Detail Views

Create detail views to add more information to specific parts of the model.

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About Detail Views
A detail view is a view of the model that appears as a callout or section in other views. This type of view typically represents the model at finer scales of detail than in the parent view.
About Referencing a Callout View
When you create a detail callout from a section, plan, or elevation view, you can link the view to a particular area of the building model.
About Detail View Type Properties
Each detail view has type properties for section tags, callout tags, and reference labels.
Create a Detail View
You can create a callout from a plan, section, or elevation view and then add detail components while using the model geometry as a base. When you create a callout or section detail, you can reference another detail or drafting view in the model.
Duplicate a Detail View
When duplicating a view, you can determine whether both the model geometry and the detail geometry are copied into the new view.
Save a View to an External Project
You can save a view to an external Revit project. This operation saves the view and all elements (model elements and view-specific elements) visible in that view to a new project file.
Insert Detail Components from a Saved Detail View
Detail View Instance Properties
Control the display of the detail view tag by modifying instance properties of the view.

Parent topic: Detailing