Creating A Decal Type; Placing A Decal In A View - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Sample rendering with decals

Creating a Decal Type

1 Click Settings menu
2 In the Decals Types dialog, click
3 In the New Decal dialog, enter a name for the decal, and click OK.
4 For Image File, specify the file to use.
5 Specify the remaining attributes of the decal.
6 Click OK.
Now you can place instances of the decal type in the building model. See
1153.

Placing a Decal in a View

1 In a Revit Architecture project, open a 2D view or a 3D orthographic view.
2 Click Modelling menu
Decal Types.
The Decal Types dialog displays the new decal name and its attributes.
Click (Browse) to navigate to the file. Revit Architecture supports image files of the following
types: BMP, JPG, JPEG, and PNG. See
See Decal Attributes on page 1157.
The view must contain a flat or cylindrical surface on which you can place decals. You cannot
place decals in 3D perspective views.
If no decals exist in the current project, the Decal Types dialog displays, and you need to create
a decal type. See Creating a Decal Type
(Create).
Best Practice for Storing Image Files
Decal, or on the Modelling tab of the Design Bar, click Decal.
on page 1153.
on page 507.
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