Converting a model view to drafting view....

[jim3thornton]

As placeholders we placed model views onto a detail sheet to represent details that we need to provided for the project.

Now we have drafting views that are more precise that we want to use instead of those place holders.

Is it possible to replace the model view with a drafting view without having to reestablish the callouts through the drawing?

[Anonymous]

Not that I am aware of. You have touched on a wish list item, the ability to assign a callout to a reference view AFTER it has been placed. At the moment, you need to select the reference view before the placement of the callout. 

To be honest though, when we do this, we just manually update as each callout needs attention anyway. That being said, it is for this reason that my placeholder views (when I use them) are drafting views if I know they will end up as drafting views. Usually just a standard box with a text description of the detail until it gets filled in. 

Worst case scenario, which I wouldn't recommend at all, BUT if your desperate, you can copy your drafting view content into the callout, then in the properties of model callout views, you can select under the parameter 'Display Model' to 'Do not display'. But, I was cringing as I wrote that and it  is probably the type of comment that would likely see virtual fruit being thrown at me if i wrote it at the  Revitforum.org haha

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous@Anonymous wrote:

you can copy your drafting view content into the callout, then in the properties of model callout views, you can select under the parameter 'Display Model' to 'Do not display'. But, I was cringing as I wrote that and it  is probably the type of comment that would likely see virtual fruit being thrown at me if i wrote it at the  Revitforum.org haha

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There is nothing wrong with this approach.  You can even turn the model element back on (full or halftone) to update the drafting details if and when need be.

[Anonymous]

So I should explain my comments, Toan is right, it's not as bad as I was making out. The reason I don't use this method much if at all is because it introduces and element of coordination that for new users (and experienced ones) can get caught.

My bad experience with this method was showing it to a user for a unique 1:5 detail, at the end of the project I discovered they did it to all there details, including 1:20 wall details and the like. I discovered this when there was a discrepancy with the modelled height of steel vs that which was drafted.

So i take caution now when suggesting this method because i find new users in particular see it as using Revit but falling to 2D habits.

As long as your wise to it, it does sometimes work well.

[Anonymous]

Ignore this message. I posted to the wrong question and now I can't delete it...