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Creating Views in Revit

ESAM_HASHIM — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:22:52 GMT

Hello Autodesk Revit Community
Indeed, I read the following note in one of great books that cover Revit Architecture under section "Creating Views" :

If you had floors already placed in the model, Revit would create the interior elevation so that it extended only to this geometry. Because you don't have floors, Revit doesn't know where to stop. If you happen to place an elevation without floors and put them in later, Revit won't make the adjustment. You'll have to adjust the interior elevation manually for the new floors.

Therefore, I need a specialist in the Revit app to clarify the above note.

Re: Creating Views in Revit

ToanDN — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:24:32 GMT

No. A view range is defined by elevations relative to Levels, not Floors or Slabs.

Re: Creating Views in Revit

ESAM_HASHIM — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:31:05 GMT

Thank you ToanDN for your fast reply

Actually, I know the fact you prefer but my question is about another thing with respect to the following activity:

{.........Revit doesn't know where to stop. If you happen to place an elevation without floors and put them in later, Revit won't make the adjustment. You'll have to adjust the interior elevation manually for the new floors.}

Kind Regards

Re: Creating Views in Revit

barthbradley — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 19:24:14 GMT

@ESAM_HASHIM wrote:
Thank you ToanDN for your fast reply
Actually, I know the fact you prefer but my question is about another thing with respect to the following activity:
{.........Revit doesn't know where to stop. If you happen to place an elevation without floors and put them in later, Revit won't make the adjustment. You'll have to adjust the interior elevation manually for the new floors.}

Kind Regards

What so you mean by "If you happen to place an elevation without floors and put them in later, Revit won't make the adjustment." ? Are you saying that you want Revit to automatically "adjust" an existing view's crop boundary. That would be maddening.

Re: Creating Views in Revit

ESAM_HASHIM — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:33:17 GMT

Hello barthbradley
It seems you don't understand my request
I will explain to you more:
When I have a model with Levels 1 , 2 and 3 and if I accomplish in Level 1 view all elements (Exterior and Interior walls) that their top constraints are in Level 2 and then create an interior elevation to be includes all extension view of that Interior elevation in Level 1 (Elevation 1-a for instance)
So that when I dublucate later the plan view of Level 1 view to be repeated in Level 2 (i.e the top constraint will be in Level 3) and then when I return to above interior elevation I will see the automatic update of that dublucation which is, unlike the point mentioned in my question

Re: Creating Views in Revit

ToanDN — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:32:30 GMT

@ESAM_HASHIM wrote:

When I have a model with Levels 1 , 2 and 3 and if I accomplish all elements (exterior and Interior walls) that their top constraints are in level 2 and then create an interior elevation to be includes all extension view of that Interior elevation in level 1 (Elevation 1-a for instance)
So that when I dublucate later the plan view of Level 1 to be repeated in level 2 (i.e the top constraint will be in Level 3) and then when I return to above interior elevation I will see the automatic update of that dublucation which is, unlike the point mentioned in my question

Big red flag. This not how you create plan view of Level 2. Do not duplicate Level 1 floor plane to create Level 2 floor plan. Create level 2 floor plan via View > Plan > Floor Plan > select level 2 to create.

Re: Creating Views in Revit

barthbradley — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:42:35 GMT

Sorry, it is still unclear to me what you are describing. What do you mean when you say "duplicate later the plan view of Level 1 to be repeated in Level 2"? Are you duplicating to create a New Plan View? Duplicating a Plan View is not how you create a New Plan View for a different Level. You create a Plan View for an existing Level via View Tab=>Plan View=>Floor Plan.

Re: Creating Views in Revit

ESAM_HASHIM — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:27:05 GMT

What I mean by dublucation term is when I finish all interior and exterior walls in Level 1 and "copy in Clipboard" all these walls and then use PASTE Aligned to Selected Levels and select Level 2 for instance, So that the end result is the ability to see the reflection of this automatically on Interior Elevation that created before doing the PASTE process

Re: Creating Views in Revit

barthbradley — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:29:24 GMT

@ESAM_HASHIM wrote:
What I mean by dublucation term is when I finish all interior and exterior walls in Level 1 and "copy in Clipboard" all these walls and then use PASTE Aligned to Selected Levels ands select Level 2 for instance, So that the end result is the ability to see the reflection of this automatically on Interior Elevation that created before doing the PASTE process

BEFORE doing the Paste? How the heck would it be possible to see something that hasn't been created yet? Sorry, I'm clearly not following you, so I'm going to jump out of this discussion. Good luck to you on your endeavors.

Re: Creating Views in Revit

ToanDN — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:43:19 GMT

@ESAM_HASHIM wrote:

What I mean by dublucation term is when I finish all interior and exterior walls in Level 1 and "copy in Clipboard" all these walls and then use PASTE Aligned to Selected Levels and select Level 2 for instance, So that the end result is the ability to see the reflection of this automatically on Interior Elevation that created before doing the PASTE process

Don't crop the elevation views then.

Re: Creating Views in Revit

ESAM_HASHIM — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 05:38:29 GMT

Thank you ToanDN

Thank you barthbradly

for your endeavors

With my best regards