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3dway · May 13th, 2008

How much control do you have over style in Revit?

Drawing style and organization is very very important in our office. A lot of the drawing examples that I've seen have leaders at all different angles, notes that don't line up with each other in the same detail, much less when considering the whole page.

Lineweight is everything when interpreting depth on an elevation. I know the 3d views explain better than any elevation, but I doubt that we're ready to do away with elevations yet.

One worry that we have is that to really customize lineweight and style, you may have to do a lot of drafting over the views of your model. Right now the only analogue that I have would be if in AutoCAD you had a 3d model in model space, you would be drawing lines over the viewport in paperspace to get the lineweights you want. This seems really crappy. I know that that Revit and AutoCAD are not analogous, but it's the only frame of reference that I have right now.

I also understand that a custom title block is a custom family. I'd like to know more about this as well. Similarly, do you have the freedom to create custom level bullets?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed light.

May 13th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
3dway Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 51 Name: Mark Howson	Revit and Style - drawing style and lineweight How much control do you have over style in Revit? Drawing style and organization is very very important in our office. A lot of the drawing examples that I've seen have leaders at all different angles, notes that don't line up with each other in the same detail, much less when considering the whole page. Lineweight is everything when interpreting depth on an elevation. I know the 3d views explain better than any elevation, but I doubt that we're ready to do away with elevations yet. One worry that we have is that to really customize lineweight and style, you may have to do a lot of drafting over the views of your model. Right now the only analogue that I have would be if in AutoCAD you had a 3d model in model space, you would be drawing lines over the viewport in paperspace to get the lineweights you want. This seems really crappy. I know that that Revit and AutoCAD are not analogous, but it's the only frame of reference that I have right now. I also understand that a custom title block is a custom family. I'd like to know more about this as well. Similarly, do you have the freedom to create custom level bullets? Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed light.