Add rebar annotations in Revit for shop drawings

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In Revit, you can use multi-rebar annotations to create detailed annotation for fabrication and construction.

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The Multi-Rebar Annotation tool allows you to tag sets of rebar or individual rebar

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with one annotation that identifies the rebar element and the rebar spacing.

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To begin, on the Annotate tab, in the Tag panel, expand the Multi-Rebar annotation tool.

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From the drop-down, you can choose Aligned Multi-Rebar Annotation to tag a set of rebar,

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or Linear Multi-Rebar Annotation to tag individual rebar.

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For this exercise, select Linear Multi-Rebar Annotation.

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In the drawing area, select the rebar elements that you want to dimension.

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A multi-rebar annotation appears.

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To view the spacing of the bars, select the annotation.

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Then, on the Modify | Structural Rebar contextual tab, in the Edit panel, click Select Dimension.

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On the Properties palette, for Equality Display, select Value to display the bar-to-bar spacing.

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To change the display style, in the drawing area, select the multi-rebar annotation.

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Then, in the Properties palette, click Edit Type.

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The Type Properties dialog box appears.

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Here, you can adjust the display style for your multi-rebar annotations.

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In the Tag Family drop-down, select M_Rebar Tag as Quantity & Type.

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Note that if <none> is the only option visible in the Tag Family drop-down,

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you need to load the Rebar Tag Family from the default Revit family library.

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Click OK.

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In the drawing area, select a rebar set.

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Because the Tag Family is set to M_Rebar Tag as Quantity & Type,

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the annotation now includes the quantity and type.

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You can also tag multiple rebar sets at the same time.

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Press and hold CTRL to select another rebar set.