Adding Custom Fields to 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.

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. See Shared Parameters.

2. Add the shared parameters to the project.

   See Creating Shared Project Parameters.

   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.

   See Labels.

   NoteYou can add static text to describe a parameter in the title block. See Text Notes.
4. To save the title block, on the Quick Access toolbar, click (Save).