CIM in Annotation Text

Last modified by superadmin on 2021/05/04 17:15

IMPACT Revit version 15.0.018 

The user is able to make project settings for the annotation text of CIM families in shop drawings.

IMPACT can show the CIM family name/type, the CIM description or the CIM reference, depending on the user´s needs and set up in the CIM family. See the picture below, where the CIM Family name/type is shown in the annotation text. 

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Figure 1. Annotation text, showing CIM Family name / type.  

The user is able to make CIM annotation text settings on a project level from Project Manager.

Open the IMPACT project in Project Manager and go to Project Properties -> Drawings -> Dimension. The three poject settings, marked on the picture below, will connect with the CIM family in order to show the desired annotation text in the shop drawing. Read further in the article how to activate each one of the following CIM annotation settings. 

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Figure 2. Project properties in Project Manager. 

Show CIM name in annotation text

If the user would like to show the CIM family name or family type in the annotation text, then set ´´Show cast in material name in annotation text´´ settting to Yes, as shown on the picture below. 

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Figure 3. Show CIM name in annotation text. Project properties in Project Manager. 

Once the Shop Drawing is generated, the CIM family name/type will be shown in the annotation text. If the CIM family does not contain types, the CIM family name will be shown. In case that severel family types are available in the CIM family, the name of the respective family type will be shown in the annotation text. 

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Figure 4. CIM family type name, shown in the annotation text.

Show CIM description in annotation text

If the user would like to show a description of the CIM family in the annotation text, then set ´´Show cast in material description in annotation text´´ settting to Yes, as shown on the picture below. This setting connects to a family parameter, called IMPACT CIM Description. 

See how to create IMPACT CIM Description parameter in the CIM family in the article here

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Figure 5. Show CIM description in annotation text. Project properties in Project Manager. 

Once the Shop Drawing is generated, the IMPACT CIM Description parameter will be shown in the annotation text.

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Figure 6. IMPACT CIM Description parameter, shown in the annotation text. 

Show CIM reference in annotation text

If the user would like to show a reference of the CIM family in the annotation text, then set ´´Show cast in material reference in annotation text´´ settting to Yes. This setting connects to a family parameter, called IMPACT CIM Reference. See how to create IMPACT CIM Reference parameter in the CIM Revit family in the article here.  

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Figure 7. Show CIM reference in annotation text. Project properties in Project Manager. 

Once the Shop Drawing is generated, the IMPACT CIM Reference parameter will be shown in the annotation text.

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Figure 8. IMPACT CIM Reference parameter, shown in the annotation text. 

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