topic Re: Create a Key Plan in Revit Architecture Forum

Create a Key Plan

julielfifield — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:54:49 GMT

What is the best practice for creating a Key plan? I was going to make a very small view of the building & add detail lines for the divisions, is there a better way?

Re: Create a Key Plan

ToanDN — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 01:13:18 GMT

I use two approaches:

- for the simple key plan showing division of partial plans, I export a Revit area plan to CAD, create a generic annotation symbol, add extra filled region, lines, text if needed, and nest it in the titleblock family

- for the key plan that need to provide more than just partial plan division (example below is an egress zones plan),

I create actual Revit floor plan or area plan, scale accordingly, set VG so that it looks clean for that scale, and place it on sheet. If I need to place the same plan on multiple sheet, duplicate as dependent.

- there is another approach that use a legend view as a single legend can be placed multiple times, but I have not come to a need to use this one.

Re: Create a Key Plan

julielfifield — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:53:56 GMT

thanks again for the quick & informed answer!

Re: Create a Key Plan

aquiambaoFZUFX — Wed, 10 May 2023 23:33:41 GMT

anyone tried using the legend view for the key plan?

Re: Create a Key Plan

skyeg321 — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 22:27:14 GMT

The problem with a legend is you can't assign visibility parameters to the filled regions. So you'll end up duplicating it then modifying it. You'll end up with multiple legends. Not terrible but maybe not ideal.

Re: Create a Key Plan

syman2000 — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 22:28:47 GMT

This is why I use area plan as my keyplan. As you update the area boundary, this will update the keyplan.

Re: Create a Key Plan

wprinceML4QQ — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:12:28 GMT

Unfortunately, I have as of yet been unable to find a way to create filled regions in Legend Views.

Re: Create a Key Plan

ToanDN — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:27:53 GMT

Draw a detail line and make a detail group.
Place the detail group in a drafting view.
Draw filled regions and add them to the detail group
Filled regions now shows in the detail group in legend view

Re: Create a Key Plan

blank... — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:05:29 GMT

Create it as a family, add filled regions, assign instance visibility parameters to them, place on sheets, turn them on/off.

Re: Create a Key Plan

wprinceML4QQ — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:06:12 GMT

That's how I do it now. I was looking into doing it as a legend to cut back on some overhead, but Revit never fails to fall short...

Re: Create a Key Plan

Mike.FORM — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:47:29 GMT

The issue with filled regions is you cannot copy filled regions or lines from a plan view to a legend.

Another option is to create a filled region in your plan view selecting all your walls and what not, then before finishing the sketch you can select all the sketch lines and copy the to clipboard.

Then you can go into your legend and start a new filled region and past the sketch lines copied to clipboard into the new filled region sketch.

Revit does not realize what type of view the filled region is in, it just thinks your are copying from one sketch view to another.