Chapter 13 • Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 654 FIGURE 13.7 Selecting the plan’s crop region. Notice the additional region on a dashed line type—this is the annotation crop region. th e se C o n d li n e If you do not see the second line, follow these steps: 1. Type VP in the view window. 2. In the Properties dialog, scroll down until you get to the Extents area. 3. Make sure the Annotation Crop option is checked, as shown here: Adding Match Lines 655 FIGURE 13.8 Stretching the annotation crop region to the left NOTE The annotation crop feature is available in any view. This example used a plan, but you can do the same procedure in a section or an elevation as well. Now that you understand how to add crop regions and display them appropri- ately, it is time to add the match line. Adding Match Lines In CAD, adding a match line is nothing more than the simple practice of draw- ing a line. In Revit, adding a match line is nothing more than the simple prac- tice of drawing a line—only in Revit, you draw that line in Sketch Mode, and you can propagate that line to other views. Also in Revit, after you place that line it does in fact register as having two sides of a model. In Chapter 14, when we drag our views onto sheets, Revit will know where each side of the model is in terms of being placed on a sheet. The objective of the next procedure is to place a match line into the model. 1. Open the Level 1 floor plan. Chapter 13 • Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 656 2. On the Sheet Composition panel of the View tab, click the Match Line button, as shown in Figure 13.9. FIGURE 13.9 The Match Line button on the View tab 3. In the Properties dialog, make sure the Top and Bottom Constraints are set to Unlimited. 4. On the Draw panel, click the Line button. 5. Draw the match line as shown in Figure 13.10. 6. Click Finish Edit Mode on the Mode panel. Your match line will now appear as a bold dashed line. Since the physical appearance of a match line never seems to be the same from firm to firm, we can adjust the appearance of the line. Match Line Appearance A match line is not an actual line by definition; it is an object. Therefore, we can control its appearance by using the Object Styles dialog. The next procedure will focus on changing the appearance of the match line: 1. On the Manage tab, select the Object Styles button toward the left of the Ribbon. 2. Click the Annotation Objects tab, as shown in Figure 13.11. 3. Scroll down until you see Matchline. Adding Match Lines 657 FIGURE 13.10 Placing the match line 4. Click into Line Pattern (the Dash cell). 5. After you click into the cell, you will see a menu arrow. Click it and select Dash Dot 3/8 ″ (see Figure 13.11). 6. Click OK. Your match line is now a different line type. FIGURE 13.11 Changing the Matchline line pattern to Dash Dot 3/8″ Chapter 13 • Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 658 Now that the match line is in place and the plan is split into two halves, it is time to add an annotation to label the match line. For the match line annotation, we will simply place a piece of text that says MATCHLINE. But when we are referencing each side of the plan, we will need to add view references. Adding View References to a Match Line After the plan is split and the match line is in place, we can tag each side of the match line. When we drag the view onto a drawing sheet, the tag will be filled out with the correct page name. It is important to note, however, that although this process is automatic, it is not fully automatic. You do need to specify the correct view name as you are placing the tag. The objective of the next procedure is to place a piece of text that says MATCHLINE along the match line, and to add a view reference to each side of the match line. 1. In the Project Browser, open the Level 1 floor plan view. 2. On the Annotate tab, click the Text button, as shown at the top right of Figure 13.12. NOTE Unfortunately when you are placing text, you cannot rotate the text until after you have added it. In this procedure, simply place the note, rotate it, and then move it into position. 3. On the Place Text tab, you have leader options. Click the No Leader button (the A), as shown in Figure 13.12. 4. Pick a window near the match line for the text. 5. Type the word MATCHLINE and click off the text, as shown in Figure 13.12. 6. Select the text (if it is not selected already). 7. Click the rotate grip and rotate the text 90 degrees. 8. Click the move grip, and drag the text over to the match line so it is positioned as shown in Figure 13.13. 9. On the Sheet Composition panel of the View tab, click the View Reference button. Using View Templates 659 FIGURE 13.12 Typing the text MATCHLINE 10. On the Options bar, you will see a Target View menu. Make sure Floor Plan: Level 1 West is current, as shown in Figure 13.13. 11. Pick a point to the left of the match line (see Figure 13.13). 12. With the view Reference command still running, change the Target View to Floor Plan: Level 1 East. 13. Place a view reference to the right of the match line. 14. Press Esc. You have two view references, and you are now ready to add these views to a drawing sheet for the next chapter. One last item to discuss before we close this chapter is how to create and use settings from a single view after we determine that we want to repeat the view settings. Using View Templates When we created the furniture plan in the beginning of the chapter, we manipu- lated the data in the Visibility/Graphics Overrides options to hide furniture in a specific plan. It would be nice to build settings like these into a template so we could simply apply that template to a view the next time the situation arose. Chapter 13 • Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 660 FIGURE 13.13 Adding a view reference includes choosing the correct target view from the Options bar. The objective of the next procedure is to create a view template and apply it to another view. 1. In the Project Browser, right-click on Level 1 floor plan. 2. Select Create View Template from View. 3. In the Name dialog, call the template Without Furniture or Casework then click OK. 4. In the View Templates dialog, Revit allows you to further control the view properties and visibility graphics. Since we don’t need to make any further adjustments, click OK. 5. Right-click on Level 2 floor plan. 6. Select Apply View Template. 7. In the View Template dialog, select the Without Furniture Or Casework template, as shown in Figure 13.14. 8. Click OK. Are You Experienced? 661 FIGURE 13.14 Selecting the Without Furniture Or Casework template As you can see, using view templates will help you immensely with maintain- ing company-wide standards. Use templates as often as possible. For more infor- mation on setting up standards, flip to Chapter 23, “BIM Management.” Are You Experienced? Now you can… create duplicates of views, and tell the difference between duplicating with detailing and simply duplicating a view create dependent views, allowing separate views to be nested under one host view add match lines and view reference tags create and use view templates O You can also select multiple items and apply the same tem- plate to many plans if so desired. CHAPTER 14 Creating Sheets and Printing Our deliverable product is a set of construction documents and specifica- tions. So it stands to reason that the application we use to produce these con- struction documents is at its strongest in this arena. Unfortunately, when you see marketing campaigns related to Revit, all they show are huge skyscrap- ers and realistic renderings. And of course you see the slide of the architect handing a model to the contractor, and then the contractor handing it to the owner. Don’t get me wrong—all that stuff is good, but the most powerful fea- ture of Revit Architecture is its ability to create sheets. You would not think this is the standout feature, but when it is 4:30 in the afternoon and the job is going out the door at 5:00, you will never go back to a drafting application after you have used Revit at the 11th hour. Creating and populating sheets Modifying a viewport Adding revisions to a sheet Addressing project parameters Generating a cover sheet Printing from Revit Architecture . nothing more than the simple practice of draw- ing a line. In Revit, adding a match line is nothing more than the simple prac- tice of drawing a line—only in Revit, you draw that line in Sketch Mode,. but the most powerful fea- ture of Revit Architecture is its ability to create sheets. You would not think this is the standout feature, but when it is 4:30 in the afternoon and the job is going. area. 3. Make sure the Annotation Crop option is checked, as shown here: Adding Match Lines 655 FIGURE 13.8 Stretching the annotation crop region to the left NOTE The annotation crop feature is