Create a Perspective 3D View

The Perspective option controls whether a 3D view displays as perspective instead of orthographic.

  1. Open a plan, section, or elevation view.
  2. Click View tabCreate panel3D View drop-downCamera.
    Note: If you clear the Perspective option on the Options Bar, the view that is created is an orthographic 3D view and not a perspective view.
  3. Click in the drawing area to place the camera.
  4. Drag the cursor to the desired target and click to place it.
  5. Revit creates a perspective 3D view and assigns a name to the view: 3D View1, 3D View2, and so on. To rename the view, in the Project Browser right-click it, and select Rename.

Note: When used in a workshared project, the 3D view command creates a default 3D view per user. The assigned name to this view is {3D - username}.

You can use a section box to limit the viewable portion of a 3D view.

Example