Creating A Perspective 3D View; Creating An Orthographic 3D View - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Creating a Perspective 3D View

You can create a perspective 3D view from a plan, section, or elevation view.
1 Open a plan, section, or elevation view.
2 Click View menu
3 Click in the drawing area to place the camera.
4 Drag the cursor to the desired target and click.
You can use a section box to limit the viewable portion of a 3D view. See
on page 111.

Creating an Orthographic 3D View

Click View menu
This places the camera above the southeast corner of the model with the target positioned on the center of
the ground floor. If you want to control camera placement when you create the view, use the following
method:
1 Open a plan, section, or elevation view.
2 Click View menu
3 On the Options Bar, clear the Perspective option.
4 For Scale, select a view scale.
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NOTE If you clear the Perspective option on the Options Bar, the view that is created is an orthographic
3D view and not a perspective view.
Revit Architecture creates a perspective 3D view and assigns a name to the view: 3D View1, 3D
View2, and so on. To rename the view, in the Project Browser right-click it and select Rename.
New Default 3D View, or on the toolbar click
New
Camera, or on the View tab of the Design Bar, click Camera.
Camera.
Using a Section Box in a 3D View
.