Reference Elevation - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

Elements that have symbolic representation in certain views (such as structural beams) and non-cuttable
families are not affected when you cut an elevation, section, or callout view by the far clip plane. They will
display and are not cut.
This property does affect printing.
To cut by the far clip plane:
1 In the Project Browser, right-click the view you want to cut by the far clip plane, and click
2 In the Instance Properties dialog, find the Far Clipping parameter.
3 Click the button in the Value column.
4 In the Far Clipping dialog, select an option, and click OK.
5 Enter a value for Far Clip Offset. This is where the view will be clipped when the Clipping
6 Click OK to exit the Instance Properties dialog.

Reference Elevation

Reference elevations are elevations that reference an existing elevation or drafting view. They do not create
a new view when you add them to your project.
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Properties.
Alternatively, if the view is active in the drawing area, right-click and click View Properties.
The Far Clipping parameter is available for elevation, section, and callout views. To use this
parameter in a callout view, for the Far Clip Settings parameter, specify Independent.
The Far Clipping dialog displays.
property is active.