If you want to learn some more about the View Cube, check out:
Scott Chatterton: Revit View Cube Tips
One thing that Scott doesn’t mention in this particular post is How to change the ‘Front View’ on the ViewCube in Revit.
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To lock to the current selection
- Right-click the ViewCube and click Lock to Selection. If Lock to Selection is checked when a view orientation change occurs, the ViewCube uses the selected objects to calculate the center of the view and zooms to the extents of the selected objects. When the option is unchecked, the ViewCube uses the selected objects to calculate the center of the view and zooms to the extents of the model.
- In the model, select one or more objects to define the center point of the view.
- Click one of the preset locations on the ViewCube, or click and drag the ViewCube to reorient the view of the model. The ViewCube reorients the view of the model based on the center point of the selected objects.
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In the right-click menu, select Orient to a View, Floor Plans, and then select the desired floor plan to orient to.
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The view will automatically crop the view using the Section Box to match the View Range for the view that was selected. It will also rotate the view to view it from the Top direction. You can orbit the view any direction you want but the view is now cropped to match the floor plan’s View Range.
Image and content via this cool post:
Applied Software Blog: Setting Up 3D Views For Levels
To change which orientation that the Revit ViewCube thinks is the ‘Front’ for a specific view, check out the video below, or scroll down for the quick step-by-step.
- Orient the view to the orientation you would like to be the Front. This will have to be a ‘horizontal’ view.
- Right-click on ViewCube, go to Set Front to View
- Click on [Current View].
Note: Press the letter ‘A’ on your keyboard if views with numbers in front are hiding the [Current View] option – it is quicker than scrolling!
My previous Blog post about Orient to a Plane
Nikhil Nayak shows how you can make good use of the Viewcube to visualize a single element from various perspectives.
Use Viewcube with selection – Power tool
