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Non Printable Text, Lines, Workset or Phase, markups, task list.

Non Printable Text, Lines, Workset or Phase, markups, task list.

Can we have a non printable Text.

 

Many times we need a reference text to be available to explain something, or just to jot down your thought while working to come back to resolve it..

 

Some dialog or text box , or like a markup on all types of views which is not printable but purely for people working on the file.

This will help so much while collaborating as well as people wont forget pending things.

 

Most of the time the brilliant idea gets lost cause it was not written anywhere..

 

While doing this we can also have  a list of these "to do things" ,

where we can assign task to users and shortcut to go

to that particular location to work on..

 

I am know am asking too much, kind of combination of PDF markups, Internet hyperlinks, Microsoft office task list, Schedule and property

of AutoCAD Defpoint layer which doesn't get printed..

76 Comentarios
skyeg321
Collaborator

There needs to be a way to toggle 'redlines' or pdf style markups and team notes on sheets within Revit itself! Usually architectural teams are exporting progress pdfs then doing markups in a program like Revu or any pdf editor. The process is cumbersome and a waste of time. This seems like an easy feature and it would make a huge difference.

J_Norton
Participant

Need non-printing text for internal markups as well... publishing and / or marking up a DWF is too cumbersome and in a fast paced DD / CD phase becomes obsolete by the time the peer reviewer gets around to it.

josh_t
Community Visitor

Agree, I've been using Revit daily for over 5 years. Would really appreciate a text type that doesn't plot but is visible for other drafters. 

nicholas.tsagkosTNEJX
Participant

It would have been useful, please adopt more things from AutoCAD, like you did for mid of two points snap, learn from Autocad, it has a lot to teach you and a lot of things Revit could use to increase its productivity.

 

dpayne4RUB2
Community Visitor

Auto-cad has a printer icon that allows one to not print or print by clicking a layer then the printer Icon clicking it on or off. Revit does not have any feature as such and it is a Hugh shortcoming for project managers, instead we either make pdfs and mark them up or use the "hide" feature so the notes do not print. And yes Bim has a markup feature but that thing is cumbersome and slow as snails crossing the roadway not to mention only those with Bim memberships can access a cloud based model.

 

I have been using hide by category or elements....a frigging ridiculous shortcoming in Revit along with many other issues, pretty obvious programmer's are building these platforms and not avid users. Having been a practicing architect and engineer for 30 years I can verse my opinion in stating Revit has a LOOONNGG way to go before it is the ideal production tool.

 

Considering the cost of both autocad and Revit I will take Autocad over revit any day as a more productive "production" tool. My firm is getting fedup with the costs of both of these and strongly considering other simpler

more universal production tools of which there are several.

 

Geese the crap we have to deal with in my profession.

 

 

 

rev-it-again
Explorer

We have many places in our projects where non-printed text or details would be really helpful -- both system families like Text as well as labels and details within a loadable family (to indicate some kind of information based on its properties). We have used various ways to get around this -- like color-coded components that are shown the same when printed in B&W, family components with visibility properties that are on by default and turned off manually before printing, or subtle, unintrusive indications that are printed, but really only need to be there for the drafter and would preferably not be printed -- but it would really be nice to have some sort of actual support for non-printed detail (and possibly model) components.

jmd
Explorer
Explorer

I think it would be helpful to have a text type that is similar to a no plot layer. This way I can make notes on the drawing for me and my design team without it printing or having to hide unhide. Maybe the font is blue or something so it stands out from other text types. 

cgilliam21
Explorer

I would like a non-printable text option. Basically, notes to add to views or sheets, where we have questions to each other about an area. We do this now, but when we print a progress set of drawings these notes show up confusing the project manager and owner. Essentially, I want to redline within Revit. I hope I have explained this well enough to get some votes. 

eramoy
Contributor

There are so many good ideas here for how this could be implemented: Reference Text, non-printing worksets, a specific "team notes" tool. 

 

This is more and more important as younger tech-savvy architects advance into managerial positions. We know how to use Revit. We're just looking for a simpler way to communicate with our team. Don't make us always resort to marking up PDF draft sets outside of Revit.

 

Revit is not WYSIWYG already; Reference planes, unreferenced view tags, scope boxes, and crop boundaries show on screen but can be easily turned off for printing.

BHeintzZGEPZ
Explorer

Dear Autodesk,

 

    I would like to propose the addition of a no-plot layer or functionality for text and lines in Revit. This feature would greatly enhance our ability to manage non-printing annotations, reference lines, and other drafting aids within our models. By incorporating a no-plot layer, we can streamline our workflows, reduce the risk of unintentional printing of guide elements, and improve the overall clarity of our printed documents. This would be particularly beneficial for complex projects where maintaining a clear distinction between printable and non-printable elements is crucial.

Thank you for considering this enhancement to Revit.

 

Best regards,

Blane

dbrokaw44TRW
Contributor

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mcoquereau
Enthusiast

Just like @eramoy mentioned, non-printing elements already exist in Revit.

 

Graphic communication straight on the documents is crucial for any team of any scale.

In Autocad: Defpoints and layer option to be printed or not.

In the old days: Post-its

Revit: nothing

 

All workarounds I tried so far in Revit add steps to the process and easily get printed by error or get unseen or forgotten by the team.

 

Thanks

NateBrush
Advocate

We have green reference lines and green reference planes. How about some green reference text?

anouri
Observer

Hi,
I would love to see a feature in Revit that allows users to select different objects, such as text, lines, dimensions, grids, etc., and place them into a category where they remain visible on the computer screen but do not print when creating PDFs or hard copies. While I'm sure there are plenty of workarounds from Revit enthusiasts, having this as a native feature in Revit would be fantastic. For instance, an architect could open a Revit model and add notes, lines, and dimensions that are visible to technicians for reference or markup but won’t appear in the final printouts.

 

Thank you,

Amir

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CEdwardsUN5MX
Advocate

Yet another example of where Revit is in 2024, less well developed than Autocad was a long time ago, with ideas like this 'gathering support' along dust and frustration.

mkennedy
Enthusiast

I know that revit and cad aren't the same, but Please just do it. 

 

Or tell us/explain to us why it can't be done.

 

Thanks,

Mary

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