Crop region for drafting views

[vincent]

Please introduce a crop region for drafting views! 

I don't buy earlier comments and explanations for why this isn't already possible, many times we draw one detail and then need to show parts of these details on different sheets for presentation purposes...... it's stupid to suggest dividing these details up into several parts just to get them to fit on a sheet......

Further more when drawing 2D section details we need to have all the parts of the building present to refer to and for control and seeing that detail views don't have underlay/referencing functionality it is even more essential to have view cropping functionality.

I also sometimes use drafting views to create simple 2D presentations for things such as plot layouts, site plans etc. and these too need to be cropped regularly for presentation purposes, once again it is silly that we need to chop these drawings into bits just to get them on a sheet!

Once again please add this functionality.

[bmwm3owner]

Hello @mmcintosh-ral,

If you want to bring in code summary sheets, you would be better off creating the sheets in Excel and then bringing in the sheets using Dynamo or a program designed to bring in Excel files, like Ideate Sticky. This way if you make changes to the Excel file, bringing in an updated copy would be easier and more consistent then saving to PDF and then PNG. 

Hope this helps

[mmcintosh-ral]

Thanks sashk- I'll look into that.

[Anonymous]

Parent / Dependent views for drafting views.

[Anonymous]

It seems odd to me that removing the crop ability from drafting views when you have the code in detail view is just trying to control how people use the program and removing flexibility. -off soapbox-

I have noticed that drafting views on a sheet have boxes that are much bigger than the drawing. I have checked the drawings to see if there is a hidden bit to delete, this did not solve anything. While the boxes do not show up on the prints it is obnoxious to end up selecting one view when trying to select another because of the overlap. Sending drawings back and forth is just a work around.

[mmcintosh-ral]

@Anonymous The original post is a request to add cropping ability to a drafting view.

[boyce_postma]

3 years later. Still no progress. Seriously wtf. This is a super basic functionality request. I don't think it was specifically called out in the original request, but we NEED view breaks in drafting views if we cannot create artificial dimensions (or even if we can).

[Anonymous]

It's been over 3 years since this thread began and there is still no option to crop a drafting view. @loboarch , I appreciate your attempt to refocus the discussion back to the topic at hand but an actual solution would be more appreciated! The original post is up to almost 200 up votes. 

[awasyliw]

Another reason why this is often needed is if your drafting view contains a linked CAD drawing, or image and you don't want to display all of it. Currently there is no way to do this other than edit the source information before bringing it in to Revit, which is a real pain in terms of workflow.

It really doesn't make much sense not being able to crop a drafting view and I find the response from users less used to Revit than me who ask if you can is always the same... why? I think that's a pretty good indication that this should at least be thought about again, and if there is no really good reason why NOT to implement it, it should be implemented. 

[Anonymous]

I didn't read all posts but in revit 2018, once you enter drafting view as viewport on the sheet. 

Select viewport and go to modify-> size crop

You can enter how many inches you want to crop and whats offset from borderline of view. You can play with it and you can show details only you want to show on sheet.

Hope thats help! 

[Anonymous]

How in the world can 200 up votes and 3 years of time not result in adding this very simple feature? The Autodesk strategy is always distraction by condescending lectures about why some arcane limitation in Revit is 'for our own good.' One cannot imagine how addign a crop box to drafting views is either for a good reason, nor difficult to implement. Just give us what we want- your product is very expensive, it's very tedious for anyone with less 2-3 years experience. Every query into Revit begets 5-6 more queries just to understand the original query. A beginner like myself has  a hard time of even knowing what to google in the first place. 

[Anonymous]

And here enters 2020, still no cropped views for drafting views lol

[vincent]

😩

[Anonymous]

This was 4 years ago- still not a feature! And the Autodesk employee in this thread gives everyone a lecture on decorum and parliamentary procedure rather that address the fact that this very-simple-to-produce-function is something 236 people have up-voted has been ignored! This product costs thousands per year, per user. Where does the money go????? Typical Autodesk smoke and mirrors. 

[Anonymous]

I can't agree strongly enough.  Just when I start to enjoy Revit I stumble over one of these omissions that should have been obvious to anyone  who has ever drafted. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why drafting views cannot be cropped or why you wouldn't want this as an option. Why would anyone even argue against it. 

We use drafting views for typical details like door and window details so we can transfer them between projects and it saves a ton of time. However, I am always wasting time adjusting my detail components to fit in the view and its a frustrating waste of time that a crop region would fix. Just do it. Autodesk literally wasted their time creating a sketchy line filter, but no time to waste on the material browser, keynote manager, or drafting view crop regions.

[Anonymous]

Just entered today's date in a calculator--feature was requested 5 years, 1 month, 1 day ago. Not sure why further explanation is needed as to why this should be a basic feature included with a software package that spends millions of dollars on development annually. Please add crop to drafting views.

[Dirk77]

How is this still not incorporated???

[lsuuronen]

Render images from a Revit model in Enscape. Save as jpg. Link images to Revit. Place images in drafting views. Place drafting views on sheets. Crop the drafting views for the final layout, since exact image cropping/sizing in enscape is often tricky or practically impossible. Print from Revit. Update geometry, render again in enscape, reload jpg in revit, print...

[benlD8AW8]

Please please please add the capability to crop drafting views.  I cant believe that this was not already added due to the HUGE detail elements that often come in.  almost every drafted detail now needs to be exploded and cut apart manually?  Welcome to AutoCAD 2000... 

[lyangyang]

It is now 2022 and we are still waiting for this feature?