A plan view is typically a view that cuts through a building model at a particular plane/level, and it wither looks up/down from that cut plane. The view range is defined by these horizontal planes that control the visibility of the elements in a plan view.

Adjust View Range

Step by Step Guide:

Video Tutorial:

Learn about how to define view range, adjust view range settings, its impact on cuttable/non-cuttable elements and how the view range affects the display of elements based on whether they are in primary range or the view depth in this video tutorial – by Autodesk.

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View Range

To coordinate the design between different levels and different disciplines, plan of one level is put under the plan of another level. This can be done in Revit using Underlay tool. For example, you may want to put Ground Floor level as an underlay while modeling walls on the First floor level to see the alignment and position of the walls on the Ground Floor.

Create Underlay

Step by Step Guide: Create an Underlay

Video Tutorial:

Learn how to set an underlay, assign the range levels for underlay and set the view direction of the underlay in this video tutorial – by Autodesk.

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Underlay

There are two types of 3D Views in Revit:

  • Orthographic Views (Where all objects appear to be of the same size regardless of their distance from the camera.)
  • Perspective Views (objects further away from the camera appear to be smaller.)

Create 3D Views

Step by Step Guide:

Video Tutorial:

Learn about how to create a perspective/camera view with this Video Tutorial – by Autodesk

Modify 3D Views

Step by Step Guide:

Video Tutorial:

Learn about how to set the target position, eye elevation and crop regions in a perspective view. Also learn about how to modify elements and use temporary dimension to move model elements while in a perspective view with this video tutorial – by Autodesk

Learn about how to turn off the crop region of a perspective view, make the edits and place the view on a sheet with this video tutorial – by Autodesk

Learn about how to use a section box in a 3D view and control the visibility of the elements with this video tutorial – by Autodesk

Levels in 3D View

Step by Step Guide:

Video Tutorial:

Learn about how to display levels in 3D Views, change the position of level heads and navigate a 3D View with levels visible in this video tutorial – by Autodesk

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3D Views

Callout views are used for creating an enlarged view of the part of an existing view. Callouts can be added to a plan, section, elevation or detail view. When you create a callout bubble with a callout tag, Revit crates a callout view. You can either create a view callout, a detail callout or a reference callout. Use a view callout when you want to provide more or different information about a part of the parent view.se a detail callout when you want to provide details about a part of the building model. Use multiple callout tags in different views to refer to one callout view.

Video Tutorials

Learn about how to create callout view with this Video Tutorial

Step by Step Guide:

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Callout Views

Section views cut through your model and defined section plane. You can adjust the view depth and width of the section view to control the visibility of the elements. There are three types of section views: Building sections, Wall sections and Detail sections. Once created, each of them is listed in the project browser under different location. Building and wall section views display in the Sections (Building Section) branch and Sections (Wall section) branch of the Project Browser. Detail sections appear in the Detail Views branch.

Video Tutorials

Learn about how to create section views with this Video Tutorial – by Autodesk

Step by Step Guide:

Sometimes, you want to refer to an existing section view or drafting view to help the reader understand the view being displayed. In such cases, you can create a Reference section that does not create a new view but refers to the existing view.

Practice Tutorial

If you would like to further practice your skills to create section views, please use the tutorial below. In this tutorial, you will learn,

  • To add a section view
  • To rename the section view
  • Adjust Crop Boundary and Far Clip Offset of a section view
  • Visibility / Graphics: Turn on/off elements in a section view
  • Visibility / Graphics: Adjust Project/Cut display of elements in a view
  • To break a section line
  • To split segment of a section line

Practice Tutorial: “Section Views

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Section Views