Creating Dynamically Updating Notes

[DrakeCanyonArchitecture]

What would be the best way to create a file with notes such as code references that would dynamically update? One option that I've thought about was to create a notes sheet and just import that every time I finish a job. Although I prefer to have my notes on the sheet that they pertain to rather than one sheet with a million notes. The objective is to be able to update the notes file every time I get corrections back from the building department, then to be able to apply those same changes to the current jobs that I am working on. I'm hoping that there is something that might work like an xref.

[constantin.stroescu]

I'm not sure I get your idea, but what about using Key Notes? . What if you'll create a custom Key Notes File with an extended description ( a .txt file ) that is connected with building items and can be placed as notes on any View?

[ToanDN]

+1 @constantin.stroescu

You just described Keynotes. Revit Keynotes are based on the Masterformat specifications but you can certainly make a copy if the text file and create your own keys and notes. If you are going for it then post back then I can share some experiences to work with keynotes more smoothly.

[DrakeCanyonArchitecture]

That's one thing that I haven't gotten around to learning about yet is keynotes. In the attached PDF on the lower right there are a bunch of numbered electrical notes that is basically a list of things that the building departments have requested to see on the plans over the years. Soon, they will be adopting the 2018 codes which means that the references will need to be updated. The idea being that I would update the notes once and every set that I complete after that would have the exact same notes. Even if I opened an old set of plans, I could update the notes because all my plans would be referencing the same notes instead of having individual instances in every drawing. This would be only for the numbered notes, not all of the notes that are in plan view as those are job specific.

Pertaining to Keynotes though, whether that is a solution for this or not, is something else that I'm interested in learning about.