Pile Auto Numbering

I have seen a thread in one of Revit forums and also in our office this question is often asked. "How do I auto number all of the piles in a piling plan?"

Well, since Revit Extensions 2008 was out, it is there, this auto numbering. It is called “Element Positioning” to be found under Extension Manager, see figure 1 below. Please take note that figures shown in this article may vary from the current Revit Extensions version.

Procedures:

1.      Open Element Positioning.

2.      Select or filtered the piles you want to number, (pile mark), see my example below.

3.      Go to Numbering option. In this case, I have chosen order of axes as “XYZ”.

4.      Next step is Naming. Use the formula as in the figure below. Elements formula is %E. Other values are initial ones.

5.      Move to Tags option. Do not forget to set “Insert tag” to “ON”. For Tag insertion options, tag-to-element distance is your choice, depending on the way you want the numbering to be positioned.

6.      Once you are done with the steps above, Click on OK, and there you go, your piles will be marked with auto numbering.