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.

Setting Temporary Dimensions for Walls in Revit

During the placement of a wall a temporary dimension will appear showing how far away you are from the closest wall or object. The temporary dimension from a wall will always measure from the centre of the wall not the inside or outside face by default

I know that when picking the WALL command you can choose the LOC LINE for wall centre or exterior face for example, but this is for the wall you are about to place, not the temporary dimension that appears while placing the wall.

For example, I would like to place a new interior partition 10' from the inside face of another wall that it 4" wide. I would have to type in 10'2" to place the wall because I have to factor in that the measurement is from the centre of the wall and I must include half the width of the wall.

How can I set the temporary dimension to be on the face not the centerline?

Solution - Settings > Temporary Dimensions > Faces