Revit 2019 Elementary - wall dimensions

[Anonymous]

Good day,

Apologies for this elementary question.

I am starting out with a simple floorplan.  I am battling to get to grips with the concept of scale and sheet size.

Regardless of my scale setting, drawing a line across my screen indicates a line of 100,000mm.    In my case, I wish to show a line of approx 10,000mm, but still utilizing the full width of my screen.   I imagine I need to amend the physical size of my canvass(sheet).

Any advice to assist my grasp of these concepts will help.

Thank you

Jon

[barthbradley]

There is no "LTSCALE" like in AutoCAD.  Sheets are 1:1 and 1:1 Views are scaled.  

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

Everything you model is 1:1, real world dimensions. Sheet Views are 1:1 too but the views you place on sheet have their own scale.

If your wall is 10 meters long you make it 10 meters. Since each view you work in can be assigned its own scale, the dimensions you place are designed based on printed size so text is always 2.4 mm for example regardless of view scale. Consider, in AutoCAD we use a scale factor to increase the size of dimensions and text (or more recently annotation styles). In Revit the model is scaled and annotation remains the same. Same result, different logic or approach. Dimensions are also governed by Units, either the Project's settings or the dimension's own override for specific tolerance/rounding.

A stock template has elevation views set up from each of the four ordinate directions. Model inside that "imaginary box/boundary". If your building is bigger, move the elevations farther apart...if smaller...closer together.

Create a sheet view based on a sheet size you need and then place the view on the sheet to assess how well it fits on paper.

[Anonymous]

Steve, Many thanks for this.  Got me on my way.  

[Anonymous]

Thank you Bart

[barthbradley]

...something else that may help you to know: Crop Regions that you place in a view have a "Crop Size". Selecta Crop Region and look on contexutal tab.  See "Crop Size".  Open it up. There you'll see what the "real world" height and width of that cropped region is, based on the view's scale.