View range

[Anonymous]

How can I see the details of my walls in my second story floor plan like I do in my first floor plan?  I've been searching all the view range videos and they don't explain it to me.  No matter how much I change the settings of the view range I can't see the layers of my walls in my 2nd story floor plan.

[DigitalMemory]

• Check the height of the walls so that they are higher than the view range

• Check if you have set the view to "fine" instead of coarse

[Anonymous]

I tried that.  In the house I am drawing up there was a second story room built into the trusses.  I don't know if it matters that the floor plan is above my roof level.

[Keith_Wilkinson]

can you post a screen shot of an elevation view showing the levels and their associated names?

[L.Maas]

Your walls are below the cut plane of your view range, so your layers will not show

[Anonymous]

How do you do that?  I'm new to this forum.  Could I increase the wall height to the second floor so the walls will show?

[RDAOU · Accepted solution]

This is lengthy but the only workaround (I think) to achieve what I understood you want

I have checked your .rvt file…If you are using underlay; underlay is more like what you see is what you get. It is intended to help you with layout only rather than being a tool to display/represent detailed elements on floors above or below. What you can basically do with underlay is that you can then turn it’s visibility on and off flip its orientation and its graphical look (halftone/transparency)…And as Louis ( @L.Maas )said; details/layers of elements on your first floor will not show because they are not being cut with the “Cut Plane”; hence, playing with the view rang won’t really help due to the fact that if you are working on the 2nd floor you will need your “Cut Plane” on the second floor. So you can rule the option of adjusting View Range for that purpose. (Making the Underlay detailed)

I am not sure for what reason would you want to show the detailed layers of the 1st on the 2nd floor but 1 work around I could think of is working with your sheets and placing two level views on top of each other; then activate the view you want to modify/draw on and draft on the sheet instead of the view.

Keeping in mind that Revit will allow you to place one single view once on one sheet; you will need to use duplicate with details on level 1 to create a copy then place it on sheet A2 on top of Level2.

What you can also do; you can control visibility of each plan separately to achieve the graphics you need (example: make the view of “Level1-copy” halftone to make it look like an underlay). You have to also keep in mind that you cannot control View Order of the Views placed on Sheets. In other words, if you place Level 2 view on the sheet (A2) first then you bring in the halftone view (your case Level1-copy) in second, “Level1-copy” will sits on top of the other view. There is no "bring to front" or "send to back" option for views on a sheet. Therefore; you just remove the bottom view (level 2) and place it back again so it sits on top of the half-toned “Level1-copy”.

All you will have to do next is activate Level2 view on the sheet (A2) and do whatever you want to do. The good thing with Revit is that anything you would be drawing on the Active view on sheet A2 will be reflected in the main view of Level2. So after you are done you can delete Level1-Copy from Sheet A2 and can delete it as well from the project if you don’t need it.

PS: Just watch out for the placement order and which view is active so that you won’t end up drawing/modifying Level1-copy

[Anonymous]

I guess you're right.  I wasn't thinking.  I really don't need the wall details in my view.  I was lining up the edge of my wall core in my basement wall because that's what I dimensioned off of.  I guess that's not necessary.  My mistake.  I was just so set on having those layers appear in my floor plan like I got them to in my basement 1 plan.  If I find I do need the layers I will work through what you said.  Sorry about that everybody.

[RDAOU]

@Anonymous You might wanna mark the post and tag it for future reference...In most cases (probably 99%) one wont need to see detailed layers; its only in some particular case of extreme detailing (example: one instance would be placing an embeded element on the level above and you need to verify it overlays/lands in a specific layer below - namely when using different types of walls on each level)

Anyways glad that the feedback helped answer your query