Making annotation symbols for devices "snappable" to other annotation symbols

[Anonymous]

Hi,

So I'm trying to make it so that in the floor plan view, I can use the move command and click on a side of a square annotation symbol for a device and be able to snap it to the side of another square annotation symbol so that they look nice and clean. I have read that you can make them snappable by creating a masking or filled region in the annotation family but this doesn't seem to work or I am doing this incorrectly. Does anyone know of a good solution? Thank you!

[barthbradley]

OOTB Revit tags already do this.  Grab and drag the blue dot on the leader.  

...what a minute. Are you wanting to snap the leader to another side of the tag, or snap the leader to another tag (no can do)? 

[Anonymous]

No this is not for leaders at all. This is for an annotation symbol for a security device. I want to be able to line them up with other security devices's annotation symbols by snapping so I can quickly and accurately do this. Basically I want the annotation symbol's border to be something I can grab when using the move command.

[ToanDN]

It is not possible.

[Anonymous]

Darn. Revit really needs to make a way for tags and annotation symbols to have this ability. How do people get their symbols to all line up nicely on a drawing then for a clean, professional look? And thanks!

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Darn. Revit really needs to make a way for tags and annotation symbols to have this ability. How do people get their symbols to all line up nicely on a drawing then for a clean, professional look? And thanks!

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Are you talking about symbols inside device families or symbols/tags placed directly in the model?

[Anonymous]

Symbols inside a device family. I have a card reader and it has a symbol for it's representation on our floor plan that is a square with the letters "CR" in it to indicate what it is. I want to be able to place card readers in a model and then have their symbols line up properly.

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Symbols inside a device family. I have a card reader and it has a symbol for it's representation on our floor plan that is a square with the letters "CR" in it to indicate what it is. I want to be able to place card readers in a model and then have their symbols line up properly.

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Then it is a no.  You may have some level of alignment with symbols and tags placed directly in the model, but not with what inside the device families.

[barthbradley]

Why don't you set up "Strong" Ref. Planes in the Family that you can snap to?  

[Anonymous]

Just tried this and it unfortunately doesn't work. The only snappable items are the 3D geometry.

[barthbradley]

I'm not following you, but Reference Planes, if set to something other than "none" are "snappable".  You may need to Tab-Select to find them. 

[Anonymous]

I think this has sparked something and I think I am on to something. I will let you know once I've tried it and thanks!

[RobDraw]

Nested annotation symbol placement is driven by the family, not the project. You would need to make provisions within the family for different alignments either through instance or type parameters.

[Jan.caro]

You can use a filled region in family editor to enable snapping. I created a generic annotation family and drew my valve. Then used filled region in the shape of the smallest triangle Revit would allow, and then made the filled region white. I am now able to snap lines to the valve. Hope this helps.