be printed.

...

If you have information that will not be printed, in my opinion, that information should be in a working view. It is good to have some "working views", different from your "sheet views". You can organize the project browser so that these working views are visually separated from the sheet views. Then, use the working view to write annotation that is not going to be part of the set of sheets of the project.

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

JasonLLINDNER — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 04:19:11 GMT

I think that what barthbradley proposed is quite convinient

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

danezeq — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:05:30 GMT

Do you talk about "duplicate with detailing"?

the only problem is that if i'll add new anotation on the main view (which i WANT to be printed) it wont update on the working view.

If it will be possible to make a view which is dependant but only ONE SIDE and not the other - it'll slove my problem

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

danezeq — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:07:20 GMT

Where is that option located?

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

barthbradley — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:08:47 GMT

It's a Type of Family Parameter:

http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-ACDC1C99-0278-4FC8-9E42-19659D7534F9

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:09:54 GMT

Hey, im trying to do the same thing. I would apprciate if you could share the script with me - if you still have it 3 years later. Or, point me in the direction to write it myself, having never used dynamo before. I just opened dynamo for the first time today and its not as straight forward as I hoped. Thanks.

Re: how to create text note catagory on printing

ToanDN — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:05:08 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Hey, im trying to do the same thing. I would apprciate if you could share the script with me - if you still have it 3 years later. Or, point me in the direction to write it myself, having never used dynamo before. I just opened dynamo for the first time today and its not as straight forward as I hoped. Thanks.

Attached please find the Revit 2017 tets file and the dynamo scripts.