Window Tag Position/Orientation

[nicol_mukaj]

Hello, 

I am having difficulty creating a window tag that orients as the window position. I checked the rotate with component box in window family but it doesn't rotate accordingly. Some help please.

Thank you.

[barthbradley]

Check the "Orientation" Property of the Tag in the Project  View. 

[nicol_mukaj]

Hi, since I checked the rotate with component the orientation property is frozen. I tried doing the opposite and flipped it in the orientation properties but doesn't work. Maybe I am doing something wrong or I am not explaining myself correctly. 

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

Uncheck Rotate with component and reload.

If "Orientation" is still grayed out in the Properties, then post the file. 

[damijan.a]

4 year later, I came across the exact same problem and the marked solution actually isn't really a solution.

In Revit 2025, window and door tags still don't actually rotate with the model all around - the tag should be on the outside of the window or door with graphics rotated accordingly, but it isn't, Revit connects it to the door from the other side. Any other tag except a symmetric shape with a number inside simply doesn't work.

Technially, Revit only rotates the tag correctly from original horizontal position 90°CCW to 89°CW. See the attached pictures.

Is there a way to force Revit to rotate the tag correctly for all 360°, maybe by adding more reference elements or constraints in the tag family, or is the only way manually rotating and moving the tags? 

Thank you and best regards,

Damijan

[barthbradley]

Solution Credit is correct if the goal is to enable the "Orientation" Parameter under the Tag's Instance Properties - which is exactly what the OP was trying to achieve.  

[barthbradley]

So, you want the tag's text to be oriented in the view like the outside ones that are shown in this view/screenshot? The inside ones are typical.  

[damijan.a]

OP already had the tag oriented correctly as shown in his screenshot, horizontal was horizontal and vertical was vertical. The rotation of the whole tag was wrong, the text was rotated fine.

As for your screenshot, the rotation of the text isn't the problem. The rotation of the whole tag is the problem when a non-symmetrical tag is created, e.g. with a text along the leader, or in my case and OP's case, a leader (a "stem" of the tag connected to window or door) is already included in the tag. The graphical part of the tag should be oriented like the outside ones shown in your screenshot, the text is rotating just fine... 

In my screenshot, the top tag is fine. What we are trying to achieve is the bottom left tag (rotated 180° manually, same rotation as component), but we are getting the bottom right tag (rotated with component according to Revit, but actually not rotated at all) 😉

Is achieving the bottom left automatically at all possible?

Best regards,

Damijan