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So the Legend tool in Revit can do floors, but it only does it in section. So the Legend tool will not get you where you want to be.
One way you might do it, would be to instead use the color fill tool and use the Floor Finish parameter of rooms to pattern and create the legend. This would manually have to be coordinated with the materials used fro the floor, but the legend would update automatically.
The other way you could consider doing this would be to create a "legend" of floors using phasing. You could create a view in a previous phase and make small floors that are used for your "legend". Since those floors are in a previous phase you can set up your views so they only show up in your "legend" view. This method takes a bit more effort, but does do "automatic" updating.
So the Legend tool in Revit can do floors, but it only does it in section. So the Legend tool will not get you where you want to be.
One way you might do it, would be to instead use the color fill tool and use the Floor Finish parameter of rooms to pattern and create the legend. This would manually have to be coordinated with the materials used fro the floor, but the legend would update automatically.
The other way you could consider doing this would be to create a "legend" of floors using phasing. You could create a view in a previous phase and make small floors that are used for your "legend". Since those floors are in a previous phase you can set up your views so they only show up in your "legend" view. This method takes a bit more effort, but does do "automatic" updating.
I guess I am not exactly clear what you need then. In your first post you were asking about the plan view. Legends do not show plan views of the floor, thy can show sections, which would show the materials used in section. That would be automatic and update when you made changes.
In plan you have to do something like i showed here with a "color fill" or a version of this using real floor elements in another phase in order to control visibility.
You would not be able to do this in a schedule. You can get images into a schedule to maybe do something like you want, but the images would need to be manually coordinated.
Maybe an image showing what you are attempting to do?
I guess I am not exactly clear what you need then. In your first post you were asking about the plan view. Legends do not show plan views of the floor, thy can show sections, which would show the materials used in section. That would be automatic and update when you made changes.
In plan you have to do something like i showed here with a "color fill" or a version of this using real floor elements in another phase in order to control visibility.
You would not be able to do this in a schedule. You can get images into a schedule to maybe do something like you want, but the images would need to be manually coordinated.
Maybe an image showing what you are attempting to do?
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Ok yes this is what i was doing with the fill legend. With the floor broken up like that you would need to use the other suggestion of using a previous phase and actual floor elements placed in that phase to crate the "legend".
Here is an example of this setup. This is after the views have been placed on a sheet. What you are seeing is the main floor plan with the 3 floor types. I then created a duplicate of this view and made 3 tiny floors of the 3 types off to the side of the building in the "existing" phase. Those are acting as the legend. in the main floor plan i am using phasing to NOT show the 3 little floors and in the "legend" view, the reset of the building is not visible because it is "new construction" so is not showing in this view set to "existing". So in this setup, if you change the floor type (shading, and pattern) it will update in both views.
Ok yes this is what i was doing with the fill legend. With the floor broken up like that you would need to use the other suggestion of using a previous phase and actual floor elements placed in that phase to crate the "legend".
Here is an example of this setup. This is after the views have been placed on a sheet. What you are seeing is the main floor plan with the 3 floor types. I then created a duplicate of this view and made 3 tiny floors of the 3 types off to the side of the building in the "existing" phase. Those are acting as the legend. in the main floor plan i am using phasing to NOT show the 3 little floors and in the "legend" view, the reset of the building is not visible because it is "new construction" so is not showing in this view set to "existing". So in this setup, if you change the floor type (shading, and pattern) it will update in both views.
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