Revit Drafting

Sometimes a drafter finds it difficult to model every single construction detail in 3D within Revit. A 2D detail presents sufficient information frequently for construction in the field.

With Revit you can save several types of drafting view out for make use of other project. It is a view that can be utilized for any purpose such as detailing. They can be formed by drawing the details directly within the view or by importing details. They will also include legends, maps, text, or any of a variety of graphics necessary for a construction document set.

Drafting Views contain 2D information. One can draw 2D objects; place in 2D detailing components. Although drafting views present only 2D information, they are still tied parametrically to sheets, so all the references are dynamic and coordinated. Many “details” that you generate (or import) in a Drafting View would be applicable for use on other projects- for instance a standard door threshold detail, or certain timber joinery details.

 

Drafting views can be drawn in Revit or it could have been imported from software such as Autocad or Microstation. Import existing AUTOCAD drawings such as DOOR JAMB detail for example, and make it part of your Revit document. The drafting view does not bear any relationship to a specific portion of the model, if not being linked using a CALLOUT.

Once the Drafting view is constituted, it is then placed on a sheet like any other view to be printed. When placed on a sheet, drafting views have the same intelligent referencing as all the other views within Revit. These Drafting views quite often contain typical details that can be referenced by many different projects. You have to create some sort of directory structure set up. We may save these individual Drafting Views (complete with all their text annotations, etc) as separate Revit files that we can then store in a Library and make available for use later on.