Revit View Range For Roof Plan

You can do this by using plan region.

Revit view range for roof plan.

Floor plans are an essential part of any revit project. You can find this tool in view tab create panel plan views drop down plan region. Alternatively enter vr on the keyboard. And one of the most critical and confusing aspects of any floor plan is view range.

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. On the properties palette locate the view range parameter and click edit. Draw the sketch as necessary then click finish. Users can access the view range with just a few clicks.

Open a plan view. In plan view adjust cut plane and bottom values. The view range dialog looks complicated but most of the time what you need to set is simple. Video describing the revit view range settings for plan views.

In this example i only need to create a rectangular boundary. In the view range dialog modify view range properties as necessary. View range is a group of parameters that control exactly what you see in any particular plan view. First the floor plan or ceiling plan must be opened using the project browser.

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. Once the floor plan or ceiling plan is open the view range button becomes available in the properties panel see figure 1. It s the only property you can change for this object. Click it and change it as necessary.

Now when you click the boundary you created above you will see view range in properties palette. Like plan views reflected ceiling plans also have a view range setting but with some differences. Establish or change the horizontal planes that control an object s visibility in plan views. You will need to define the plan region using sketch tool.

We find the view range control panel by looking in the view properties panel for a plan view.