Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
established, you can right-click the view in the Project Browser and create
a view template based on that view. You can also use the View Templates
button on the View tab and select the Create Template From Current View
option, as shown in
Figure 2.6
.
Figure 2.6
View Templates button
View templates are useful while creating your project template, but they are
also useful after the project has been created. Revit gives us the ability to
assign a view template to any given set of views, and those views update if
the view template is changed. You can also apply any view template to any
view, especially newly created ones, and quickly have the desired settings.
When you work on a large project that has many levels or many dependent
views, having view templates can save a significant amount of time.
In the View Templates dialog box, there is a check box next to each property
that you can use to determine whether the settings of the template for that
property will be applied to the view. This enables you to apply only the
desiredportionsofaviewtemplateifnecessary.Byapplyingaviewtemplate
to a view, if the Visibility/Graphics Check box is selected, you will no longer
beabletocontrolVisibility/GraphicsOverridesfromtheVisibility/Graphics
Overrides dialog box; instead, you will be controlling multiple view settings
at once from Manage View Templates. This applies to all settings that are
controlled by the view template.
Schedule Views
Preset schedules in a project template are another feature that can increase
productivity and coordination. This topic is included here because, by
displaying the data within the components that make up the model,
schedule views are actually views of the model components.
