Many people coming to Revit from the AutoCAD world use old school 2D techniques to create plan notes in Revit. Using the power of the BIM, you can create a much more efficient and convenient plan notes system.
This guide will teach you all the steps required to create a plan note system using a Generic Annotation family and the Note Block tool. While it is possible to create a similar system using Keynotes, it is much more complicated and we recommend the Note Block technique for most users.
The basic ideas for this note system has been inspired by a great blog post over at landarchbim.com. We have used this technique for years, but it has now been refined to be even more efficient and easy to use.
1- CREATE A BUBBLE GENERIC ANNOTATION FAMILY
Create a new Generic…