Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Creating Dependent Views

You create a dependent view in much the same way you duplicate a view. In fact, you are duplicating a view. The function of a dependent view is to “nest” a duplicate of a view within the host view (or the view you're making the duplicate of). This nested view is dependent on the host view in terms of visibility graphics and View Properties. You can have multiple dependent views categorized under the host view.

The reason you create dependent views is to add match lines. Yes, you could simply duplicate a view and move its crop region, but when you have dependent views—as you'll see in Chapter 14, “Creating Sheets and Printing”—you can tag those views in a specific way for Revit to keep track of the sheets they're on. Dependent ...