Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

38 On the Drafting tab of the Design Bar, click Beam System Tag.
Move the cursor over the beams in the drawing area, and notice the tag for the specific beam
system displays.
39 Click any beam within the beam system to place the tag.
40 Click File ➤ Close.
You can save the open file if you wish. In the next exercise a new training file is provided.
41 Proceed to the next exercise, Creating a Custom Beam Tag on page 400.
Creating a Custom Beam Tag
In this exercise, you learn how to create a custom beam tag that includes multiple categories and then apply
the tag to different beam types.
Training File
■ Click File menu ➤ Open.
■ In the left pane of the Open dialog, click Training Files, and open Metric\m_RST_Custom_beam_tag.rvt.
Open the beam tag family
1 In the Project Browser, expand Structural Plans, and double-click Level 2.
2 Click one of the 254x102x28UB beam tags, and on the Options Bar, click Edit Family.
When prompted to open the Structural Framing Tag for editing, click Yes. You are now in the
Family Editor.
3 Click the structural label, and on the Options Bar, click Edit Label.
Add multiple categories to the beam label
4 In the Edit Label dialog, add the following categories:
■ Under Category Parameters, select Number of studs, and click (Add parameter).
The new category is added to the label as parameter 2.
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