I’m struggling to figure this out. We use a Preliminary Stamp on our sheets until they are submitted for permits. I did a script to remove them from all sheets successfully. Now I need to develop one to add them to all the sheets and I can’t seem to find a node(s) to do it. Any advice is much ap…

Sheets are Views as far as Revit is concerned. The point here is that annotation families tend to be view specific and therefore need to be created within a specific view. The thread I posted explains this and mentions two of the more common custom nodes for placing items in views.

I would put the stamp into my title block and assign a visibility type parameter to it. Every sheet would then get the stamp. Then before you print you just check/uncheck the box in the titleblock family type and its turn off for all sheets. Create a shared parameter for sheets and then you can set …

That’s not a bad idea. However, there are many people that I would have to convince to do something different they have done forever…ugh

Create a detached model and separate sheet template. Set it up and do it. This should really only take 30 minutes at most. Show them how easy it is. Sometimes showing is easier than explaining.

You have to create the object in the view. Check out the thread below. [image] Familys By Point and host, works to place in sheets? Revit Annotations are view specific, so you have to place them to a view, not a host or level. Host refers to a host geometry/element and whi…

The issue is that it is not in a view…it’s just “pasted” on the sheet. I played with the idea of copy and paste but didn’t get very far.

Thank you so much for that explanation of sheets being views according to Revit. And for the Archilab suggestion. I got it to work! [Add Prelim Stamp_2022-12-05_10-48-10]

Place family instance on multiple sheets

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Nick_Boyts December 1, 2022, 8:37pm 5

You have to create the object in the view. Check out the thread below.

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Place family instance on multiple sheets

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