From the course: Revit 2018: Essential Training for Architecture (Imperial)
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Understanding tags - Revit Tutorial
From the course: Revit 2018: Essential Training for Architecture (Imperial)
Understanding tags
- [Voiceover] Tags are very common in architectural drawings We typically add tags to rooms, doors, windows, walls, and many other items. Tags often reference a designation in a schedule or a detail where we can find more information about the item in question. In Revit, the element, the tag, and the schedule are all linked together. The tag basically asks a question of the object to which it's attached and then reports the results in the symbol on screen. The same designation is often included in a field on the schedule so the cross reference can be made. So I want to look at a few different examples of placing tags here in this file. So let's go to the Annotate tab and locate the Tag by Category command. Shortcut for that is TG and there is a shortcut for it up here on the quick access toolbar as well. So I'm going to select that command. Now, when you move your mouse around the screen, you're going to see these symbols coming and going with my cursor. So depending on the object…
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