View box to big when placed on Sheet

[jwallace2T8CK]

Hi folks,

I'm having an issue when I place a plan view on my sheets. The crop box is in tight to the area I want, however the viewport box is just way to big and makes it difficult to work with the other views on the sheet. I've tried the annotion crop to no avail and can't see or think of anything obvious that I've done wrong. 

For some context, the project had a 3D topo survey imported and the co-ordinates aligned....I see in other posts similar to this that there are sometimes issues with origins etc. I'm hoping this is a simple fix that is very obvious but I just cant see it.

 Thanks

[Redrunner92]

When you say "had" past tense, can you now delete the CAD file (is it no longer necessary to keep it in the Revit project)? If you can, that should take care of the view boundary being so large. If the CAD file was not exploded, this should be simple: select whatever that black box is and delete it. Or are you unable to delete it? If you cannot, is it because Revit will not let you or because you need to keep the CAD file in the Revit project?

You could also hide the CAD element in the view (select the CAD element > right-click > Hide In View > Elements).

[jwallace2T8CK]

Hi, Thanks for the response. I have already "unloaded" the CAD file so its not technically in the project. Its weird because you can see the green and red arrow of the origin in the bottom right.

[Redrunner92]

Ok so the CAD file was linked rather than imported, that makes managing that file easier. No need to delete the CAD file.

Try using your Visibility/Graphics menu to make the object with the red and green arrows invisible. Usually those arrows indicate a Project Base Point (green number 1 in image) or Survey Point (green number 2). Uncheck those under the Site row and see if that solves it (circled in red).