Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual page 1116

Reusing Details From Callouts
Duplicating a Detail View
To copy the model geometry from an existing view into a new view, right-click the existing view in the
Project Browser, and click Duplicate View
If you right-click, and click Duplicate View
detail geometry are copied into the new view. Detail geometry includes detail components, detail lines,
repeating details, detail groups, and filled regions.
NOTE Hidden view-specific elements will not be created in the new view. Hidden model elements and datum
will be created in the new view and will remain hidden. For more information on element visibility, see
and Graphic Display in Project Views
Referencing a Callout View
When you create a detail callout from a section, plan, or elevation view, on the Options Bar, click Reference
Other View to reference any detail or drafting view from the Project Browser. In this way, you can link the
view to a particular area of the building information model.
NOTE The Reference Other View option appears when you activate the section or callout view creation command.
Before defining the callout or section, select this option and select the view to reference. See
View on page 1075.
The View Name instance parameter (in the Element Properties dialog) shows the name of the view, or if the
detail is referencing another view, the name of the referenced view.
Saving Views to an External Project
Use the following procedure to save a view to an external Revit Architecture project. This operation will save
the view and all elements (model elements and view-specific elements) visible in that view to a new project
file.
1 Select a view in the Project Browser.
2 Right-click the view name, and click Save to New File.
3 Enter a new name for the Revit Architecture file.
Inserting Detail Components from a Saved Detail View
1 Click File menu
2 In the Open dialog, select a project that was saved as a detail view.
3 In the Insert 2D Elements dialog, select a view that contains the 2D elements you wish to insert.
1078 | Chapter 16 Annotating and Detailing
Duplicate.
Duplicate with Detailing, both the model geometry and the
on page 150.
Insert from File 2D Elements.
Visibility
Creating a Detail