About Types of Keynotes

Keynotes can be applied to an element, assigned to a material, or customized to provide required information.

All elements have a Keynote Type parameter. These can be supplied in advance using the Type Properties dialog, or selected when the tag is placed.

• Element. A keynote can be applied to an entire element, such as a wall, detail component, or door.
• Material. A keynote can be assigned to a material that has been painted on a surface, and to materials assigned to the component layers of an element. Material keynotes are not supported for the insulation drafting tool, the detail components line and filled region, or wireframe views. When materials are assigned a keynote value, the objects that use these materials inherit the keynote value accordingly.
  Tip: Before applying keynote tags to materials in the building model, specify keynotes for materials on the Identity tab of the Material Editor.
• User. This option provides a way to use commonly used notes or phrases to address documentation issues. These additional user notes must be added to the provided keynote text files or included in one that you create.

After you apply a keynote tag to an element, you can select the keynote tag and click over the keynote value or empty value to open the Keynotes dialog. Select the desired keynote for the element.

Note: If you click OK, Revit uses the keynote value that is currently selected. If you click Cancel, the keynote value remains empty.