Rotate a single plan view in Revit

Rotate a single plan view in Revit

Presentation of a rotated plan on a sheet can sometimes be a headache for a novice user who does not know how to handle this situation. In Revit you can either choose your project orientation as “True North” or “Project North”. In the example below, we want to present the South West Wing of the plan horizontally on a sheet. This can be a dangerous procedure if you do not know what you are doing because rotating a view will have an impact on the entire orientation of the structure which I suppose you do not intend to do so.

To accomplish this rotated single plan view, do the following:

1. Duplicate the view with detailing.
2. Go to the view just duplicated.
3. Open the Element Properties and change the Orientation to “Project North”.
4. Turn all the Crop Regions.
5. Choose MODIFY and select the crop region.
6. Use the ROTATE command to turn the crop region, which will turn the view in the opposite direction.
7. Place the rotated plan view on your sheet.