Scale not Displaying on Viewport

Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben
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Scale not Displaying on Viewport

ben
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Screencast isn't working, so I'll try my best and use screenshots.

 

I put a view into a sheet, but the scale for the viewport isn't showing up. The box displays, but the scale isn't showing up in it.

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The scale is set to 1/8" = 1'-0"

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When I go to the Family Editor for the Viewport and check the Label it looks like everything is correct.

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Not sure why it's doing this. Can anyone help?

 

Also, does anyone know the name of the exe for Screencast so I can try and kill it in the Processes tab of the Task Manager?



Revit lives in the land of perfect and doesn't understand what construction is.

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cbcarch
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-Select the Viewport, the go to Properties. See what View Title, and other items are shown/selected.

-Also, try changing the View Port Type to something else and see if the scale appears.

-If so, then it's something with your View Title/Viewport Type named "VIC"

Cliff B. Collins
Registered Architect The Lamar Johnson Collaborative Architects-St. Louis, MO
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ben
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I've tried changing the viewport type in the type selector to every one of them, including the default Revit one called Viewport1 and it's still the same.

 

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cbcarch
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From the Browser, go to Families>Annotations and select/right click> edit the View Title.

Select the Scale Label--check under Properties if Visible is checked.

Cliff B. Collins
Registered Architect The Lamar Johnson Collaborative Architects-St. Louis, MO
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ben
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Everything looks good.

 

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cbcarch
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Hmm........something is not right with your Viewport/View Title setup.

-Try starting a new Project, create a quick Floor Plan, place on a sheet. Any luck?

Check which Template file is selected when creating the new project--it could be something in the template which is causing the problem. Perhaps try <None> under Template file, and then test Architectural template when starting a new project.

-Another thing you could try is to open a "good" project that has the scale in the View Title, and copy/paste and/or Transfer Project Standards into your current project.

Cliff B. Collins
Registered Architect The Lamar Johnson Collaborative Architects-St. Louis, MO
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ben
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Is it because it's a 3D view on a sheet? Even though the 3D view is locked?



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cbcarch
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Your question and screenshots did not appear to be a 3D View?

But, yes- a 3D view on a sheet will not display a scale.

Cliff B. Collins
Registered Architect The Lamar Johnson Collaborative Architects-St. Louis, MO
Message 9 of 14

ben
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If I make a View Scale on the Title Block is there a way to make that grab the scale size of the Viewport of a 3D view on a sheet?


 


 



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Anonymous
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I am also having the same issue. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears.

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ben
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Are you using a 2D or 3D view? I found out that they don't display on 3D views



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micphillips
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View scales cannot be shown in 3D views placed on sheets. To work around this, create a new shared parameter. It can just be a text parameter. Create a new view title type and change the label for the scale to the shared parameter.

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g.blanch3TTDT
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tHANKS

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PhoenixChen_XP
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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/f31EPry8Z8NLfZZR/

at 6:10

You can see the way to do.

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