Understanding View Ranges in Revit Structure: A Comprehensive Guide

Setting Independent View Ranges for Stairs in Revit Structure

Discover how to create independent view ranges for different elements of a project in Revit Structure. Learn the steps to modify view ranges and create section cuts of stair elements, providing more definition to your project's design.

Key Insights

  • The article explains how to modify view ranges in Revit Structure, a process that allows different elements of a project to be displayed based on the required view.
  • View ranges can be created independently for different elements. The article provides a detailed walkthrough for creating an independent view range for a stair element, involving the creation of section cuts and measurements of various elevations.
  • An important aspect of modifying view ranges is turning off the background (via Revit Link), which helps focus on the specific element being modified. The article recommends checking dimensions before modifying the view range to ensure accurate results.

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Hello, welcome to Revit Structure. Let's get started. In this video, we're going to discuss view ranges.

View ranges can be modified to show different elements that we need in our project. Let's get started by zooming in on our stair. First thing we want to do is hide the backgrounds.

We'll go to BB, Revit Link, uncheck the background, hit OK. Let's zoom in on our stair. We want to create an independent view range for our stair.

First thing we're going to do is we're going to go to our view tab. And in that view tab, we want to go to plan views. And in the plan view, we are going to create an independent plan region of our view range for the overall project.

We'll pick plan region. Let's go to our rectangle. Let's go here to here.

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Let's check it. Before we modify the view range that you see here in the dialog box, let's get a section of our stair. In this section, we'll discuss the range that we want to produce for this independent view range.

So let's pick our section. Let's go to our section and modify it to a workable element. Again, we want to turn off the background.

We'll go to VV, turn off the Revit Link, hit OK. Let's turn it to a fine detail. Let's zoom in on it.

What we want to do is we want to create what are known as section cuts of our stair element. The first view range we want through the center of our first level to the finished floor level. So let's take a measurement.

Let's go to the measure between two references. Take a quick measure here to an approximate level here of about nine feet nine and a finish element here of about three feet eight. OK, let's go back to our plan.

Let's pick our view range. Now let's modify it. Edit.

We wanted the first level at the finished floor, which is minus two. So take it below the finished floor. Minus two here.

And we want to take the top elevation to nine feet nine inches. OK, let's apply that. When we hit OK, we'll see that our stair now has some different definition.

And this is what we want. OK, let's go to level two. Let's get started here.

Again, we'll go to our plan view. We'll go to our plan region. Let's pick that.

We'll pick the rectangle. Place it here. Let's finish it.

And again, before we modify it, let's see what our dimensions are that we want to place it at. OK, this section we want from about the midsection of our first floor, where we set it previously, to about the midsection of the second run at the second level. So let's again take a measure here.

Here. This will set again at about three feet nine inches. And this one will set right about, let's say, nine feet.

OK, let's go back to our level two. Let's pick our view range. Let's edit it.

We want the top elevation at nine feet. And the bottom elevation at a minus three feet one. Let's apply that.

Hit OK. And here we see we have the definition of our second level stair. Again, let's go to level three.

Let's go to our plan view. Plan region. Let's create our rectangle.

Here. To here. Let's check it.

OK, before we modify it, let's see what elements we need. We know previously that we have an equal elevation dimension from the second to the fifth floor. When we create the view range at level three, we can create the same view range at level four and level five.

So let's take a look at what we need. Again, let's go to measure. From level three, we will go down three feet one.

Let's take a look here. It looks about right. Three feet one.

Again, it's approximate. Set it to your own level of detail. And again, we'll go to approximately.

Nine feet. OK, let's go to our level three. Let's pick our view range.

Let's edit it. And we want our top elevation at nine feet. Nine feet.

And the level three. Minus three foot one. Minus three foot one.

Hit OK. And again, it gives us our third level plan. Very good.

Go ahead and finish out the fourth and fifth levels. And that's all for this video. See you in the next one.

Andy Cos-Y-Leon

Revit Structure Instructor

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