Revit View Range For Roof Plan

You will need to define the plan region using sketch tool.

Revit view range for roof plan.

It s the only property you can change for this object. Video describing the revit view range settings for plan views. Like plan views reflected ceiling plans also have a view range setting but with some differences. Once the floor plan or ceiling plan is open the view range button becomes available in the properties panel see figure 1.

Click it and change it as necessary. Floor plans are an essential part of any revit project. We find the view range control panel by looking in the view properties panel for a plan view. You can find this tool in view tab create panel plan views drop down plan region.

Open a plan view. First the floor plan or ceiling plan must be opened using the project browser. And one of the most critical and confusing aspects of any floor plan is view range. In plan view adjust cut plane and bottom values.

A reflected ceiling plan includes the cut plane as part of the primary range but it is typically positioned above the cut plane of a plan view. The view range dialog looks complicated but most of the time what you need to set is simple. View range is a group of parameters that control exactly what you see in any particular plan view. Draw the sketch as necessary then click finish.

These are instance parameters which means that the values they store can be different for each plan view in your project. Alternatively enter vr on the keyboard. On the properties palette locate the view range parameter and click edit. In this example i only need to create a rectangular boundary.

You can do this by using plan region. The view range button must be clicked to access the view range. Establish or change the horizontal planes that control an object s visibility in plan views. In the view range dialog modify view range properties as necessary.

The view range settings are linked to three horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a plan view top cut plane and bottom as well as an additional plane called view depth.