topic Re: Structural Plans vs Floor Plans - View Type? - Can I rename the System Famil in Revit Structure Forum

Structural Plans vs Floor Plans - View Type? - Can I rename the System Family:*?

Pshupe — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:44:17 GMT

Why is the System Family for the Architectural plans called System Family: Floor Plan and the System Family for the Structural plans called System Family: Structural Plan? I'm working on some template files for a firm that does both Architectural and Structural construction documentation and I would like to create System Families view types that would be somewhat consistent. Please advise. Thank you.

Regards Peter.

Re: Structural Plans vs Floor Plans - View Type? - Can I rename the System Famil

ToanDN — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:44:30 GMT

Why? Because those are the appropriate names for floor plans and structural plans, perhaps.

No, you cannot change the name of Floor Plan and Structural Plan to something else. But you can create different view types under each System view families, or you can create your structural plans under Floor Plan instead of Structural Plan, etc...

Re: Structural Plans vs Floor Plans - View Type? - Can I rename the System Famil

Pshupe — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:00:35 GMT

Good to know. Thanks for the knuckle wrapping!

IMO, Plans would be a more logical name for all of the views and then creating new types for Struct and Arch could work as well. When I worked for a Structural Engineering firm we never called our views Structural Plans we just named them what they were. First Floor Framing Plan etc Similarly with Architects. First Floor Plan etc. The drawing numbers were prefixed by an S or an A for the discipline.

Regards Peter.

Re: Structural Plans vs Floor Plans - View Type? - Can I rename the System Famil

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:06:04 GMT

@ToanDN

Is there a way to create MORE Plan View Types - so that, when i create a new Level it will immediately generate 4-7 Plan View Types?

Currently, when i add a Level Revit only has the option of creating 3 Plan View Types. i'd like to create another 3 or 4 Types. is it possible?