View Properties

To see or change view properties on the Properties Palette, do one of the following:

• Use the properties filter (below the Type Selector) to select the current view.
• With the view open in the drawing area, click in an empty part of the view.
• In the Project Browser, click the view name.

If a view property displays in gray and you cannot change it, see Cannot Change a View Property?

The following properties are common to most view types.

Name	Description
View Scale	Changes the scale of the view as it appears on the drawing sheet. Select a scale value from the list.
Scale Value	Defines a custom scale value. This property is enabled when Custom is selected for View Scale.
Display Model	Hides the model in detail view. The Normal setting displays all elements normally. It is intended for all non-detail views. The Do Not Display setting shows only detail-view–specific elements. These elements include lines, regions, dimensions, text, and symbols. Elements in the model do not display. The Halftone setting displays all detail-view–specific elements normally, while model elements are displayed in Halftone/Underlay. You can use the halftone model elements as references for tracing lines, dimensioning, and aligning.
Detail Level	Applies a detail level setting to the view scale: coarse, medium, or fine. This setting overrides the automatic detail level setting for the view. When you apply a detail level to a view, you enable the visibility of certain types of geometry: The compound structure of walls, floors, and roofs displays at medium and fine detail levels. Family geometry changes depending on the detail levels. Structural framing changes depending on the detail level. At coarse levels, it appears as lines. At medium and fine levels, it displays with more geometry.
Parts Visibility	Specifies whether parts, the original element from which they were derived, or both parts and originals are visible in the view. See Controlling Part Visibility and Appearance.
Visibility/Graphics Overrides	Click Edit to access the Visibility/Graphics dialog. Note: If values on the dialog display in gray and you cannot change them, a view template may be defining the overrides. See Cannot Override the Graphics of an Element Category?.
Visual Style	Changes the display. See Visual Styles.
Graphic Display Options	Click Edit to access the Graphic Display Options dialog, which controls shadows and silhouette lines. See Graphic Display Options.
Underlay	Displays another slice of the model under the current plan view. That slice of the model can be from above or below the current level. The underlay appears dimmed and is visible even in hidden line. The underlay is useful to understand the relation of components on different floors. Normally, you would turn off the underlay before exporting or printing the view. You set an underlay by specifying a level. The slice of the model between that level and the next level up displays. Three of the underlay options (Current Level, Level Above, and Level Below) are relative to the current level. All other choices are absolute. See Halftone/Underlay. Tip: A level that is actually higher than the current level can be the underlay view. For example, the basement level could have Level 2 as its underlay.
Underlay Orientation	Controls the display of the underlay in Hidden Line mode. If the value is specified as Plan, then the underlay displays as if you are viewing it from above, like a plan view. If the value is specified as Reflected Ceiling Plan, then the underlay displays as if you are viewing it from below, like a reflected ceiling plan.
Orientation	Switches the orientation of the project in the view between Project North and True North. See Project Location and Orientation.
Wall Join Display	Sets the default behavior for cleaning wall joins. If you set this property to Clean All Wall Joins, then Revit automatically cleans all wall joins. If you set this property to Clean Same Type Wall Joins, Revit only cleans wall joins of the same wall type. If you join different wall types, Revit does not clean them. You can override this setting using the Edit Wall Joins tool.
Discipline	Determine how elements display in the view. You can also use this parameter to organize views in the Project Browser. Select one of the following values: Architectural: Displays all model geometry from all disciplines. Structural: Hides non-load-bearing walls in the view. Mechanical: Displays architectural elements in half-tone, and displays mechanical elements on top for easier selection. Electrical: Displays architectural elements in half-tone, and displays electrical elements on top for easier selection. Plumbing: Displays architectural elements in half-tone, and displays plumbing elements on top for easier selection. Coordination: Displays all model geometry from all disciplines.
Color Scheme Location	In a plan view or section view, select Background to apply the color scheme to the background of the view (the floors of a plan, or the background walls of a section). Select Foreground to apply the color scheme to all model elements in the view. See Applying a Color Scheme. See Applying a Color Scheme to Spaces.
Color Scheme	In a plan view or section view, the color scheme to use for the following: rooms and areas spaces and zones pipes and ducts See Color Schemes.
Default Analysis Display	Select the default analysis display style for the view. Available styles are determined by those created in the Analysis Display Style dialog.
Analysis Display Settings	Click Edit to view and modify visibility options for the analysis results.
View Name	The name of the active view. The view name displays in the Project Browser and in the title bar of the view. It also displays as the name of the viewport on a sheet, unless you define a value for the Title on Sheet parameter.
Title on Sheet	The name of the view as it appears on the sheet; it supersedes any value in the View Name property. This parameter is not available for sheet views.
Referencing Sheet	See the description for Referencing Detail that follows. From the example, the referencing sheet is A101.
Referencing Detail	This value comes from the referencing view that is placed on a sheet. For example, you create a section in a plan view. You place that plan view as the first detail on a sheet numbered A101. The referencing detail number for the section view is 1.
View Template	Identifies the view template assigned to the view. Later changes to the view template will affect the view. See View Templates.
Crop View	Select the Crop View check box to enable a crop boundary around the model. Select the boundary and resize it using the drag controls. As you resize the boundary, the visibility of the model changes. To turn off the boundary and maintain the cropping, clear the Crop Region Visible check box. See Crop Region.
Crop Region Visible	Shows or hides the crop region. View cropping is not available in sheet and schedule views.
Annotation Crop	Shows or hides the annotation crop when crop regions are visible in the project view.
View Range	Within the view properties of any plan view, you can set the View Range. With View Range, you can control the specific geometric planes that define the boundaries of each view. These boundaries are set by defining the exact cut plane as well as the top and bottom clip planes.
Associated Level	The level associated with the plan view. This is a read-only property.
Scope Box	If you draw a scope box in a view, you can associate the view's crop region with that scope box, so the crop region is visible and matches the scope box extents. This property is available for plan, elevation, and section views. When you select a scope box value for this property, the Crop Region and Crop Region Visible properties become read-only.
Phase Filter	The specific phase filter applied to the view.
Phase	The specific phase of the view. Along with the Phase Filter, it determines which model components (phase-wise) are visible in the view and how they appear graphically. When you create new model components in a view, these components assume the view phase as their creation phase.