Revit Roof Plan View Range

Floor plans are an essential part of any revit project.

Revit roof plan view range.

Get the complete advanced course on graphics in revit all of my project files and 1 on 1 classes. First the floor plan or ceiling plan must be opened using the project browser. Users can access the view range with just a few clicks. Draw the sketch as necessary then click finish.

Video describing the revit view range settings for plan views. And one of the most critical and confusing aspects of any floor plan is view range. The view range settings are linked to three horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a plan view top cut plane and bottom as well as an additional plane called view depth. You can find this tool in view tab create panel plan views drop down plan region.

The area between the cut plane and the top of the view range establishes the primary view range of the view. Cut planes in a reflected ceiling plan are often set above the head height of the doors and windows. You will need to define the plan region using sketch tool. These are instance parameters which means that the values they store can be different for each plan view in your project.

Once the floor plan or ceiling plan is open the view range button becomes available in the properties panel see figure 1. View range is a group of parameters that control exactly what you see in any particular plan view. In this example i only need to create a rectangular boundary. The view range button must be clicked to access the view range.

After you set the view range correctly you will. It s the only property you can change for this object. In the view range dialog levels used to define the visible range are absolute to the current level of the view. For example if you are in the level 2 plan view of a multi story building and you select level 4 as the top revit keeps level 4 as the top even if you add levels between level 2 and level 4.

We find the view range control panel by looking in the view properties panel for a plan view.