Placing doors with tags
Choose door sizes from the Type Selector and place them with tags.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Step-by-step guide
Choose door sizes from the Type Selector and place them with tags.
- Open DW-Arch_Place Doors_RVT2021.rvt, load the door family Door-Double-Flush_Panel.rfa, and select type 68" x 80".
- In the Modify | Place Door contextual tab > Tag panel, ensure that Tag on Placement is selected.
- Click the walls to place the doors, so that they are opening into the rooms.
- In the Type Selector, select Sgl Flush: 36" x 84".
- Hover over the wall and press SPACEBAR to switch the swing direction of the door.
- Click the wall to place it.
- Place several more doors.
- Click Modify.
- Zoom in on Door 7 and select it.
- Press the SPACEBAR to cycle through the various swing orientations.
- Click the Flip controls to test the various options, ending with the door opening into the same room, but to the right.
- Click an empty space or press ESC to release the selection.
- Select one of the single interior doors.
- In the Modify | Doors tab > Create panel, click Create Similar.
- Place two more doors in the center room of the model.
- Click Modify.
- Right-click and select Zoom To Fit.
- Save the project.