Issue:
What are the available options to automate a consistent, repeatable dimensioning methodology for plans, sections, and elevations according to firm-defined graphic rules in Revit?
Causes:
Revit offers built-in automatic aligned dimensioning for walls, and repeatable rule-based dimensioning can be extended through Dynamo and, in Revit 2027.3, through Autodesk Assistant-generated Dynamo graphs. Some geometry (for example, curved/organic wall footprints and elements that are not exactly parallel) has inherent limitations for automatic dimensioning.
Solution:
Use one or more of these available options for automating view dimensioning:
- Add Aligned Dimensions to Walls Automatically | Autodesk Note: This is available in every currently supported Revit version.
- Use Dynamo to create graphs that automate a certain set of actions in Revit.
- Use Autodesk Assistant in Revit 2027.3 (and later product versions) to create Dynamo graphs via natural language prompting.
- Use third-party addins for automating dimensioning.