Can you tag all your windows at once in Revit?

ByCADbrief Staff

Short Answer

Yes — in Autodesk Revit, you can tag all your windows at once in a view by using Tag All Not Tagged, which is the standard professional method for batch window tagging. It works best in plan, elevation, or section views where windows are visible. It will not tag windows hidden from that view.

What You Need to Know Before

Warning: Revit only places tags on window instances that are visible and taggable in the current view. If a window family has no loaded window tag family, or the category is hidden by visibility/Graphics, the command will skip those windows without much warning.

How-to

  • Command: Tag All Not Tagged

  • Shortcut: No default shortcut

  • Quick Steps:

    1. Open the plan, elevation, or section view where you want to tag windows, then go to the Annotate tab on the Ribbon and click Tag All Not Tagged in the Tag panel.
    2. In the Tag All dialog, check Windows in the category list and make sure the correct loaded tag family is available.
    3. Enable the Leader option if needed, click OK, and Revit will place window tags on all untagged visible window instances in that view.

Variables & Settings

  • Key Setting: In the Tag All Not Tagged dialog, the Leader checkbox controls whether tags are placed with leaders when Revit cannot position them cleanly near the window.

Why it Fails

  • Cause 1 (Geometry): The windows are not visible in the active view because of crop region limits, view range, detail level, or the view type does not support that tag placement well.

  • Cause 2 (layers/Locks): The Windows category or linked model display is turned off in Visibility/Graphics, or the view template is locking annotation/category visibility.

  • Cause 3 (Command/Logic): The windows are already tagged, the wrong category was selected, or no compatible window tag family is loaded into the project.

Quick Fix & Best Practice

  • Quick Fix: Load a valid window tag family, confirm Windows is visible in VG, then rerun Tag All Not Tagged in the correct view.
  • Manager’s Verdict: Use this method for documentation views with stable layouts and consistent tag families. Avoid using it too early in design, since global tagging can create clutter and require cleanup after model changes.

FAQ

Can Revit tag windows in all views at once?

No, Tag All Not Tagged works one view at a time.

Why are some windows not tagging in Revit?

They are usually hidden in the view, already tagged, or missing a compatible tag family.

Can you tag windows in a linked Revit model?

Yes, but only if the link display and tagging settings support it in that view.

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