Revit Architecture 2010: Grid Line Bubble Types
Hey All. I just got a question about grid lines and being able to choose where the bubble appears. By default, within the Element Properties dialog box of a 1/4″ grid bubble type, the Plan View Symbols End 1 (Default) is turned on while the Plan View Symbols End 2 (Default) is turned off. The user did want “End 1″ on for horizontal grid lines, but wanted “End 2″ on for vertical ones. He also wanted, however, to continue using the 1/4″ symbol. The following image shows what his plan looked like when he first created the grid lines:
I went through with him how to make a duplicate of the 1/4″ grid bubble type, change the setting and quickly apply it to the vertical grids. Here’s how:
1. Select one of the horizontal grid lines (the one whose bubbles are correct), right-click and click Element Properties.
2. Click the Edit Type button and, when the Type Properties dialog box appears, click the Rename button.
3. Add a “-H” to the end of the name so it looks like this: “1/4″ Bubble – H”. This will help keep it consistent with what we’ll name the changed vertical 1/4″ grid bubble type for the vertical grid lines.
4. Click OK and then, back in the Type Properties dialog box, click the Duplicate button.
5. Name the duplicate 1/4″ Bubble – V and click OK.
6. For whichever option of Plan View Symbols End 1 (Default) or Plan View Symbols End 2 (Default) is checked, uncheck it, and check the other.
7. Click OK and then OK.
8. Back within the workspace, select all of the vertical grid lines and click the Type Selector:
9. Select 1/4″ Bubble – V.
The vertical grid lines will now switch to the opposite end:
I’m sure there are other ways to do this. Anyone have any other ideas?
Tags: Revit
September 21st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
From experimenting with grid bubbles just last week, I discovered that in the default Revit template, the grids are set to have the bubble on the second endpoint of a grid line, to avoid a software limitation where the bubble shows mirrored on first point (if checked). I know that this is not an issue for the simple grid bubble, but once you start modifying it to include other elements, say another line of text, inside or out, then you will start seeing this issue.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Totally depends on which end you start drawing the gridline- you can switch the bubble by grabbing the 3D point of the gridline and switching it to the other side- sliding aong the coplanar gridline- so nothing is changed except for the grid ends- the grid alignemnt remains the same.
HTH-
R