Configure view properties

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in this video, you'll learn how to control the view Properties. For model views,

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you will also learn how to adjust the camera parameters for three D. Views

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in rev it there are several instance parameters for model views

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to help you customize the views in your project,

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for example,

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looking in the Properties palette

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under graphics

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you can see several parameters.

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A few of the main ones you need to be aware of are the view scale,

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which controls the size of the view and

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the annotations when they're placed on a sheet

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as well as in the actual view.

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The detail level is important because that controls

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the amount of detail that is shown in the

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view and various elements will adjust how much

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detail they show depending on the detail level.

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Additionally you can control the discipline of the view which

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controls the discipline that takes priority in the view.

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Additionally you can access the visibility graphic overrides

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and the graphic display options from the properties palette

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continuing on, you can add an underlay.

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For example,

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I'll open the second floor view

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and then in the Properties palette.

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When I click in the range base level field I

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can expand the drop down and select a base level

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for this example I'll select ground floor

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and then I can control the range top level

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and when I expand that drop down I can select another level to be the top level.

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So I'll select second floor

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and then I can choose the underlay orientation which is either look down or look up.

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So I'll select look down and we're essentially looking

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from the second floor down to the ground floor and

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you can see the walls on the first floor as an underlay here in the second floor view.

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So what that does is allow you to reference

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the model elements on other levels as needed.

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I'll go back to the ground floor, overall view

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and under extents that's where you can control

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the crop region and the annotation crop.

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You can also access the view range.

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When you click edit next to view range rev it opens the view range dialogue and you

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can control the primary range which includes the

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top and bottom as well as the cut plane

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as well as the view depth.

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When you click show rev it will expand the dialogue to show a

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preview image of what each of those controls actually does in the view

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and then hide will collapse that.

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I'll click cancel to close the view range dialog and then

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we'll go back to the properties palette and under identity data.

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That's where you can specify a view template.

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And when you click the button,

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you open the assigned view template dialog and you can assign a view template

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to the view which creates a link between the view template and the view.

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You can also control the view name here as well as specify a title on sheet.

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You can have a different title on sheet than the view name.

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So by default rev it will use the view name but if you want you can add

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a title on sheet for the view title tag to display that when the views on a sheet

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additionally,

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you need to be aware of the phase of the view if especially

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if you're using phasing and when you create model elements in the view,

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the phase created parameter for those elements will match the phase of the view

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and then you can control the face filter which will

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control which face statuses will actually appear in the view.

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Alright, next I'm going to open up

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the site plan view

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and here you can see that the building is oriented slightly different

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and if we go back to the properties palette, one of the parameters

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that we skipped for the time being was orientation

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but that can be set to True North or project North.

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So right now it's set to True North in the site plan view

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but if I change it to project North then it'll match

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the orientation that we saw in the ground floor overall view.

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I change it back to True North,

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then it's oriented to True North.

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Alright, Let's take a look at some three D views.

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If I expand the 3D views branch in the project browser

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and then I'll open the from ST three D view

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and I'll change the visual style to shaded

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Now. First off I'm gonna go to the site plan view

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and then I'm gonna right click the from ST three D view in the project browser

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and I'm going to select show camera

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and what this is going to do is it's going to actually show the camera as

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well as the view extents here in the site plan view which is the active view

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and so here we can actually see the sun path along

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with the view extents from our from ST three D view

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and we can get a good idea of what that view is showing

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and if we want we can actually click and drag the camera

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to adjust

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how that view is

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looking

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and if we go back to the from street view we can see that

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it has been adjusted and obviously our our eye and target is slightly off

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so we can go to the properties palette and scroll down to the camera

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section and here we can adjust both the high elevation and the target elevation.

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So if I change the target elevation to

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and we can see that it adjusts in the view

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and depending on the viewer you are trying to create,

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you may need to make some slight adjustments to the eye elevation and the target

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elevation and you may even need to go back to a specific floor plan view.

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Right click the three D view and choose show camera and make some

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adjustments to the camera position and maybe even the far clip as well.

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So as you can see there are lots of options there to customize

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your views so that they appear exactly like you want them to.