Title Blocks Standard

10. Title Blocks Standard

10.1 Removed Folder

The following folder is removed:

Path / value: /Project Title Blocks

10.2 Storage Policy

Title blocks must not be stored externally as standalone project folder content.

Title blocks must exist only inside Revit project files.

10.3 Current Title Block Library Location

The current title block reference location is:

Path / value: \\192.168.1.99\Technology\Revit\Title_Blocks

This location is the current working source for reviewing existing S3 Design, Inc. title block families before they are consolidated into fewer Revit families with multiple types.

10.4 Title Block Archetypes

S3 title blocks must be organized by title block archetype first and sheet size second.

Approved title block archetypes:

• Archetype: Horizontal
  Use: Standard landscape title block for most project sheets. Use this as the primary construction document title block format for 24x36 and larger sheets.

• Archetype: Vertical
  Use: Portrait title block for small-format sketches, RFIs, supplemental sheets, and conceptual sheets where vertical orientation is required. Vertical title blocks are not the standard construction document format unless specifically approved for a project.

• Archetype: Presentation
  Use: Presentation-board title block for graphics, renderings, mood boards, concept packages, client presentations, and design review material. Presentation title blocks are not the standard sealed construction document format unless specifically approved.

10.5 Sheet Size Use Standard

Sheet size determines the default document use.

• Sheet Size: 8.5x11
  Default Use: RFI sheets, sketches, supplemental issue sheets, and small-format documentation
  Allowed Archetypes: Horizontal, Vertical

• Sheet Size: 11x17
  Default Use: Conceptual sheets, review sheets, meeting sketches, and reduced-format coordination sheets
  Allowed Archetypes: Horizontal, Vertical, Presentation

• Sheet Size: 12x18
  Default Use: Conceptual sheets, review sheets, and small-format presentation or coordination sheets
  Allowed Archetypes: Horizontal, Vertical, Presentation

• Sheet Size: 18x24
  Default Use: Conceptual sheets, intermediate review sheets, and presentation or coordination sheets
  Allowed Archetypes: Horizontal, Vertical, Presentation

• Sheet Size: 24x36
  Default Use: Construction documents and permit / bid / issue sets
  Allowed Archetypes: Horizontal, Presentation

• Sheet Size: 30x42
  Default Use: Construction documents for larger-format project requirements
  Allowed Archetypes: Horizontal, Presentation

• Sheet Size: 36x48
  Default Use: Construction documents for large-format project requirements
  Allowed Archetypes: Horizontal, Presentation

Use classification rules:

• 8.5x11 sheets are used for RFIs, sketches, and supplemental small-format documentation.

• All sheet sizes smaller than 24x36 are conceptual, review, sketch, or coordination formats unless the project BIM Execution Plan explicitly approves another use.

• 24x36 and larger sheets are construction document formats.

• Presentation title blocks may be used at any approved presentation size, but presentation title blocks do not replace construction document title blocks for permit, bid, or issued construction document sets unless approved.

10.6 Family Consolidation Direction

The title block family set must be consolidated into fewer Revit families with size-based family types.

Target family structure:

• Target Family: Horizontal title block family
  Required Types: 8.5x11, 11x17, 12x18, 18x24, 24x36, 30x42, 36x48

• Target Family: Vertical title block family
  Required Types: 8.5x11, 11x17, 12x18, 18x24

• Target Family: Presentation title block family
  Required Types: 11x17, 12x18, 18x24, 24x36, 30x42, 36x48

Office, consultant, and issue variations such as Florida or consultant title block variants should be handled with family types, visibility settings, or controlled parameters wherever practical. Separate standalone families should be used only when a Revit technical limitation or approved project requirement makes a separate family necessary.