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Add and swap views on sheets in your Revit project.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:03
Creating a set of construction documents for your Revit project is a two-step process.
00:10
Once you have created the sheets, the next step is to place your project views onto them.
00:16
To place a view onto a sheet, that sheet must be the currently active view.
00:22
You can also quickly swap views on a sheet.
00:25
Note that a view can only be placed onto a single sheet.
00:29
To place the same view onto more than one sheet,
00:33
you need to duplicate the view and then place the duplicate copy onto the other sheet.
00:40
To complete this exercise, open the PlacingViews [2024].rvt exercise file.
00:48
In the Project Browser, you can tell which views have already been placed on sheets
00:54
by the square icon to the left of each view name.
00:58
Specifically, a blue filled icon means the view is currently placed on a sheet,
01:04
and a white filled icon means the view is not placed on a sheet.
01:10
Under the Sheets branch, double-click sheet A113 - Elevations/Sections to open it.
01:18
To place a view on this sheet, on the View ribbon in the Sheet Composition panel, click Place View.
01:26
The Views dialog opens with a list of all the project views that have not been placed onto a sheet yet.
01:34
Remember that a view can only be placed onto a single sheet.
01:38
For this example, select North – Elevation ONLY, and then click OK.
01:45
An outline of that view now appears attached to your cursor.
01:50
Click on the sheet to place the view, keeping in mind that you are actually creating a viewport.
01:57
A viewport is like a window through which you can see the actual view.
02:02
Another easy way to place a view is to drag it from the Project Browser onto the currently active sheet,
02:10
and then click to place the view.
02:13
The scale of a view is determined by the scale that was originally assigned to it.
02:19
However, you can change it.
02:21
To do this, select the viewport.
02:24
Then, in the Properties palette under Graphics, expand the View Scale drop-down and choose a new scale.
02:32
You can also swap a view on a sheet.
02:37
First, delete the view you just placed.
02:40
Because the North view is no longer placed on a sheet,
02:44
it is available to swap with the Longitudinal Section view.
02:49
On the sheet, select the Longitudinal Section viewport.
02:54
On the Modify|Viewports contextual ribbon, in the Positioning and View panel,
03:01
you can specify the Viewport Positioning and the View associated with the viewport.
03:06
Expand the View drop-down and select Elevation: North.
03:12
The views are swapped, and the viewport is now associated with the North elevation view.
03:18
Adding and swapping views on sheets in your Revit project is a necessary skill
03:24
for putting together presentations and construction documentation.
Video transcript
00:03
Creating a set of construction documents for your Revit project is a two-step process.
00:10
Once you have created the sheets, the next step is to place your project views onto them.
00:16
To place a view onto a sheet, that sheet must be the currently active view.
00:22
You can also quickly swap views on a sheet.
00:25
Note that a view can only be placed onto a single sheet.
00:29
To place the same view onto more than one sheet,
00:33
you need to duplicate the view and then place the duplicate copy onto the other sheet.
00:40
To complete this exercise, open the PlacingViews [2024].rvt exercise file.
00:48
In the Project Browser, you can tell which views have already been placed on sheets
00:54
by the square icon to the left of each view name.
00:58
Specifically, a blue filled icon means the view is currently placed on a sheet,
01:04
and a white filled icon means the view is not placed on a sheet.
01:10
Under the Sheets branch, double-click sheet A113 - Elevations/Sections to open it.
01:18
To place a view on this sheet, on the View ribbon in the Sheet Composition panel, click Place View.
01:26
The Views dialog opens with a list of all the project views that have not been placed onto a sheet yet.
01:34
Remember that a view can only be placed onto a single sheet.
01:38
For this example, select North – Elevation ONLY, and then click OK.
01:45
An outline of that view now appears attached to your cursor.
01:50
Click on the sheet to place the view, keeping in mind that you are actually creating a viewport.
01:57
A viewport is like a window through which you can see the actual view.
02:02
Another easy way to place a view is to drag it from the Project Browser onto the currently active sheet,
02:10
and then click to place the view.
02:13
The scale of a view is determined by the scale that was originally assigned to it.
02:19
However, you can change it.
02:21
To do this, select the viewport.
02:24
Then, in the Properties palette under Graphics, expand the View Scale drop-down and choose a new scale.
02:32
You can also swap a view on a sheet.
02:37
First, delete the view you just placed.
02:40
Because the North view is no longer placed on a sheet,
02:44
it is available to swap with the Longitudinal Section view.
02:49
On the sheet, select the Longitudinal Section viewport.
02:54
On the Modify|Viewports contextual ribbon, in the Positioning and View panel,
03:01
you can specify the Viewport Positioning and the View associated with the viewport.
03:06
Expand the View drop-down and select Elevation: North.
03:12
The views are swapped, and the viewport is now associated with the North elevation view.
03:18
Adding and swapping views on sheets in your Revit project is a necessary skill
03:24
for putting together presentations and construction documentation.
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