Planting Tag Options in Revit

Purpose

Tags are annotation labels that display information when planting is placed in a model. Planting tags include the ability to display dynamically calculated planting numbers for area, linear items or single specimens and can include any parameter values from the underlying families and/or area/length measurements of the associated object.

Usage

A number of Tag Type options are presented when placing planting or subsequently using the various Edit Planting tools. 

The Standard Tag Type enables users to customise their preferred label templates.

Compact tags and Type Marks rely on a Plant Code being defined for the plant or mix: this is a "Type parameter" that will apply to all "instances" of that plant or mix in the model.

If there is insufficient space to display Standard planting labels, the Compact tag may be then preferred option.

The Compact tag option will create a label based on the defined Plant Code with an instance count suffix separated by a hyphen (-).

Below are examples of the default Compact Tag option for Singular, Linear and Area planting. In each case, the "-1" instance Plant Count suffix indicates that this is the first placement of the associated plant or mix in the model.

The Compact label option requires a Plant Code to be defined for the individual plant or mix (e,g, AWx below).

Plant Codes can be defined when placing planting or editing planting or using the Plant Browser.

If users select either Compact or Type Mark and no Plant Code has been defined, users will be confronted with a prompt to define a Plant Code...

Note that Plant Code is a "Type Parameter"... i.e. there can only be one Plant Code per individual plant or mix.

If an individual plant (or mix) has previously been placed in the model and the same plant (or mix) is placed subsequently using the Compact option, the resultant tag displays the defined Plant Code followed by the next available incremented instance (Plant Count). Below, a 'Grey Yellow Mix' (Plant Code "GY1") is placed and the Compact Tag displays an incremental Plant Count suffix "-2" indicating that the same plant (or mix) has previous been placed in the same model.

A Plant Count is held against each plant type as each new instance is placed and this is displayed in the Compact Tag. Deleting or editing plants or mixes in the model, can result in non-sequential Plant Count numbering. This can be rectified using the Re-Number All Plant Counts and Re-Number Plant Counts by Selection options.

Switch Tags

Switch Tags enables a different Tag Type to be applied across the entire model or by selection. Switch Tags commands are available from the Planting panel on the Artisan ribbon...

The Switch Tags tools provide a quick method of switching between Tag Types globally or by selection within the model.

Select the required new Tag Type from the pop down list

• Switch Selected to Compact
• Switch Selected to Standard
• Switch Selected to Type Mark

Pick Tags or Window select to pick all tags to switch and pick Finish to confirm multiple selection...

All selected tags or tags within the selection box are automatically switched to the defined Tag Type.

Switch Selected to Standard Tags ...

Switch Selected to Compact Tags ...

Switch Selected to Type Marks ...

Tim Calnan, Director, CloudScapes

CloudScapes Design Limited (CSD) produce powerful landscape design solutions based on Revit, AutoCAD and BricsCAD technology. The suite of web-integrated software has been designed and supported by landscape experts over the last three decades and is regarded by landscape architects, garden designers and design professionals across the UK and internationally as including the must-have design tools for any landscape toolbox.