topic Scale not Displaying on Viewport in Revit Architecture Forum

Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:30:13 GMT

Screencast isn't working, so I'll try my best and use screenshots.

I put a view into a sheet, but the scale for the viewport isn't showing up. The box displays, but the scale isn't showing up in it.

The scale is set to 1/8" = 1'-0"

When I go to the Family Editor for the Viewport and check the Label it looks like everything is correct.

Not sure why it's doing this. Can anyone help?

Also, does anyone know the name of the exe for Screencast so I can try and kill it in the Processes tab of the Task Manager?

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

cbcarch — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:52:14 GMT

-Select the Viewport, the go to Properties. See what View Title, and other items are shown/selected.

-Also, try changing the View Port Type to something else and see if the scale appears.

-If so, then it's something with your View Title/Viewport Type named "VIC"

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:05:41 GMT

I've tried changing the viewport type in the type selector to every one of them, including the default Revit one called Viewport1 and it's still the same.

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

cbcarch — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:14:05 GMT

From the Browser, go to Families>Annotations and select/right click> edit the View Title.

Select the Scale Label--check under Properties if Visible is checked.

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:17:26 GMT

Everything looks good.

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

cbcarch — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:26:36 GMT

Hmm........something is not right with your Viewport/View Title setup.

-Try starting a new Project, create a quick Floor Plan, place on a sheet. Any luck?

Check which Template file is selected when creating the new project--it could be something in the template which is causing the problem. Perhaps try <None> under Template file, and then test Architectural template when starting a new project.

-Another thing you could try is to open a "good" project that has the scale in the View Title, and copy/paste and/or Transfer Project Standards into your current project.

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:29:10 GMT

Is it because it's a 3D view on a sheet? Even though the 3D view is locked?

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

cbcarch — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:36:27 GMT

Your question and screenshots did not appear to be a 3D View?

But, yes- a 3D view on a sheet will not display a scale.

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:07:43 GMT

If I make a View Scale on the Title Block is there a way to make that grab the scale size of the Viewport of a 3D view on a sheet?

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:14:39 GMT

I am also having the same issue. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears.

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:59:58 GMT

Are you using a 2D or 3D view? I found out that they don't display on 3D views

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

micphillips — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:17:54 GMT

View scales cannot be shown in 3D views placed on sheets. To work around this, create a new shared parameter. It can just be a text parameter. Create a new view title type and change the label for the scale to the shared parameter.

Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

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Re: Scale not Displaying on Viewport

kevinRPT57 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:59:51 GMT

i edited the label prefix and suffix to put the 1/8" = 1'-0". it's janky but works since everything i do is in 1/8" scale anyways.