Project North

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Rotating a View to True North

Set plan view
Set orientation to True North
Set rotate start
Rotate to True North
Model is set to True North

You can rotate a view to reflect True North (instead of Project North, which is the top of the view).

Rotating a view to True North ensures that natural light falls on the correct sides of the building model and that the sun’s path through the sky is accurately simulated.

Project North
The 'north' side of your model, not necessarily the true north. Because it's inconvenient to have to work in a model that is slightly rotated, Revit defaults to a convenient north that aligns with vertical in the drawings.
True North
The true direction of north in relation to the model and its location.


To change the True north and rotate it in relation to the project north:

  • First you have to set your Plan View to True North orientation. Activate the Plan view, select it and go to the Properties Panel. Set Orientation to True North.
  • Then go to Manage Tab, Project Location Panel and click the Revit-Project Position.png (Position) fold-out and choose Revit-Rotate True North.png (Rotate True North). The Rotate Tool is automatically activated. Use it to rotate the Plan so it aligns with your True North.
  • To switch a Plan View back so the Project North is up, select the view and set Orientation back to Project North.


North Arrow

Revit North Arrow pointing to the True North

To display which direction is True North in your Plan Views, us a North Arrow. Go to the Annotate Tab, Symbol Panel and click Revit Symbol button.png (Symbol). Click Edit Type, then Load... and choose the M_North Arrow-1.rfa Family from the Annotations folder in the Revit Metric Library or any other North Arrow Family that you prefer. Click Open to import the Family. The click Close to close the Type Properties window. Place the North Arrow Symbol in your drawing. It will automatically rotate to indicate the True north.

Units

Unless not otherwise agreed on use Millimeters as the project units.

To change the project unit setting:

  • Click Manage
  • Click Project Units Unit symbol.png (Symbol).
  • In the Project Units dialog, select the discipline.
  • Click the value in the Format column to change the display value for that unit type.

The Format dialog displays.

  • Specify Units, if necessary.

For Rounding, select an appropriate value. If you select Custom, enter a value in the Rounding increment text box. For Unit symbol, select an appropriate option from the list.

  • Click OK.

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