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Allow scope box creation in 3D

Allow scope box creation in 3D

For some reason the scope box tool is not available in 3d views. Change that. Registered this in Revit 2025.4

7 Comments
MiWolff
Mentor

I had a sense of déjà-vu when posting this idea but could not find it again. Sorry for the inconvenience if someone else does.

ThierryMonteyneSBE
Contributor

In 2025.4 you say? Even in 2026.4 this is not available.

Good idea.

Susana_Duarte_LMSI
Collaborator

You will not have it, unfortunatly, unless the premisse changes.

The reason is that the scope box is not created in 3D view is because their range is taken from the floorplan view it is created (my guess).

Because 3D view don't really have that kind of view range, the scope box doesn't have the top and bottom information...

It could use the lower and higher levels by default though, but It would be more interesting they remake the tool overall to allow a scope box with more sides, that can rotate and many other related ideias out there. This is just another good one to add.

Scott_D_
Advisor

It would be nice if they snapped to things as well, geometry, levels etc.

Susana_Duarte_LMSI
Collaborator

Not nice. I would say fundamental @Scott_D_ . Another excelent point!

@MiWolff , there are a lot of ideas related to Scope Boxes, but I did not find one that specifically mentions creating them in a 3D view. Thank you for submitting this idea!

MiWolff
Mentor

Given that rooms, walls and maybe other entities, too, get fictitious height values when you have only one level in a pristine new project, grooving a height for a new scope box cannot be an issue. Make it 8' (like rooms) to annoy us metric heathens. As to object snaps that would be https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-scope-boxes-to-snap-and-lock-to-grids-and-levels/id... by Revit's most active user 'Anonymous'.

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