wingchudesign Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'm working on a building with windows in a parapet wall. However, I don't want to show the windows but merely the top of the parapet wall. I'm wondering what settings i can modify to help me with this. In revit terms, I want to modify the "view range" (see - https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/Revit-DocumentPresent/files/GUID-58711292-AB78-4C8F-BAA1-0855DDB518BF-htm.html) Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 (edited) Vw Section Viewports can set a 'Finite' view range using the Viewport Depth on the OIP. See THIS PAGE from the Vw2017 Help File. EDIT - I see you're asking about Top / Plan view depth, which Vw doesn't really have. I would send the parapet windows to the Back, and create a parapet cap that will be in front / on top of the parapet windows. Edited August 4, 2017 by rDesign Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 (edited) You can create a Section Viewport of an Elevation to and in via OIP Advanced button control the Depth range for the resulting viewport - and then view it in Hidden Line etc. . You can also control the elevation of the Top/Plan Cut, but I don't believe you can have a limited depth Top/Plan view. Perhaps place the parapet on it's own Design Layer? Edited August 4, 2017 by bcd Quote Link to comment
Ross Harris Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 As a former revit user this was incredibly frustrating- top plan view shows everything regardless of the components elevation - Revit's view range control is an excellent feature and looked as though something similar was implemented in the cut plane feature; but it seems not and doesn't really seem to be a well documented feature... The best way round this I've found is a combination of classes for stuff so it can be turned off, setting design layers and doing some good ol masking in the annotation layer. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I wouldn't have this problem because I model the parapet capping/coping, which covers the parapet wall in Top/Plan view. 1 Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Just another reason the Aus/NZ Windoor system should be made part of the Universal VW program. You can define the cut plane on the windows. 3 Quote Link to comment
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