Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010, User Manual

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Creating a Perspective 3D View
You can create a perspective 3D view from a plan, section, or elevation view.
1 Open a plan, section, or elevation view.
2 Click View tab
➤
Create panel
➤
3D View drop-down
➤
Camera.
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.
Revit Architecture 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.
You can use a section box to limit the viewable portion of a 3D view. See Using a Section Box in a 3D View
on page 159.
Creating an Orthographic 3D View
1 Click View tab
➤
Create panel
➤
3D View.
This places the camera above the southeast corner of the model with the target positioned on
the center of the ground floor. If you want to control camera placement when you create the
view, use the following method:
2 Open a plan, section, or elevation view.
3 Click View tab
➤
Create panel
➤
3D View drop-down
➤
Camera.
4 On the Options Bar, clear the Perspective option.
5 For Scale, select a view scale.
6 Click once in the drawing area to place the camera, and click again to place the target point.
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