Annotate a Plan with Dimensions, Text, and Tags

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1. Open Floor Plans → Level 1. Annotation is placed in a view, so pick the view you actually want to print from.
2. Add an aligned dimension: type DI (or Annotate → Aligned Dimension).
   • In the Options Bar, leave the reference on Wall centerlines for now (you can switch to Wall faces later).
3. Dimension a single wall:
   1. Click the first wall, then click a parallel wall.
   2. Move the mouse away from the building and click empty space to place the dimension string.
4. Dimension a whole wall chain in one string:
   1. Still in DI, click each wall (or opening edge) along one side of the building, one after another — each click adds a witness line.
   2. Click in empty space to place the entire running string, then press Esc twice.
   • Hover and press Tab if Revit highlights the wrong reference — Tab cycles between face, centerline, and edge.
5. Add a text note:
   1. Go to Annotate → Text (shortcut TX).
   2. In the ribbon, pick a leader option (e.g. one-segment leader) if you want an arrow pointing at something.
   3. Click where the arrow should point, click again for the text position, and type your note (e.g. Entrance). Press Esc twice when done.
6. Tag a door and a window:
   1. Place a door first if you have none: Architecture → Door (DR), click on a wall, Esc.
   2. Go to Annotate → Tag by Category (shortcut TG).
   3. Hover over the door — a tag preview appears showing its Mark number — and click to place it. Do the same for a window.
   4. If Revit says no tag is loaded, click Yes to load one from the library (Annotations folder).
7. Now open the 3D view or another plan: none of your dimensions, text, or tags are there. Annotation is view-specific — it belongs to the view, not the model.
8. Try to type a different number into a dimension: Revit refuses, because a dimension reports the model. To change the number, move the wall.

Note: Tags are not dumb text — a door tag displays the door's Mark parameter, so renumbering the door in its Properties updates the tag (and later the schedule) everywhere; annotation lies only if you write it as text.

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• New for 2026 — first taught in BIM + Computational Workflow 2026.