Create Evacuation Tag
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In Revit, place and isolate the component to create a tag from.
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Export the view to DWG.
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Open the file in AutoCAD. Select the black symbol and explode. Write explode in command.
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Note: If the colours are not the same in AutoCAD as in Revit, check export settings that colours are set to: Specified in view.
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In AutoCAD, go to Layer Properties
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Create new layers for each colour. Name them after the colours, in the BFT template there already exist a few i.e. Red, Green, Blue, Black, White, Black …
These are used to control the colours.
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Select corresponding hatches and move them to the new layers.
Note: Change the colour to as layer.
Save the DWG.
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Create a new tag, either from new family template, or just use an existing family. In this example an existing family will be modified.
In the project browser, right click on a tag and edit.
Note: the tag must be same category as the symbol in the first step. In this case it will be a Fire Alarm Device
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In type properties, change the value in Fire_FamilyTagMapping
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In this example, ArrowLeftRight will be the QUID for this tag.
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Import the DWG that was created in the beginning and that has been modified.
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If necessary, turn on Reference Planes in the view via visibility/graphic override.
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Scale down the symbol so it’s the right size. All symbol tags included in the BFT template are 6mm tall.
Use the rescale tool found under Modify tab.
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After rescaling, remove the old symbol and place the new ArrowLeftRight in origin (the intersektion of the reference planes)
Save the file and load into the project.
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