VIEW TEMPLATE NAMING
VIEW TEMPLATES in REVIT
View templates record nearly all possible view visibility settings.
They can be applied to individual views, but are not 'live'; -if settings in a view template are changed it will need to be re-applied to views it is relevant to.
Although view templates are allocated to different types, their names must be unique.
A Floor, Structural, Areas Plans view template can not have the same name as a Elevations, Sections Detail Views view template.
Although all view templates are the same in Revit this standard puts them into 3 categories:
- Sheet Series Templates, view templates applied to views that are on Sheets, which are printed to create drawings.
- Working Templates, view templates that are used to create and manage working views (refer NAMING VIEWS).
- Reference Templates, view templates that set up minimum visibility settings for standard views.
SHEET SERIES VIEW TEMPLATES
Drawing sets are divided into Sheet Series numbers.
These group similar drawings together in the drawing set (refer SHEET NUMBERING).
Because views within a sheet series are of the same thing it is convienent to create view templates for each sheet series.
If more than one view template is required for a series add a descriptor at the end of the name.
Format:
e.g.
seriesnumber seriesdescription-description
WORKING VIEW TEMPLATES
Working view templates are view templates used to save settings for working views.
They can be created for any type of view template.
They should NEVER be used on views placed on sheets that are part of the main drawing set.
They may be used on views that appear on sketch sheets, but only if those sketches are not part of the main drawing set.
They may be temporary or permanently kept.
Users are responsible for managing their own view templates.
User view templates without an intital may be deleted by anyone without notice.
Format:
e.g.
REFERENCE VIEW TEMPLATES
Reference view templates are used for setting limited visibility settings.
They manipulate a limited range of settings, e.g. apply only model visibility settings.
They are typically used to quickly set visibility settings for user and temporary views.
Format:
e.g.
-description