Create a Key Plan

[julielfifield]

What is the best practice for creating a Key plan? I was going to make a very small view of the building & add detail lines for the divisions, is there a better way? 

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

I use two approaches:

- for the simple key plan showing division of partial plans, I export a Revit area plan to CAD, create a generic annotation symbol, add extra filled region, lines, text if needed, and nest it in the titleblock family

- for the key plan that need to provide more than just partial plan division (example below is an egress zones plan),

I create actual Revit floor plan or area plan, scale accordingly, set VG so that it looks clean for that scale, and place it on sheet.  If I need to place the same plan on multiple sheet, duplicate as dependent.

- there is another approach that use a legend view as a single legend can be placed multiple times, but I have not come to a need to use this one.

[julielfifield]

thanks again for the quick & informed answer!

[aquiambaoFZUFX]

anyone tried using the legend view for the key plan?

[skyeg321]

The problem with a legend is you can't assign visibility parameters to the filled regions. So you'll end up duplicating it then modifying it. You'll end up with multiple legends. Not terrible but maybe not ideal.

[syman2000]

This is why I use area plan as my keyplan. As you update the area boundary, this will update the keyplan.