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Can I copy linework from a drafting view in a model to an annotation family?

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mechitar
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Can I copy linework from a drafting view in a model to an annotation family?

The answer to the question in my posting title looks to be "No", since when I try to do this I get the classic error message "Elements copied to Sheets can only be copied from other Sheets."  Which is funny, since I'm not copying to or from a sheet.  But maybe someone knows of a way, since it seems like this would be something Revit could handle.

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ToanDN
in reply to: mechitar

You can copy drafting linework from a project and paste onto a detail family.

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mechitar
in reply to: ToanDN

You're right.  But I'm not copying into a detail family, I'm copying into an annotation family.  Specifically, it's a family for Electrical Fixture Tags.  Which is a linework-based family.

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ToanDN
in reply to: mechitar

I don't think it is possible. Drafting linework drawn in a view still presents the model dimension,, whereas annotation presents "paper" dimensions.

Maybe export to DWG then import it in the family.
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mechitar
in reply to: ToanDN

Thanks!

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mmcintosh-ral
in reply to: ToanDN

@ToanDN 

"I don't think it is possible. Drafting linework drawn in a view still presents the model dimension,, whereas annotation presents "paper" dimensions."

 

Based on your posts, I found a way to copy some linework today that I had first tried copying from a drafting view.

 

To copy linework for a Key Plan from a Project into a Generic Annotation Family, I drew Detail Lines on the Sheet, tracing over a model plan view. Maybe this is something everyone already does- I can't remember if I'd tried it before or not.

 

The Detail Lines on the Sheet could be copied and pasted into the Generic Annotation Family, which is what you were saying- that these "paper space" lines are the types of lines you could copy over.

 

Thank You.

 

Michele

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ToanDN
in reply to: mmcintosh-ral

This is correct. Basically the source and the target need to be the same "class". So linework on sheet can copy paste to an annotation family. Detail lines/regions in a project view can copy paste to a detail family. Elements in a model in place family can copy paste to a loadable model family.

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