How to Update Revit Tags After Model Changes and Coordination

When a coordination meeting moves a duct under a beam or reroutes a pipe bank down a corridor, the 3D clash is solved and the shop drawing is broken.

Revit updates the text inside an existing tag when a parameter changes, and four annotation problems still land on the drafter's desk before the revised sheet can go out:

• Moved elements. Tags follow their host into the new position, where their heads and leaders land on top of neighboring ducts, pipes, or dimensions.
• Split or new segments. Dropping a run under a beam adds two elbows, a vertical offset, and a new horizontal segment. The original duct keeps its tag; the new segments and the new elevation have none.
• Deleted or replaced elements. Tags on deleted host elements disappear, while tags on deleted linked-model elements stay behind as orphaned tags showing ?.
• Unnecessary tags. If two segments merge or a transition disappears, two tags now repeat the same size on one straight run.

How to update tags by hand in Revit after a revision

1. Locate the revised area in each view. Open the floor plan and section views that show the rerouted runs, and check that any updated Revit links are reloaded.
2. Check the tags that moved. Look for tags that dragged into neighboring elements or crossed their leaders when the run shifted. Drag them back into clear space.
3. Tag the new segments and elevation changes. Use Tag by Category (or select the new elements and run Tag All Not Tagged with Only selected objects in current view) to add size and elevation tags on the new legs.
4. Fix orphaned tags on linked models. Go to Collaborate, Coordinate, Reconcile Hosting to see tags whose linked hosts were deleted or replaced. Use Pick New Host to attach a tag to the replacement element, or delete it.
5. Run a sheet QA/QC check. Check the view at its printed sheet scale for missing elevation drops, duplicate size tags on straight runs, and overlapping labels before reissuing the sheet.

Re-tag only the changed area with RayCAD

RayCAD includes a Retag tool built for coordination revisions. Instead of deleting old tags, placing new ones, and untangling leaders by hand:

1. Open the view and select the elements or the area that changed.
2. Click Retag in RayCAD.
3. RayCAD removes the old tags on the selected elements (including parallel pipe bundle rings) and places a fresh set of tags from the updated model geometry, using your firm's rules for where information changes and where tags fit.
4. Check RayCAD's Review Tags panel for any tight spot that still needs a person's call.

Everything outside your selection stays untouched. Tags you already signed off on the rest of the sheet do not move.

RayCAD does not run clash detection or move model geometry. Your engineer resolves the clash in Revit, and RayCAD handles the re-annotation that follows.

See intelligent tag placement for how RayCAD places tags clear of clashes, and faster shop drawing turnaround for how teams use it on revision cycles. If your clashes come from Navisworks or your issues from Revizto, see RayCAD with Navisworks and RayCAD with Revizto. BIM coordinators can read RayCAD for BIM coordinators.

Try RayCAD free for 15 days