Creating a sheet in Revit

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Creating a New Sheet in Your Project

Task 1: Create a New Sheet in Your Model

The first step in creating a set of documents in Revit is to simply create a new sheet containing a border. With this accomplished, we can then drag our views containing our floor plans, elevations and sections to those sheets. 

To create a new sheet in Revit, follow along with the steps listed below: 

  1. Open the practice file called 2023R2_Arch.rvt 
  2. In the Project Browser, scroll down until you find Sheets (all)
  3. Right click on Sheets (all) and select New Sheet…



  4. Select the E1 30 x 42 Horizontal title block in the Select Titleblocks: field. 
  5. Click OK.



  6. In the Project Browser, click the Expand button next to Sheets (all) 
  7. Right Click on A304 – Unnamed and select Rename…



  8. Rename it to A101 GROUND FLOOR. As shown above. 
  9. Click OK. 
  10. Zoom in on the lower right corner of the border. Notice the sheet specific information is filled out but not the project information. With that being said, select the border. 
  11. With the border selected, click where it says Autodesk. 
  12. Add whatever you want. I’ll add my name. 
  13. Do the same for The Project Name. This can be CREATING SHEETS. 
  14. You can change the rest of the information to be updated to this decade.

Task 2: Add a View to Your Sheet

With the new sheet in place, we can now select the views we want displayed on that sheet.

To place a view on a sheet, follow along: 

  1. With the sheet open, scroll up in your Project Browser. Under Views (all) -> Floor Plans, find GROUND FLOOR. 
  2. Select and hold GROUND FLOOR then drag that view over the sheet in approximately the location you’d like it to be seen on the sheet, and release the pick button. A rectangle should be following your cursor around. The ol’ Drag and Drop.



  3. Pick the spot where you want the view. 
  4. Zoom in on the view and select somewhere on the plan. You will see the viewport highlight. This is the extents of your view. 
  5. With the viewport selected, notice you have a context tab that says Modify|Viewports. Underneath it there are two tiles called Viewport and Positioning and View. 
  6. Change the Position to View Origin. This is important when we want all of our floor plans to align on other sheets.



  7. In the Project Browser, scroll back down to the Sheets (all) area and right click on your A101 sheet. 
  8. Select Duplicate Sheet -> Duplicate with Views. 
  9. Select Duplicate with Detailing.



  10. Select the Viewport and change it to Floor Plan: SECOND FLOOR.



  11. Zoom in on the lower right side of the border and change GROUND FLOOR Copy 1 to SECOND FLOOR.



  12. In the Project Browser find the Floor Plan GROUND FLOOR Copy 1 and delete it.