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

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■ Tagging : You can tag property lines that can report square footage or acreage. Load the tags from the
Annotations folder of the Revit Architecture family library. The tags are Property Tag - Acres.rfa (acreage),
Property Tag - SF.rfa (square footage), and M_Property Tag.rfa (metric).
■ Exporting : You can export property line area information when you export your project to an ODBC
database. For more information about creating an ODBC database, see Exporting to ODBC on page 1287.
Property lines on a topographical surface
Sketching Property Lines
1 Open a site plan view.
2 Click Site menu
➤
Property Line, or on the Site tab of the Design Bar, click Property Line.
3 In the Property Line Creation dialog, select Create Property Lines by Sketching, and click OK.
4 On the Options Bar, click (Draw) to sketch the property lines, or click (Pick Lines) to
select lines.
5 Sketch the property lines.
Lines should form a closed loop. If you sketch an open loop and click Finish Sketch, Revit
Architecture issues a warning that it will not calculate the area. You can ignore the warning to
continue, or close the loop.
6 Click Finish Sketch.
Converting Sketched Property Lines to Table-Based Property Lines
1 Open a site plan view.
2 In the drawing area, select the sketched property line.
3 On the Options Bar, click Edit Table.
4 Read the warning, and click OK.
5 In the Property Lines dialog, make any necessary changes and click OK.
Creating Property Lines with Survey Data
1 Open a site plan view.
2 Click Site menu
➤
Property Line, or on the Site tab of the Design Bar, click Property Line.
3 In the Property Lines Creation dialog, select Create Property Lines by Table of Distances and
Bearings, and click OK.
4 In the Property Lines dialog, click Insert and add the distances and bearings from your survey
data.
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