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Crop Drafting View

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Anonymous
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Crop Drafting View

Could you please point me in the right direction for cropping drafting views?

 

Thanks

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Unfortunately you can't crop drafting views. 

 

What is it you are trying to do with the drafting view? There might be a better alternative.

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

alex,

 

part of the drafting view doesn't fit in the sheet, that's why I want to crop it..

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Ilic.Andrej
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Instead of cropping the drafting view, use the component called "Break Line". You will find that in the autodesk library (Detail Items/Div 01-General). I attached those. 

 

 



Andrej Ilić

phonetical: ændreɪ ilich
MSc Arch

Autodesk Expert Elite Alumni

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Viveka_CD
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Hi @Anonymous

 

We don't have this feature for drafting views since there are no model elements. However, using masking regions and the breakline is the way to go for 'cropping' drafting views. 

 

Regards,

 

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

One of my very first (and LONG-LIVED) frustrations  with Revit: can't crop Drafting Views. Masking Regions are a workaround, but it doesn't solve for Viewport size when place on Sheet.  Arrgh! 

 

 

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Copy paste the content to a plan or section then you can crop it.
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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

I don't understand why people want to crop a drafting view.  When we manually drafted our details we drew it for the space that we had available.  In CAD it was the same, it if was too large it went on another sheet where space was available or a new sheet.  Same thing applies in Revit.  This is why it is called a "drafting view".  So if you are drawing up something that needs to be cropped for multiple sheets, then duplicate and edit, or use a floor plan view for your drafting view so you can duplicate as a dependent and crop as many crop regions you want.

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loboarch
als Antwort auf: Anonymous


@Anonymous wrote:

I don't understand why people want to crop a drafting view.  When we manually drafted our details we drew it for the space that we had available.  In CAD it was the same, it if was too large it went on another sheet where space was available or a new sheet.  Same thing applies in Revit.  This is why it is called a "drafting view".  


I have always kind of thought the same thing. I Would be interested in hearing exactly why this is needed?



Jeff Hanson
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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

When you use some large detail component families that need to be cropped. Using masking region to hide them can mask the adjacent views if they overlap.
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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: loboarch

 


@loboarch wrote:
I have always kind of thought the same thing. I Would be interested in hearing exactly why this is needed?

For us, it was only an issue when we were first transitioning from ACAD.  Bygone days.   

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: ToanDN

Then you don't use a detail item?  Or use a different scale?   They are great to a point, but if they don't fit in the box then they don't fit in the box.

 

A drafting view is like a wireframe view with the fill patterns ignore that fact.  That is why you can place a drafting view over a drafting view.

 

In order for your "crop region" to work...it cannot do the above.  This is why all my legends are  floor or reflected ceiling plans.  

 

@barthbradley....all my CAD details were placed directly into paperspace.  Didn't have viewports for them.

  Of course I stopped using Autocad before Annotative scale text was available.  So I got spoiled by Revit rather quickly.

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: Anonymous


@Anonymous wrote:

Then you don't use a detail item?  Or use a different scale?   They are great to a point, but if they don't fit in the box then they don't fit in the box.

 


I have no problems adapting to any of the shortcomings one way or another.  Some people do and rightly so.

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Viveka_CD
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Looks like we lost the OP.

 

Hi @Anonymous

If you find posts have solved your problem, please click on 'Accept as solution' to help others with similar questions.

 

Thank you,

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DmetcalfGHY4B
als Antwort auf: Viveka_CD

Hi all,

 

Why do we want to crop a drafting view if we have break lines to give appearance of foreshortening the drafting view?

 

An advantage to cropping drafting views it allows us to draft in full size and fully dimension it. Then bring it into sheets to crop and retain the drafted pieces as dimensioned. After all we cannot override dimension without getting creative in some manner.

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: DmetcalfGHY4B

You know you don't have to draft in drafting views.
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marcbartolucci
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

A bit late for this discussion, but in my case for example, Ive got a drafting view that is very long, with equally long dimensions... as far as i know, I cant have fake dimensions, so I cant make the drawing smaller, otherwise the dimensions dont show the correct values..

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: marcbartolucci


@marcbartolucci wrote:

A bit late for this discussion, but in my case for example, Ive got a drafting view that is very long, with equally long dimensions... as far as i know, I cant have fake dimensions, so I cant make the drawing smaller, otherwise the dimensions dont show the correct values..


 

Of course you can have fake dimension, it can say 100 meter where the actual distance is 10 cm.

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: marcbartolucci


@marcbartolucci wrote:

A bit late for this discussion, but in my case for example, Ive got a drafting view that is very long, with equally long dimensions... as far as i know, I cant have fake dimensions, so I cant make the drawing smaller, otherwise the dimensions dont show the correct values..


Another trick is to create a dimension type that has the smallest possible text size that you can get and make the offset 0.  The dim will be as small as the dimension line.  Just place your wanted dimension as text above.

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xxllana
als Antwort auf: loboarch

I'll tell you: when i want to put a location plan that i have in a urban site plan in dwg and i need it in several scales and trimming each line each time is absurd. The more the tools, the better the program. Versatility. 

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