Add Custom Fields to a Title Block

Revise the sheet-specific and project-specific information placeholders in a title block.

In general, a title block contains placeholders for 2 types of information:

• Project-specific information. This information applies to all sheets in the project. Examples: project name, client information, project address.
• Sheet-specific information. This information differs for each sheet within a project. Examples: sheet name, sheet number, reviewer, sheet issue date.

When you add a sheet to a project, the project-specific information in the title block displays the appropriate information. You can enter the sheet-specific information directly on the sheet.

Revit provides default title block families. These title blocks include some project-specific information fields and some sheet-specific information fields. If you want to add more information (custom fields) to a title block, use shared parameters.

Note: Use shared parameters (not project parameters) so that they are available to the title block families and the projects that use them.

To add custom fields to a title block

1. Create (or edit) a shared parameter file, and add shared parameters to the file.

   Click Manage tabSettings panel (Shared Parameters). Add one shared parameter for each new project-specific or sheet-specific field.

2. Add the shared parameters to the project.

   When adding each parameter using the Parameter Properties dialog, under Categories, select one of the following:

   • Sheets for a sheet-specific field
   • Project Information for a project-specific field

   Now these fields are available to the project.

3. Add the shared parameters to a title block using labels.
   Note: You can add static text to describe a parameter in the title block.
4. To save the title block, on the Quick Access toolbar, click (Save).

After loading the title block into a project and adding sheets, you can see the custom fields on the sheets.

• Project-specific fields: Click Manage tabSettings panel (Project Information) to display the shared parameters that belong to the Project Information category. You can change these values in that dialog or on a sheet. Whenever you change project-specific information, Revit updates all sheets in the project with the changes.
• Sheet-specific fields: The shared parameters that belong to the Sheets category display on the Properties palette for the sheet. You can change these values on the Properties palette or on a sheet. These changes apply only to the individual sheet.