Revit View Range For Roof Plan

In the view range dialog modify view range properties as necessary.

Revit view range for roof plan. First the floor plan or ceiling plan must be opened using the project browser. Floor plans are an essential part of any revit project. You will need to define the plan region using sketch tool. Alternatively enter vr on the keyboard.

On the properties palette locate the view range parameter and click edit. You can find this tool in view tab create panel plan views drop down plan region. Video describing the revit view range settings for plan views. Click it and change it as necessary.

A reflected ceiling plan s view direction is up from the cut plane. We find the view range control panel by looking in the view properties panel for a plan view. View range is a group of parameters that control exactly what you see in any particular plan view. Once the floor plan or ceiling plan is open the view range button becomes available in the properties panel see figure 1.

These are instance parameters which means that the values they store can be different for each plan view in your project. The view range dialog looks complicated but most of the time what you need to set is simple. And one of the most critical and confusing aspects of any floor plan is view range. You can do this by using plan region.

Users can access the view range with just a few clicks. 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. Draw the sketch as necessary then click finish.

Establish or change the horizontal planes that control an object s visibility in plan views. In plan view adjust cut plane and bottom values. The view range button must be clicked to access the view range. In this example i only need to create a rectangular boundary.

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.