About Section Head Families

Include more than one symbol in a project by creating a new section head family.

The Section Head Family creates the symbol that displays at the end of the section line. Revit designates a default symbol, but you may want to use your own symbols to define different sections. By specifying a family for section heads, your project can include more than one symbol.

When creating a section head family, you define the section head symbol. The section head symbol you create should indicate the viewing direction. You set a viewing direction by sketching an arrow head. The symbol should also include a set of double arrow mirror controls to reverse the viewing direction, if necessary.

Tip: The intersection of the 2 perpendicular reference planes represents the origin of the symbol. The origin is the point at which the symbol attaches to the section line. Sketch the lines accordingly.

There are 2 parameters you can set for the symbol: the Drawing Number and the Sheet Number. You can set them by placing Tag Text. The Drawing Number is the number of the view on a sheet. The Sheet Number is the number of the drawing sheet. If you add these parameters to a symbol, they automatically fill in when you add the section view to a project.