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I had this question a few days ago: can we add tags to Revit walls? This question come up because the user always automatically tag his doors and windows. Door tags can be placed automatically during door placement. But not for walls. For many type of objects, we  need to add tags manually. You can add tags or keynotes for your wall. The tools are in Revit ribbon>Annotate tab>Tag panel. For tagging your wall, you can use … Read entire article »

Curtain wall in Revit basically is a wall. It just use a different family type. Revit Architecture already has 3 curtain wall types. You can find them in type selector, after activating wall tool. The curtain wall type is a curtain wall with single panel. We need to define the grids and the mullions after placement. Exterior glazing and Storefront are predefined styles: they already have grids at a specified distance. Storefront even already has the … Read entire article »

We have defined the wall structure horizontally. Now we are going to make another wall type that define how is the wall defined vertically. Activate wall tool. We are going to make some modification to wall type we created in this tutorial. We are going to make a different type of wall for them. With those walls selected, click element properties > type properties. Let’s create another duplicate for the brick wall type. Click duplicate … Read entire article »