Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Modifying a Viewport

Wait a second. Isn't a viewport AutoCAD vernacular? Yes, it is. But a viewport in AutoCAD and a viewport in Revit are two completely different things.

In Revit, when you drag a view onto a sheet, a linked copy of that view becomes a viewport. This is what you see on the sheet. Any modification you make to the original view will immediately be reflected in the viewport, and vice versa. See Figure 14.10 for a graphical representation.

FIGURE 14.10 The relationship between the original view and the viewport

The objective of the next procedure is to activate a viewport to make modifications on the sheet, and also to explore the ...