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work, it is good to have default existing and demolition phase views in your
template. Items placed into your model will take on the phase of view in
which they are placed. Another option is to have a template that is phase
ready, for remodeling projects, and another one that is not, for your new
construction projects.
Plan views have type parameters only for setting what family to use for
callout tags within the view and for setting what reference label is used
when other callouts reference the view. Drafting views have the same type
parameters as well as one for the section tag. Once you have determined
what families will be used for your sections and callouts, you can assign
them to the appropriate views.
Section and elevation model views have a unique parameter: You can set
a threshold that prevents Revit from displaying annotations in views using
a scale coarser than the threshold. Revit uses the
words
finer and
coarser
to distinguish between view scales. For example 1/8″ = 1′-0″ (1:100) is
coarser than 1/2″ = 1′-0″ (1:20). This eliminates the need for controlling the
visibility of these markers with Visibility/Graphic Overrides settings.
Figure
2.1
showstheparameterforhidingasectionviewmarkerataspecifiedscale.
Figure 2.1
Parameter for hiding a section view
Visibility Settings for Template Views
There are many parameters for view properties that can be set by default. It
is best to keep things simple by setting the most common parameters that
will determine the general style of the view. Visibility settings are the most
important to any view because you want to see what you expect to see in a
