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I would like to make a custom viewport style.  I cannot edit the built in viewport style families because they are system families.  I f I could edit them, my plan would be to extract the labels that they use for detail names and numbers and use them for my new family.  

I would like to make a viewport that reports the detail name and number, so that when I change things or move the details around, the name and numbers are live and they change automatically.  

As it sits now, I have the nice viewport thing that looks like we want it to look but I have to change the labels with the new info when I change or move them.  

In the attached image I have arrows pointing to the labels that I would like to be "connected" (or whatever the term is) to the actual detail name and number.

Thank you for any help!

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View titles are a family that you can create.   Use the vie title template under the annotations folder in your template library.   After loading, you have to create a new view title type and assign this family in the project.

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that helped!  Perfect!  

Almost.  It got me about 30 feet before I hit another stop sign.  

Now I get an error...(see attached)

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WWHub

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That image doesn't mean anything to us because you failed to give us any context whatsoever!

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Sorry.  I went to laod the newly created family of the view title and it said I can only load generic annotations into the project.  So I think at this point I have the family like I want it but I cannot load it into my project.

Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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While you have the family open, load it into your project - it will load!

Now click on a view title and edit it creating a new type.

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I see where you are going with your answer, but my annotation family I have made up is just an annotation family.  It is not a view type.  I always use no title for details on sheets.  I draw a detail then place the view box (that's what I call it) right  onto the detail so it is a part of the detail.   Then I put the whole thing on the sheet.  It works great and I like it like that. 

I just thought I could create a label for use in the view box that would automatically report the detail number, like in the system families.   

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Sorry but using CAD processes with Revit is a poor process.  Revit is so powerful - you should learn to use that power.

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OK, as long as I can get everything to look exactly as it does in CAD.  Everyone complains about the way Revit looks chunkier etc.  the Architects, the clients.  That is their biggest complaint.  

But learning to use Revit the way they intended it certainly makes sense.  

So I am at a loss then with this viewport type.  Maybe I need to hire a consultant.

Thanks for your input though.

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