Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Wrap text in view titles

Have a view title that is really long?  Is it longer than the view is wide?  Does it go out of the view's 'assigned' area on the sheet?  There is a way to wrap text in Revit!



You can't do it as part of the view's real name (the one that shows in the project browser), if you try Revit will give you an error and won't let you proceed until it cancels your previous work.

Select the view with the really long title.  In the properties find the 'title on sheet' property under identity data.  Type in the new view name (type in the same name as the view title if you want it to be the same).  Where you want the title to break, hit <ctrl> <enter> and Revit will insert a line break.  You will see it in the dialogue box too.  Unfortunately with the properties getting only one line, you won't be able to see it except to use the up and down arrows to switch between the lines.

Hit enter again and you are done!  The title will wrap when placed on the sheet!  If you want it to wrap in another spot, edit it again in the view properties box and change the location of the <ctrl><enter>.