Create floor plan sheet (view template)
This tutorial will show how to create floor plan levels to place onto a sheet with the help of View Templates. For this example the file Revit_duurzaamheid_01.rvt has been used. You can download the file at: BK4ON4 Downloads en Links.
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LMB: Left Mouse Button
MMB: Middle Mouse Button
RMB: Right Mouse Button
Steps to create floor plan level for sheet
Duplicate floor plan level
First step is to duplicate your floor plan level in the Project Browser. In this copied level you can setup the view for your sheet. In the original level you can keep drawing and edit your project.
Duplicate floor plan level:
- Go to your project browser and select 00 level. (Or select your own created level)
- RMB click the 00 Level and select Duplicate. Now a new level is created in the project browser with the name: Copy of 00 Level.
- RMB click the Copy of 00 Level and select Rename.
- Choose the name: 00 Level Sheet and Click OK.
- Now you have a renamed and copied 00 Level in your project browser.
Turn off Underlay
When creating floor plans it is possible to show the levels below or above the current floor plan level. This can be done with the Underlay option. When creating sheets this option has to be turned off.
Turn off Underlay:
- Go to your project browser and select 00 Level Sheet.
- Go to the properties and set Underlay to None. Now the underlay is turned off.
Create Template from Current View
A new sheet has been created called 00 Level Sheet. Now we will change the Visibility & Graphics settings of this view. These settings we also want to use for the other floor plan views. To do this you can create a Template from Current View. This is to prevent changing the settings for every floor plan view.
There are to two steps to create a View Template:
- Change Visibility & Graphics settings.
- Create View Template.
Change Visibility & Graphics settings
To change the Visibility & Graphics settings of the model go to the View tab, Graphics panel and Click Visibility/Graphics. Here you can change the settings. The keyboard shortcut is: VV.
- To hide the imported AutoCAD drawing. Go to the Imported categories tab and deselect Imports in Families.
- To hide the Grid. Go to the Annotation categories tab and deselect Grids.
- To hide the Room Tags. Go to the Annotation categories tab and deselect Room Tags.
- To hide the Sections. Go to the Annotation categories tab and deselect Sections.
- (With the Visibility & Graphics settings you can also hide the Levels in your Elevation views.)
It is also possible to show your walls as a Solid (black colour), the current Scale is set to 1:100. The Detail Level can be set to Coarse.
- Change the Visibility & Graphics settings, go to the Model categories and then Walls. There Click on Override... at Cut - Patterns. And select Solid fill for the Pattern.
Now create a view template based on your view settings.
Create View Template
- Go to the View tab, Graphics panel and Click View Templates. Now Click: Create Template from Current View.
- Choose a Name for the new View Template - Floor Plan ON4.
- Now you will see the View Templates Window with all the different templates and their properties.
Apply View Template
Apply the View Template to other floor plan views.
- Create a duplicate of your second level in the Project Browser, above 00 Level. Rename this level to: 01 Level Sheet.
- Go to the View tab, Graphics panel and Click View Templates. Now Click: Apply Template Properties to Current View.
- Now your View settings are applied to your 01 Level Sheet. This process can be repeated for the other floor plans.
- Drag or place your floor plan into a Sheet in the Project Browser. See Documenting a Project (Revit Architecture)
- Don't forget to turn of the Underlay.
