View Type Overview

Use view types to quickly apply graphics properties and view templates to new views.

A view type defines some graphics properties, such as a reference label and tags for elevations, callouts, or sections. It can also specify a view template to apply to a new view, and whether template updates should be applied to existing views.

You can create view types for:

• Plan views: floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, structural plans
• Elevation views
• Section views
• 3D views
• Schedules
• Legends
• Drafting views

You cannot create view types for:

• Area plans
• Sheets

The process of using view types is as follows:

1. Create view templates that reflect the view types you need.
2. Create the desired view types, specifying their properties and view templates.
3. When you create a new view, specify the view type to apply.

You can also...

• Change the view type that is applied to a view at any time.
  Note: When you change a view's type, the related graphics properties are applied to the view. However, the view template specified for the view type is not applied to the view.
• Use a view list to review and manage the view types that are applied to individual views.
• Organize the Project Browser by view type and discipline.
• Purge unused view types from a project if needed.