
This Revit family provides a standard North Arrow symbol for site and floor plans, featuring a clean, high-contrast graphic design. This annotation symbol features a vertical orientation marker designed for architectural floor plans and site layouts. The graphic consists of a bold, solid black arrow pointing north, complemented by a secondary directional indicator and a circular hub with a split-tone fill. The design incorporates a clean, modernist aesthetic with sharp lines and clear typography, ensuring legibility at various scales. This family is constructed using standard Revit drafting lines and filled regions, allowing for consistent performance across multiple project files without adding unnecessary complexity to the model's overall graphical output.
The download is a 481 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 component, load the RFA file into your Revit project and place it directly onto your sheets or within drafting views. As a generic annotation family, it remains flat relative to the view, ensuring it maintains a fixed size regardless of the scale setting. You can easily rotate the symbol to align with the true north of your project coordinate system or specific site orientation using the standard rotate command within the view.
This North Arrow is essential for any architectural, landscape, or urban design documentation requiring clear orientation. It is suitable for use in site plans, master plans, and floor plan sheets across residential and commercial projects. Professionals looking for a professional-grade, minimalist orientation marker will find this symbol fits seamlessly into standard drawing templates. It pairs well with other technical drafting components and is designed to adhere to conventional documentation standards, ensuring your drawings remain professional, clear, and easy for contractors to interpret.
North Arrow 1
Free
File formats
What changed in 1.0
Initial release.
Free to use in personal and commercial projects, including paid client work.
Covers 1 seat.