topic Re: Keying Window Details in Vertical View | Controlling View Markers in Revit Architecture Forum

Keying Window Details in Vertical View | Controlling View Markers

rhBDHX4 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:56:22 GMT

I am setting up a CD set for a residential project for a firm transitioning to Revit. I have 15+ years of Revit experience, and in spite of this, am having trouble achieving the desired results for keying 3" details of window jamb/ sill/ head conditions from 1 /4" scale elevation (following historic firm drawing graphics). Specifically, I have set up some custom detail callout view types, which I am creating in the 1/4" building elevation view (see attached screenshots).

The custom view markers I have created (see attached screenshot) can be created/ accessed in Revit by going to View>Section or View>Detail Callout. In either case, these tightly cropped sill/head/jamb details, with 1'-0" Far Clip Offsets (ie the 3D extents of these views is like 2'x2'x1'-ish) are showing up everywhere in other vertical elevation/ section view hundreds of feet away. I am not seeing any options in terms of parent/ independent settings, nor am I seeing anything in terms of the "intersecting views" settings.

I must have gone about this the wrong way, but am struggling to sort out a path forward. I am aware of the "hide at scales coarser than" setting, but since I'm setting these up on 1/4" scale views, that feature doesn't help.

Separately but related, even my basic building and wall sections are having similar issues: the section markers are showing in non-intersecting views far away. I don't recall this problem with this template file in previous versions of Revit (I'm using latest version of 2024)....what am I missing?!?

Re: Keying Window Details in Vertical View | Controlling View Markers

rhBDHX4 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:07:37 GMT

Turns out to be user-error on my part, views with markers showing up needed Far Clip Offsets to be adjusted to avoid intersecting the views. That said, would love if there was some other way of controlling this...

Re: Keying Window Details in Vertical View | Controlling View Markers

syman2000 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:39:26 GMT

Have you consider using view reference to mimic your detail section? I use this a lot if the sections don't work the way you wanted. Here is a sample and see if this will help you if your section don't work the way you want it.

Re: Keying Window Details in Vertical View | Controlling View Markers

rhBDHX4 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:20:14 GMT

Good call, that's where my coworker and I are leaning. A bit more work to create the actual view marker (and make it a special view marker type that we can target with a Filter in our View Templates to hide it throughout our set), and then create the view reference, but I think it will be worth the ultimate control of this approach, in terms of being in charge of where that view reference marker shows up.

Thanks!

Re: Keying Window Details in Vertical View | Controlling View Markers

ToanDN — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:27:42 GMT

I would use View Reference tool or Reference Other view tool.

Re: Keying Window Details in Vertical View | Controlling View Markers

rhBDHX4 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:29:18 GMT

Thanks, with two experts agreeing, that sounds like the way to go here.