Video: Rotate Views on a Sheet

Add a fascia to roof elements in the model.

This video demonstrates the following:

  1. Rotate a view and title mark by 90 degrees.
  2. Rotate a view by changing project North.
  3. Rotate the crop region of a view.
Note: This video was recorded using Revit 2019. When using a newer software release, you may notice differences in functionality and user interface.

Transcript

When composing a sheet in Revit, views are dragged from the Project Browser and placed on a sheet. While composing the sheet, you may need to rotate the view to better fit the sheet.

After a view has been placed on the sheet, select the view. On the Options Bar, use the drop-down arrow to set the Rotation on Sheet. Rotate the view clockwise or counterclockwise in 90 degree increments. This will rotate the whole view, and the title mark associated with the view. In this case, both plans are rotated counterclockwise. This method of rotating a view might be used when trying to match views to a specific title block orientation.

Another method to rotate views on a sheet is to change the project North in the model. For example, you would like the longer axis of this building to be the major axis, and to be placed on the sheet this way. Double-click inside the viewport to activate it. On the Manage tab, click Position and then select Rotate Project North. In the dialog, select Align selected line or plane. Now, select one of the walls in the diagonal wing. After the command finishes processing, both plans are rotated to have the longer wing aligned to the horizontal and vertical axis of the sheet.

Repeat the procedure, but this time, select to rotate Project North by 90 degrees clockwise. This changes the Project North to align the longer wing in the vertical direction on the sheet.

The third method to rotate a view is to rotate the crop region of the view directly. Double-click in the viewport to activate the view. On the View Control Bar turn on the visibility of the crop region. Select the crop region, and on the Modify tab, click Rotate. When rotating a crop region, it is important to remember the crop region will always orient itself to the application frame, so even though you are rotating the crop region, it will appear the model inside the crop region is rotating.

The best way to get the results you are looking for is to start the rotation action pointing toward the crop region edge you want to align. In this case, the first click of the rotation is toward the top edge of the crop region. The second click aligns to the element in the model you want aligned to the edge from the first click. The view is rotated. In this case, because the crop region of the view is rotated, the second floor plan remains unaffected.

When laying out views, use one of these 3 methods to rotate view on the sheet as required.