--- title: Kitchautomation Tutorials | Nested Family description: Nested Family | Kitchautomation Tutorials - A Foodservice Designer's Free Guide to Revit --- - [BLOG](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/blog) - [WEBINARS](https://www.kitchautomation.com/webinar/) - [ABOUT](https://www.kitchautomation.com/about/) - [CONTACT](https://www.kitchautomation.com/contact/) [![Kitchautomation](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Block%20K_Small.png?width=247&height=320&name=Block%20K_Small.png "Kitchautomation")](https://www.kitchautomation.com) - [WHY KITCHAUTOMATION?](https://www.kitchautomation.com/#why-kitchautomation) - [KITCHACADEMY](https://www.kitchautomation.com/#kitchacademy) - [KITCHDESIGNER](https://www.kitchautomation.com/#kitchdesigner) - [PRICING](https://www.kitchautomation.com/#pricing) - [SUPPORT](https://support.kitchautomation.com/knowledge) - [START FREE TRIAL](https://www.kitchautomation.com/#) ## Kitchautomation Tutorials ## [Tutorial 6 - Create an Elevation Mark](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-an-elevation-mark) Posted by [Christopher Huebner](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/author/christopher-huebner) on Jan 25, 2019, 8:26:21 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Kitchautomation_CreateElevationMark_83](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Create%20an%20Elevation%20Mark/Kitchautomation_CreateElevationMark_83.png?width=767&name=Kitchautomation_CreateElevationMark_83.png)](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-an-elevation-mark) **[Click Here to Download the Tutorial 6 Revit Template to use with this tutorial](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/hubfs/Academy%20Revit%20Files/Academy%20Lesson%206.rte) 👈⏩💾.** **Tutorial 6 - Create an Elevation Mark** When we last left off, we had just placed our Section View onto our sheet and finished our Section Tag.  Our model was really starting to look good.  I now notice this erratic line in our Section View, let’s fix that first. The line is actually the Level and if you are curious why it is not being cropped by the Crop Region, well you already know. Levels are Annotations, and like all other Annotations they cannot be partially cropped by Crop Regions.     So we will use the Visibility/Graphics Overrides instead. 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New Lessons Coming Soon! - No Revit Experience Required - Step-by-Step Instructions - Annotated Screenshots ### Subscribe Here! ### Table of Contents - [Tutorial 1 - Create an Equipment Schedule](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-equipment-schedule) - [Tutorial 2 - Create a Floor and a 3D View](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-floor-3d-view) - [Tutorial 3 - Create an Equipment Plan with Equipment Tag](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-equipment-plan-tag) - [Tutorial 4 - Create a View Title](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-a-view-title) - [Tutorial 5 - Create a Section Marker](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-a-section-marker) - [Tutorial 6 - Create an Elevation Mark](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-an-elevation-mark) - [Tutorial 7 - Create a Title Block](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-a-title-block) - [Tutorial 8 - Create a Revision Cloud Tag](https://academy.kitchautomation.com/how-to/create-revision-cloud-tag) - 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