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Generic annotation in front view of a family

Mohamed_Faramawy — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:49:27 GMT

Please advise how can i add a generic annotation in the front view of a family.

For example, i am attaching a family of a simple art work model which i need to put in the front view a text ( ART WORK) to be shown in the internal elevation of a project.

Put, the generic annotation family never accepts to be put in the front view, only in plan. Any solutions ?

many thanks in advance

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

barthbradley — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 14:54:19 GMT

You cannot. You need to do that in the Project. Use a Tag.

...probably better to Tag it in specific Project Views anyways. You wouldn't want the GA visible at all View Scales.

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

Mohamed_Faramawy — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:32:22 GMT

Thanks, but no, i really need to show this info in all views to save time to tag them all, as it is not a tag but a part of the model info which i need it to be shown with the model.

But many thanks to your reply

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

constantin.stroescu — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:57:55 GMT

You can do it by through AutoCAD.

Either use a text made in Revit (annotation) then export in CAD format and reimport it in Revit Family while in Front View (without opening AutoCAD)
or make your text in AutoCAD and import then in Revit Family
do not explode the imported file

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

ToanDN — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:22:15 GMT

@Mohamed_Faramawy wrote:

Thanks, but no, i really need to show this info in all views to save time to tag them all, as it is not a tag but a part of the model info which i need it to be shown with the model.

But many thanks to your reply

Use model text then.

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

Mohamed_Faramawy — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:16:15 GMT

This is a very smart idea, thanks to you, although it will never be dynamic, i mean i can never change this text as it'll not be a label, but this idea shall solve me half my problems. I thank you very much. And if there is no any solution for a dynamic / label annotation i'll consider this a solution.

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

stefan_gokstorp — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:23:54 GMT

There is a workaround create a detail family.
nest your annotation in to this one and bind a parameter that controls the text parameter from your annotation object.
load this into your artwork family and place it in view.

have a working version of it using numbers attached below.

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

Mohamed_Faramawy — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 05:08:02 GMT

Actually, this would have been the perfect solution i was looking for, but when i load the family to the project the annotation doesn't show up. Am i doing anything wrong ?

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

Mohamed_Faramawy — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 05:07:34 GMT

I mean, did you load it in the project and the annotations was visible?

Re: Generic annotation in front view of a family

stefan_gokstorp — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:35:24 GMT

the annotation has to be in a seperate detail family and controlled by a parameter. you then nest the family into your detail family and bind the controls to a parameter there after that load it in to your project to change the text change the parameter you have bound it to.