How Revit Efficiently Uses Pipe Markings
When creating pipeline drawings, adding markings on the pipes is essential. Sometimes you only need to indicate the pipe size, while other times you may need to show both the pipe size and elevation. There are multiple ways to handle this, so I won’t cover them all here. Instead, I will focus on how to use a tag family to manage different types of tags effectively.
Step 1:
Start by drawing a pipeline with a riser. Our goal is to apply a “Pipeline size + pipeline elevation” marking.
As you can see, the height marking on the vertical (riser) pipe is clearly inaccurate. Therefore, for this part of the vertical pipe, only the pipe size should be marked — the elevation marking is unnecessary.
Step 2:
The key idea is to control visibility settings within the tag family. Begin by editing the tag family.
1. Replace the existing tag family, which currently shows “DN diameter, H + endpoint offset,” by splitting it into two separate tags: one for “DN diameter” and another for “H + endpoint offset.”
2. Assign a visibility parameter to each tag individually, allowing you to toggle their display as needed.
Step 3:
Load the updated tag family into your project. Then, create the necessary tags by duplicating and customizing the types.
This approach eliminates the need to repeatedly load multiple tag family files, which helps reduce the overall memory usage of your project files.
Related Skills:
Using letters or symbols to label pipe types in Revit
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