Use tags

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In this video, we will cover selecting the appropriate tag to place tagging elements and adjusting tag properties.

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In the Ground Floor HVAC Plan view, you can see that several systems have been modeled.

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We can now tag various components.

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On the Annotate ribbon in the Tag panel, you can see several tag tools.

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Tag by Category will tag individual components,

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whereas Tag all will tag all of the components you have selected or all the components of a specific category.

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There are also tools to play space tags and room tags.

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These are the tags that can be used on the MEP Side.

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Let's begin with Tag by Category.

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When you activate the tool, there are several options on the options bar.

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To begin click Tags.

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In this dialog, you can see the tags that will be used for each category of elements.

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For example, for air terminals, the diffuser tag will be used.

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You can scroll through this list and make sure each category of elements that you are going to tag has an appropriate tag selected.

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If the tag you want to use is not available in the dropdown, You can click load family and then load the appropriate tag.

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I'll click Ok to close this dialog.

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Next in the Options bar, I will de select leader,

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and as I move over various components, you can see different tags form in the model and they are hovered over the element that's being highlighted.

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You can simply click to place a tag and in this case we're not using a leader.

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So the tag is placed right on top of the component.

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You can continue clicking elements to place tags as needed.

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When you enable leader, you can then choose whether or not the leader has an attached end or a free end.

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With attached and selected. You can click a component and a tag will be placed with a leader.

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When you click Free End, you have to click where the end of the leader is going to be placed.

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And then you can click where the leader elbow is going to be placed.

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And then lastly where the tag will be placed.

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I'll click Modify to end the command and then the duct tag is still selected.

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When the free end is selected, there will be a dot control at the end of the leader, so you can adjust it as needed.

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When attached end is selected, there is no control at the end of the leader.

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You can just move where the tag is located or you can control where the elbow is placed.

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With a tag selected You can still change whether the leader has an attached end or a free end in the Options bar.

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Or you can control whether it has a leader at all.

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You can also click Edit Type and this will open the Type Properties dialog and the only parameter here is leader Arrowhead.

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I can expand this dropdown and then select one of the leaders that are available.

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For example, I'll select one of the arrows and then I'll click Ok,

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and note that this is going to update all tags of this type.

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I'll deselect the tag and then activate the Tag All tool.

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In this dialog, you can choose the category of elements that you want to tag and then you can also choose the tag that you want to use.

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For example I'll select Space Tag.

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And then if there were additional space tags I could choose one from the loaded tags dropdown.

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I can also choose whether I want to use a Leader and the Leader Length and the Tag Orientation.

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I’ll deselect leader for this example.

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And then I'll click Ok.

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When I do The space tags are placed in every space in this view.

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Additionally, you can select components first and then on the Annotate ribbon.

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In the Tag panel, click Tag All.

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This time only selected objects and current view is selected.

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So I can leave this selected or I could switch to all objects and current view and then I can choose the category of elements I want to tag.

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So in this case, I have several different categories of elements selected, but I can still choose which categories I want to tag.

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With Mechanical Equipment Tag selected I'll click Ok.

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And now you can see that mechanical equipment tags have been placed.

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I’ll zoom in and select one of the duct tags.

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When you click Edit Family, the tag will open in the Family Editor.

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Be aware that tags are made up of labels,

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and when I select the label, I can click Edit Label and then I can see the parameter that is being used for the tag.

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In this case, for the duct size tag, the size parameter is what's being used.

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So it's important that you understand which parameter is being used in the tag.

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If needed, you can add additional parameters to the tag.

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I'll click Cancel and then we can look at some of the other options.

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With component selected in the Properties palette. Then the Duct Size tag will rotate with the duct.

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In other words, if the duct is horizontal the tag will be horizontal.

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If the duct is vertical, the tag will be vertical.

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If you want to control this in the project,

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then you can de-select this option and then you can choose whether that tag will be horizontal or vertical.

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If you select the label, you can see that there are additional options in the Properties palette,

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to control how the parameters wrap and then also the horizontal and vertical alignment.

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And then you can use Keep Readable so that the tag will always be readable.

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In other words if it rotates around a 45-degree angle, then it'll flip so that it's always readable,

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and then you can control whether or not it is visible.

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So as you can see there are several options that you can use to customize your tags so that they look just like you want them to in your project.