Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC, User Manual

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Adding a Generic Annotation
You can create your own generic annotation family or load one from the available annotation families in
the Revit Architecture library. This procedure uses an existing annotation family. See
Creating an Annotation
Symbol Family on page 1072.
NOTE Though this procedure uses specific family files, the steps are common to any generic annotation you may
want to add to a model family.
1 Open the microwave.rfa family from the Specialty Equipment\Domestic folder in the Imperial
library. The microwave from the Metric library is in the same folder and is called
M_microwave.rfa.
2 Click File menu
➤
Load From Library
➤
Load Family.
3 Navigate to the Annotations folder and select the Label Annotation 3-32.rfa family. For metric,
choose the M_Label Annotation.rfa family.
4 Open a floor plan view in the microwave.rfa file. You can place a generic annotation in plan
only.
5 Click Symbol on the Design Bar and place an instance of the label at the intersection of the 2
reference planes in the center of the microwave.
Label snapping to intersection of reference planes
Now you need to associate this label with a parameter in the host family.
6 On the Design Bar, click Family Types.
7 In the Family Types dialog, click Add under Parameters.
8 In the Parameter Properties dialog, select Family parameter.
9 Type a name for the parameter. In this case, type Label.
10 From the Type menu, choose Text and click OK. This parameter will be stored by type. For more
information about type and instance properties, see
Element Properties Dialog on page 75.
New family parameter appears in Family type dialog
11 Click OK to close the Family Types dialog.
12 Select the label instance you placed on the microwave and click .
13 Click Edit/New and locate the Label parameter.
14 Click the button under the equal sign (=) column next to the Label parameter.
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