Overlay work with Revit

[Shay.Gaghe]

hi

i have dual monitor setup powered by Nvidia Quadro K600. 

primary monitor using 2K resolution while the secondary uses hd resolution,

i want the secondary monitor to show a 3d window of the model , 

if i i stretch the revit window across both monitors i get the different res issue,

and the interface going to the secondary monitor (which i don't like)

as a workaround, i was thinking to run 2 revit applications,

load the project first to the primary screen. 

and than load it again in the secondary screen.

drawing the 2d floorplan on the primary screen,

when i want to see my changes in the 3d model, i can "refresh" my secondary monitor

is there a way to do it in Revit?

Thanks

Shay

[L.Maas]

No. Mulitple monitor support is limited in Revit.  Hopefully better in future versions.

Using two Revit session is not to be advised with all the extra memory needed and saving/reloading the project will cost too much time.

Best would be to stretch the revit workspace to the two (preferrably same) monitors. Put the secondary monitor to your right so that the ribbon will stay on the first monitor

[Shay.Gaghe]

Processing power is not a problem. Is there anyway to refresh the project?

[L.Maas]

Not that I know of. You would need to save in one session and then reopen it in the other session. If your project is in worksharing mode you can reload from central. It still requires that in the first session data is saved to central and in the other (re)loaded.

[ToanDN]

Turn the secondary monitor to vertical.

[Shay.Gaghe]

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@ToanDN wrote:

Turn the secondary monitor to vertical.

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what you are trying to say? how can it help if i see the 3d model upside down?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Rotate the secondary vertical to so that the Revit window will not get clipped when you span it across monitors because you have more vertical pixels on that monitor now.

[Shay.Gaghe]

is there a way to save those windows location?

[ToanDN]

What windows?  Revit Views?  No.

[office]

after spending so much effort, placing all view the way i want on bath screens, 

is everithing vanish when i restart revit? no wayyyyy

[ToanDN]

That's what happens when you restart any programs. The reason I leave my computer on like forever.

[office]

Autocad has it all solved by managing workspaces....

[ToanDN]

Workspaces only take care if the interface components like palettes, ribbon, menu, tool bars. Not the actual drawing views. Restart Revit won't reset the interface if that was what you meant. I thought you were talking about view arrangement on screen.