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How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

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‎02-20-2017 06:40 AM

How rotate viewport title?

Hi,

Friends, I create one viewport in A1 sheet and I rotate that viewport "90 degree clockwise but the title i want as usual because the title also rotated together with view, now its hard to read.I mean I want to rotate the viewport title only to the old position. kindly find the attachment of my screen shot & the highlighted one is want to rotate..

Txs

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How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

‎02-20-2017 06:50 AM

@s.kunju

OPTION 1

Use two duplicate views overlayed on top of each other on the sheet ...

  1. first rotated ClockWise without Viewtitle
  2. 2nd blank (all categories switched off) placed normally on the sheet with a viewtitle

OPTION 2 - what I would do 

  1. Duplicate that view with detailing
  2. On the properties Palette of the Duplicated view check the box "Crop Region Visibile"
  3. Select the Crop Region and rotate it 90 degrees ClockWise
  4. Place the duplicated view on the SHEET

PS: to not use the view with the rotated crop Region for any other purposes

Edit: see similar example below (for Option 2)

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How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

‎02-21-2017 01:55 AM

A third option is to create a new type/family for the view title, where the text is rotated. When you rotate a view, you can then select the rotated view title.

This method keeps you from having to rotate crop boxes or alter your view in any way.

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How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

‎03-14-2019 07:16 AM

Shouldn't this be a standard option in Revit seeing you can rotate the view/ viewport ? 

How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

‎10-21-2020 07:54 AM

I totally agree. 

I just don't understand why Autodesk hasn't thought (yet) to this option. It should come as a standard with Revit. 

I've tried duplicating the view tag family, rotating it 90 degrees clockwise and counter-clockwise. The trick works for the texts but it doesn't for the extendable line that sits in between the view title and the view scale. So frustrating!

‎10-21-2020 09:56 AM

Not all possible variations of content are included with Revit. Like the rest of us, if you need something that is not provided, you need to find it elsewhere or make it yourself.

In the mean time, you can make a suggestion over in the IDEAS forum.

Rob

Drafting is a breeze and Revit doesn't always work the way you think it should.

How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

‎10-21-2020 10:52 PM

I think that this variable/option should now be included. Revit has been on the market for a while now and it is not a secret that Autodesk hasn't been improving it as they should - allowing more time to other projects (see open letter reply). 

That said, it is obvious that if something is not provided I'll either find it somewhere else or simply (sometimes not so simply) do ti myself. I was just making a point highlighting the fact that a family type like that should be part of the standard package. 

‎10-22-2020 03:38 AM


@g.piacentiniL2L5Q wrote:

I think that this variable/option should now be included. I was just making a point highlighting the fact that a family type like that should be part of the standard package. 


Yeah, you made that clear in your other post. That's not something for this forum. There is an IDEAS forum or the product feedback page where your opinion is more appropriate.


@g.piacentiniL2L5Q wrote:

Revit has been on the market for a while now and it is not a secret that Autodesk hasn't been improving it as they should


Not sure why you say that. That's only to appease those who don't see the improvements as helping them and like to complain.

Rob

Drafting is a breeze and Revit doesn't always work the way you think it should.

How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

‎01-27-2021 02:58 PM

this is also the method I would use an have tried to use. However...when I try to rotate the view, it will let me rotate it any other angle except 90 degrees. 45 degrees, fine. 89 degrees, fine. 90 degrees? nope...nothing happens. Any advice?

‎04-22-2022 11:34 PM

  1. https://youtu.be/6ZI9DzDMFg4

There's a youtube video I found after hours of searching. Don't rotate from the property panel but select the crop region and rotate from the modified pallet. 

How to rotate a view in Revit without the rotating the title and scale

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How do you Rotate a view in Revit but not the title?

In order to resolve this issue: Rotate the view itself by rotating a scope box not on the sheet but back in the view. This results in rotating the view on the sheet and leaving the title horizontal.

How do you Rotate a view in Revit?

In a Revit project, open the sheet..
On the sheet, select the view to rotate. NoteYou cannot rotate an active view. If the title block displays in halftone and you can select elements in the view, the view is active. ... .
On the Options Bar, for Rotation on Sheet, select the desired rotation option..