Project North
Rotating a View 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 (Position) fold-out and choose (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
To display which direction is True North in your Plan Views, us a North Arrow. Go to the Annotate Tab, Symbol Panel and click (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 (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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