Adding annotations to a family that display on a plan/elevation

[lr-PAYNE]

Hi all, I was attempting to try and get something like this to work. I want to add a parameter to add a text annotation that displays when viewing in a view or plan.

Reason behind it was I want it to appear in internal elevation views as a alternative labelling mechanism where I can put a label on each element of the family. Below is what I am trying to achieve. GR = Guard Rail

 

[barthbradley]

It's a limitation. A workaround is to Tag the Family in Elevation View IN THE PROJECT.  

[lr-PAYNE]

Ok so its not possible to do that in the family? Reason being is that i want to save time having to tag the family in each view and also the family is made of multiple parts that I want labeled. So toilet, guard rail, back rest etc. I assume you cant have a tag for each part of the family if its within the same one?

[ToanDN]

Create each components as a shared family, nest them in the master family, then you can TAB to tag individual components in the project.

[barthbradley]

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@lr-PAYNE wrote:

 I assume you cant have a tag for each part of the family if its within the same one?

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The components would need to be nested, shared Families within the Parent Family. Then you could TAB-Select and Tag them individually in the Project. 

[barthbradley]

...Tag All will also tag Nested, Shared Families. That might work as an alternative to TAB-Selecting one at a time.