Entering Sheet-Specific Information; Modifying A View On A Sheet - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

To update the title block of a sheet with project-specific information, open the project, and use either of the
following methods:
Enter the information directly on a sheet. Open a sheet. Click on the placeholder text for project-specific
information in the title block. Update the text as desired.
Change project information settings. Click Manage tab
Under Other, enter values for the project information parameters. Click OK.
Revit Architecture updates all sheets in the project with the new information.

Entering Sheet-Specific Information

Sheet-specific information is data relating to an individual sheet in a project, such as the sheet name and
number, designer, and reviewer.
To update the title block of a sheet with sheet-specific information, open the project, and use either of the
following methods:
Enter the information directly on a sheet. Open a sheet. Click on the placeholder text for sheet-specific
information in the title block. Update the text as desired.
Change view properties. Open a sheet. Right-click in the drawing area, and click View Properties. On
the Instance Properties dialog for the sheet, change the values of the sheet-specific parameters that display
in the title block. Click OK.

Modifying a View on a Sheet

1 Open the sheet.
2 In the drawing area, select a view on the sheet.
3 Click Modify Viewports tab
4 Modify the view as desired.
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TIP If views on the sheet overlap, press Tab until the correct view highlights. Watch the status bar
for the description of the viewport.
Revit Architecture displays the sheet title block and its contents in halftone. (See
Halftone/Underlay on page 497.) Only the contents of the active view display normally. You can
now edit the view as desired. You can zoom in to the drawing area to see the elements more
clearly.
For example, you can do the following:
Add dimensions. See
Add text notes. See Adding Text Notes
Pan the view within its viewport, so that only a portion of the view is visible on the sheet.
The crop region for the view does not move. Right-click the activated view, and click Pan
Active View. Drag the cursor to pan the view.
Change the scale of the view. On the View Control Bar, for Scale, select the desired scale.
Viewport panel
Placing Permanent Dimensions
on page 1088.
Project Settings panel
Activate View.
on page 265.
Project Information.