topic The referencing sheet does not always make sense in Revit Architecture Forum

The referencing sheet does not always make sense

Yien_Chao — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 01:31:07 GMT

Here is an example from the technical school project in Revit. Why the first floor (which is an independent view) has a reference to another sheet? The use of this parameter isn't to get where the reference comes from? In this case, the reference of the plan view must be empty.

Re: The referencing sheet does not always make sense

barthbradley — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 01:47:40 GMT

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Referencing-Sheet-and-Referencing-Detail-parameters-refer-to-incorrect-references.html

Re: The referencing sheet does not always make sense

Yien_Chao — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 02:03:54 GMT

this wasn't working since...ever!

and the workaround is too much work most of people.

but thank you @barthbradley !

Re: The referencing sheet does not always make sense

RDAOU — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:13:02 GMT

Some of those articles out there, when I read them, I wonder... does the person who added them even know what Revit is!!

Re: The referencing sheet does not always make sense

ToanDN — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:51:34 GMT

@Yien_Chao

Referencing Sheet and Referencing Detail indicate the view that is referenced from the active view. It starts not making any sense when there are multiple views being referenced from the active view, for example: if you have multiple elevations on a plan, only one elevation (1st one created) is listed as Referencing. It is a logical limitation, a limitation nonetheless, but not a bug.

And yes, the article author does not understand what the issue is, giving some workarounds to a problem that doesn't exist. It is non-sense.

Re: The referencing sheet does not always make sense

RDAOU — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:59:14 GMT

You forgot to add that

In case of multiple reference view tags are in the active view, by default revit registers the first sheet in the Organization order
It is possible to reset the referring view to a different sheet
The sole purpose of that parameter is the sorting of sheet lists otherwise it is useless

Re: The referencing sheet does not always make sense

Putri_Dewi — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:03:54 GMT

I'm having the same problem here.

I'm doing the project that had some sheets set up previously. When I create new plan (let say Plan A), the plan is independent but the view has a reference to another sheet (Sheet X).

This become the problem because I need to create dependent view for Plan A and I need to reference the Plan A sheets but instead it goes to Sheets X.

I hope my explanation make sense. Thank you