EVOLVE Mechanical Customer Ideas

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Bottom of Pipe vs Bottom of Insulation Tags

I would like to be able to place an elevation tag that knows if there is insulation or not and place the correct tag accordingly. If the pipe has insulation, it ...
Suggested by: Kyle Speropoulos (27 Aug, '19) Upvoted: 17 Feb Comments: 1
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Dimensions In Iso Spool View

We should allow the ability to include dimensions in iso spool view. This is mostly used on piping where you may only put one view (an iso view) on the entire spool ...
Suggested by: James Simpson (21 May, '21) Upvoted: 17 Apr Comments: 3
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Annotation Options

When placing tags, the following features would help improve clarity, consistency, and efficiency: * Ability to set a default leader landing distance (similar to ...
Suggested by: Kyle Speropoulos (27 Aug, '19) Upvoted: 10 Apr, '22 Comments: 2
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Reference level to MEP fabrication parts

Add a drop down for reference level in the MEP fabrication Parts window for duct so that duct comes in referencing the level selected for elevations. Similar to ...
Suggested by: Kenny Ford (16 Dec, '20) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Automate Directional Arrow for Tags

For tags that require directional arrows such as offset and slope tags, it would be impactful to have the orientation of the arrow correct when placed. This could be ...
Suggested by: James Simpson (10 Nov, '20) Upvoted: 27 Mar Comments: 0
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List and Annotate TOL and WOL rotation angle

We need to list the rotation angle for thread-olet and weld-olets in eVolve properties so that we can also annotate that rotation angle in spools.
Suggested by: Brett Stacks (09 May, '19) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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be able to rotate annotations with space bar

When tagging a drawing it would be helpful to see the tag and be able to rotate it during placement
Suggested by: Anonymous (29 Apr, '19) Upvoted: 07 Dec, '22 Comments: 0
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Want option to use tag for insulated part vs. non-insulated part

Want a way to use different tags for the part if it is insulated or not.
Suggested by: Brett Stacks (08 Mar, '19) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 2
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Automatic Annotation

Here is a sample of what we would like to see when auto annotating a ventilation drawing per the 12/14/18 user group meeting.
Suggested by: Chris Hansen (16 Dec, '18) Upvoted: 09 Feb, '23 Comments: 0
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spool break symbol placed automatically

* top view only? * notates connection between two spools * notates spool names/numbers, what else?
Suggested by: Brett Stacks (19 Jul, '19) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Need to refresh existing model annotations from the changes in annotation settings

If I make changes to the tag position and offset, I would like a command that will update annotations that I select to use the new settings. Currently, I must delete ...
Suggested by: Brett Stacks (24 Sep, '20) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Would like a multi-service rack annotation

When annotating rack piping, most companies prefer to place a single tag which labels the service, size and annotation of each system on the rack in order top to ...
Suggested by: Brett Stacks (25 Jun, '19) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Align item tags to view

In the ISO view it would look a lot cleaner.
Suggested by: Sam VanValkenburgh (31 Jan, '19) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Is there a way to make some kind of tag/ effect on in our case ductwork after downloading.

At certain times we download multiple branches of duct that can easily hold 150+ items in one download. Say a week goes by and we get a call to pick up where we left ...
Suggested by: Anonymous (08 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Continuation Tag when a spool ends with a Revit Family

I have recently discovered that a spool continuation tag will not be placed at the end of a spool iso drawing if it ends with a Revit Family. For instance, I had a ...
Suggested by: Andy Skeen (07 Jan, '21) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Common annos for Pipework and separate annos for ductwork

Suggested by: Brett Stacks (03 Apr, '19) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Uniform Shoulder Length for all Leaders

Ability to set the shoulder landing for all leaders for uniformity across the project.
Suggested by: Ashleigh Goniea (01 Dec, '20) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Make sections to draw in

Add a section feature so that datum can be called out from correct elevation changes
Suggested by: Kenny Ford (14 Sep, '20) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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Don't show ItemNumberTag when item number field is empty

Maybe add a condition for displaying the tags, like... if field is empty, or other conditions like display only tags containing or beginning with certain caracters.
Suggested by: Yvon Dufresne (16 Feb, '23) Upvoted: 16 Feb, '23 Comments: 0
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Annotation Placement for Different Shaped Ducts

Can there be setting to have different placements of lengths/sizes/number tag/elevation based on the shape of ducts to give the user more control?
Suggested by: Chris Hansen (14 Feb, '23) Upvoted: 14 Feb, '23 Comments: 0
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Multi Tag Settings should be able to apply to ALL categories.

One should not need to setup up a Multi Tag rule for every single category. Since the tag is built to apply to all categories, it should only require 1 rule to set ...
Suggested by: Liz Fong (27 May, '22) Upvoted: 27 May, '22 Comments: 0
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Other Languages Compatibility

I had Revit installed in french. Not because I need to, but either french or english doesn't matter. When in "Project Annotation Settings" other (than English) ...
Suggested by: Yvon Dufresne (11 Nov, '20) Upvoted: 26 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
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