Greetings to All.
I am trying to
arrive at consensus with my colleagues regarding some aspects of our Standards
and Procedures for Revit.
Many Revit users
follow the practice of customizing content with a "company" acronym
to signify that the content is vetted to conform to office standards. My personal preference is to precede each family type name with an acronym derived
from the family category, and I have now expanded the list to include content
in all disciplines. I maintain that the presence of the acronym provides ample
significance.
However, in the
Project Browser, I contended that OOTB naming of standard content was
desirable. My view was countered with the argument that confusion may result if
other parties with whom we might collaborate used modified content with OOTB
naming.
One well-respected colleague has developed a naming strategy that
includes the prefix ‘AN’ for most annotations. I’m inclined to concede, but I
happen to disagree on the practice of ALL CAPS in the browser.
Again, most users follow the tradition of capitalization of sheet
names, however I would even question that practice. I believe it is a remnant
of old-fashioned CAD thinking, where the practice originated because of the
extension from hand drafting. (I was there.) ALL CAPS is generally avoided in graphic design and web design because it is harder (slower) to comprehend. There is some fairly consistent information available to back this point of view.
I’d like to know what other Revit users have to say about these
options:
