Camera Tool Offset Issue in Revit - Seeking Community Help

[Mr_TripleM]

Hello Autodesk Community,

I trust you are all doing well. I am encountering an issue in a personal Revit project and hope someone here can help me find a solution.

The problem occurs when I use the camera tool. When I create a camera, it defaults to an offset of 1.75 m at Level 1, but when I check the created view, the offset is 9.25 m. I am not sure what is causing this error and how to fix it.

I have attached two screenshots that show the camera setup and the resulting view.

I appreciate any guidance or suggestions you can offer.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards,

Mr_TripleM

[barthbradley]

I cannot replicate your issue. Option Bar Offset = Camera Instance Properties Offset.  

[edwin.prakoso]

Does the camera show the correct perspective view? What is the elevation of level 1? The target elevation is from the absolute elevation, not from level 1.

If you think it is using incorrect elevation, you can change the value from the properties palette.

[handjonathan]

Hi @Mr_TripleM 

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!   Has the solution suggested by @barthbradley @edwin.prakoso helped with your issue?
 
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community! 

[Mr_TripleM]

Hi @handjonathan,

They helped me a little but I didn't find the solution I was looking for. The camera bases its height on the internal origin, which apparently can't be changed, nor can the internal origin be moved. So, I had to be aware that the internal origin was 7.5 meters below the project base point and calculate the desired height for both eye elevation and target elevation from there.

Thank you.

[Mr_TripleM]

Hi @edwin.prakoso,

The reason I haven't responded to this post yet is that I didn't find the solution I was looking for.

Indeed, the perspective does not match the camera in the screenshots. I took screenshots from different perspectives, and each had the same 9.25 meters offset. Regardless of the perspective, the point is that the offset occurs with each generated camera view. The issue was that the camera offset was from the internal origin and not the project base point. As I said above, the internal origin is 7.5 meters below the project base point, so if you add 1.75 meters that I chose for the offset from level one, I got a total offset of 9.25 meters.

Regards,

Mr_TripleM