Tag Archives: Dependant View

View Reference

One of the new features of Revit 2013 was the added capabilities of the View Reference command.  In the past this command was only available in views that were either a dependent or parent view.  In 2013 this has been expanded to work in most view types, it doesn’t matter if they are dependent or not.  This feature is something that a lot of my clients are starting to take advantage of by creating different view reference families.

By creating different types they can be used in different ways.  The one that looks like a bubble can be used on legend views to call out details of legend components, the one for text can be placed near a text box so that the proper detail can be called out.  I just wish these could be placed in schedules, on sheets, or heck in every view type.I a

I also noticed a quirk that has been fixed in 2013 not sure if it is because of this new feature or not.  When creating a new section, call-out or elevation and using the Reference Other View feature, Revit no longer keeps the drop down list active when using the mouse scroll wheel.  Therefore Revit doesn’t scroll through the list of view options, instead it allows a user to zoom in the view.  Nice added little fix, I always love these little things.

Dependant Views

While working with a client today I noticed how they were creating Dependant Views. When they learned this tip they were really upset… upset that they didn’t know about this years ago.

The first step on this is to create the original floor plan and all of its dependencies.  Set up the Matchlines and add the View References.

Once that is set up in the Project Browser right click on the parent view,  select “Apply Dependent Views…”

 

…it will bring up the Select Views dialog box, here you can select the views that need dependencies.  (NOTE: it will only display views of the same scale).  The only thing left to do is rename all the duplicated views, if you use scope boxes and view templates apply them accordingly.