The Mad Cadder

Rotate a single view in Revit

In Revit, the structure is designed in the direction of either project north or true north. Many requests have been made to rotate a single view 90 degrees for placement on a sheet. This can be a very dangerous if you do not know what you are doing because rotating a view will change the entire direction of the project, which is WRONG.

To rotate a single view:

1. Duplicate the view.

2. Turn on the crop region.

3. Choose MODIFY and select the crop region.

4. Use the ROTATE command to turn the crop region, which will turn the view.

Change multiple wall orientations in Revit

In Revit Building or Revit Structure, a user can flip the wall orientation to adjust what is exterior or interior. To do this, a user must select the existing wall and choose the blue double arrows to change the orientation. There are times when the entire set of walls is drawn "backwards". To flip all of the walls in one command, the user must:

1. Select or highlight all the walls that need to be flipped.
2. Press the SPACE bar on the keyboard.

By pressing the SPACE bar, all the walls will flip simultaneously.