Learn about the specifics of annotating architectural designs, particularly windows, by understanding the importance of measuring the dimensions accurately and using correct annotation tools. This article provides comprehensive guidance on how to use the dimension tool effectively and how to tag materials and elements in the architectural depiction.
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- This article outlines the process of measuring out the total height and width of a window opening using dimension tools. Dimensions are done in two parts, including a split equally for width.
- Material tags and keynotes are used to add detail to the design. The article also explores the process of annotating ACM panels, panel joints, glazing nodes, and mullions. The process of turning off the leader is also discussed to streamline the annotation process.
- The article also highlights a newer feature in Revit that allows for two leaders going from the same keynote, aiding in annotating elements with the same designation. The use of keynotes for designators not currently in the file, such as a panel joint, is also discussed.
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This view is a little bit more straightforward. You know, it only has a couple of different elements to it. But we're going to go through the same process here.
We have a window that's used repeatedly throughout the project, and we just want to make sure we annotate it carefully in one location. So I'll use my dimension tool here. And what I want to do is measure out the total height of my window opening here, which is this 10 feet 1 and a quarter.
Then I'll hit the top of the window, which is going to give me the full opening of our window here. And then we can do the same thing with our width, which will be done with two different dimensions—this 13 feet 4. Then we'll show one that splits it equally here, just like that. Now it's pretty straightforward in our case here, because all we do is we have the ACM panels with the panel joint, and then we have the two different glazing nodes.
So I'm going to start with material tags like we have been before. And I'll go ahead and just add one here, calling out the ACM. Then we can go ahead and add one for each panel of glass.
I'm going to turn off the leader here, because we'll just go ahead and drop it in like that, and then come back in and adjust it so that they're lined up and in the center. And so that would be the basic annotations that we have. I think the one thing we're not really calling out here would be the mullions.
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We can go ahead and add our user keynotes for these ones. I just want to make sure that they're the 2" X 5", and they are. We'll go ahead and add our user keynote.
Sorry, we were using element keynotes for those. We'll add our element keynote for those. Then you want to make sure you turn that leader back on so you don't have to deal with that later.
Then we can add this one here. And let's say that you have two elements like we do here. These are both the same object.
This right here bugs me, so I'm going to move this guy a little bit. But what we can do is use the same keynote to note both of these elements here. So I can use this option to add/remove host.
So it's kind of sitting here, and it's looking for more hosts that have the same designation. So I can grab this one, and it'll give me another leader. So I can have two leaders going from the same keynote.
I'll adjust this around a little bit so that it matches more of my graphic standards. But you're more than welcome to use a different setup as long as it still looks nice. I've seen people use something like this.
But I prefer to have it just back so it's clear where the leaders are going to and from. That actually is a fairly new feature. I can think back to—I call them the dark days of Revit—when we wouldn't have been able to do something like that.
We had to overlap tags to make things show up that way. The only keynote that I want to add here is this panel joint. That's a keynote we don't have in our file already.
So I'll pop that one open. And you can see it's E08 is where we're at. We're going to go to E09.
I'll just call it metal panel joint, making sure I've got tabs between, and that I'm using the right parent designator after the note. I'll go ahead and hit Save.
Jump back to my project using my handy keyboard shortcut to pop up the keynote settings, which was KK—what we set in a previous video. Then we'll say reload to really reload the keynote file. Now I can add a user keynote, because that's not exactly an element that we can grab.
And I can add that note here to designate an elevation note for a metal panel joint. Now we've got the views set up for our enlarged elevations. That doesn't mean that these are the only elevations that are going to go on the sheet, but it does mean that we are finished with this sheet for the purposes of our current assignment.
In the next set of videos, we're going to jump into doing a lot of the same exercises with a twist, but we're going to look at it for our building sections and wall sections.
