Modeling: Activated View in a sheet vs The working plan

[briggsb1]

Revit 2013:

Is there any difference between activating a view in a sheet and modeling in that view and modeling in the actual floor plan or 3d view?

Are there certain things that can only be done in a working drawing that can't be done just by activating a view of that drawing?

[SteveKStafford]

No,there isn't other than having the context of the sheet in view. That can actually be helpful when there are several views on the sheet.

[constantin.stroescu]

In additon what Steve says , sheet allows a powerful instrument for placing a 3d camera view on a background image:

I 'll explain the steps in below:

1. First make a new sheet , I called it calibration sheet,  into wich  insert the image  used as background. Make also a camera view from an approximate angle - Image 01
2. .In calibration sheet  determine the Vanishing Point tracing Detail Lines on existing building elements ( the green lines) Once having the Vanishing Point ,  trace alignements for 3d model ( red Detail Lines) - Image 02
3. Drag the Camera View into the sheet  - Image 03
4. now, using the Full Navigation Wheel functions : Orbit, zoom , pan ..etc align the camera view with the two red detail lines ( for a better manipulation of the camera view make first a transparency override of the 3d model) ....Image 04
5. When the positon of the camera view seems to be ok , cancel the transparency override and adjust the shadows to be like in backgrond picture - Image 05
6. Open the Camera View and Lock the View so not to change by accident
7. Render the Camera View and save the rendered image as .png ( for transparent background)
8. At the end place the rendered object over background image in Photoshop - Image 06....(doing this in Revit the quality will be not so good)