Revit Tip – Complex Linetypes in Revit – Part 2

by Dennis Collin

I recently posted on how Revit users could create line-based objects with complex line styles using text characters to represent a variety of site services on drawings.

This post can be accessed here:

Whilst useful , this approach only created straight line segments whereas sometimes these symbols need to be applied to a curve. Whilst tags can sometimes serve this purpose this is not always an ideal workflow.

The good news is that a similar approach can be applied to a curve or spline element and Revit’s adaptive component family! The process is outline here in a simple diagram. Using a nested annotation family in an adaptive component can provide a patterned line tool.

Fig. Creating a curved line with repeated symbols requires using nested families.

I have written a whitepaper describing this process and may be of use to any user of Revit whatever the background or discipline.

Click HERE to access the Whitepaper.

• Cadline Community_Whitepaper_Curved patterned line revit.docx v2.pdf1 MB