Generating Splicing Plans with Revit
When working on particularly large projects where a single drawing cannot capture the entire scope, it becomes necessary to split the drawing into multiple parts. This allows the project to be fully represented across several drawings. In Revit, you can achieve this by piecing together a planar graph through a splicing method.
Follow these steps to create spliced floor plans:
- Select the “Parent” view in the Project Browser where you want to create the spliced floor plan. Right-click and choose Copy View > Duplicate with Detailing.
- Open the newly copied “Child” view. In the Properties palette, under Extent, ensure Crop View is enabled and Crop Region Visible is checked.
- Select the crop box, then on the Contextual Tab under the Mode panel, click Edit Crop. This will put the crop box into sketch editing mode.
- Move one edge of the crop box’s sketch line to the middle of the view, effectively splitting the view in half.
- Finish editing the crop box, adjust the position of any dimension annotations as needed, and uncheck Crop Region Visible to hide the crop boundary.
- Repeat the copy process: Duplicate the “Parent” view again with detailing, creating another “Child” view. Edit the crop box in this new view, moving the opposite edge to the middle point of the view.
- Complete the crop edit, reposition dimension annotations, and uncheck Crop Region Visible once more.
- Finally, place the two processed views separately onto your sheets to represent the full floor plan in spliced sections.
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