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CHAPTER 1 InsIde RevIt stRuctuRe
You can duplicate plans by right-clicking a plan view name in the Project Browser and select-
ing Duplicate View from the context menu. A fly-out menu (see Figure 1.20) will appear with
three options:
Duplicate
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Duplicate with Detailing•◆
Duplicate as a Dependent•◆
These three ways to duplicate views work like this:
Duplicate will create a new plan view that is an exact copy, displaying all datum and model
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elements. No view-specific elements (such as text) will be copied with this option.
Duplicate with Detailing works the same way except that all view-specific elements are
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also copied.
Duplicate as a Dependent will create a child view to the selected parent view. Any number
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of dependent views can be created from a single parent view. This feature was added to
facilitate the division of large overall plan views into smaller views for placement on
sheets. All view-specific elements are shared between the parent and all child views.
View Range
View Range is important to understand when you are dealing with plan views since it controls
the basic vertical range above and below the elevation that your view is cut through the model.
You access the View Range properties by clicking View Range in the View Properties dialog box
of that particular plan view. The resulting View Range dialog box (see Figure 1.21) is used to
control element visibility and display that is perpendicular to the plan view.
Figure 1.20
You can use Dupli-
cate View to create
copies of a view.
Figure 1.21
View Range
dialog box
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