About this asset

This NCS North Arrow is a Revit annotation family designed for orienting floor plans and site drawings in architectural projects. The NCS North Arrow is a clean, graphic representation of a cardinal direction indicator, featuring a circular frame divided by orthogonal axes. A bold, solid vertical bar marks the primary north orientation, topped with a simple, sharp arrowhead. The design prioritises clarity and legibility at various scales, adhering to standard drafting conventions for construction documentation. Its minimalist, vector-based geometry ensures it remains crisp when plotted or exported to PDF. This symbol provides a professional, standardised look for site plans, building orientations, and architectural layouts, ensuring consistent graphic communication across all project sheets.

The download is a 184 KB file containing a Revit family (.rfa). Load it into a project from the Insert tab with Load Family, then place it like any other component of its category; it schedules and tags with the rest of your model.

To use this annotation in Revit, load the family into your project and place it directly onto your floor plan or site plan views. As a standard annotation family, it is scale-independent, meaning it will maintain its visual size regardless of the sheet scale. Users can rotate the symbol to match the true north of the site plan. It is best practice to place this on a dedicated annotation layer to maintain clean drawing management.

This north arrow is suitable for all stages of architectural documentation, from preliminary site analysis to final construction sets. It is specifically intended for use in floor plans, roof plans, and landscape site layouts across residential, commercial, and institutional building typologies. Architects and designers will find it essential for clarifying orientation in complex projects. It pairs effectively with standard title blocks and project-specific annotation standards, ensuring clear and concise communication of building orientation to contractors and consultants during the planning phase.