Revit Tutorial: Creating A Section Presentation Drawing In Less Than 7 Minutes!

In this Revit tutorial, we will take a closer look at creating a sectional perspective graphic view. I am working in Revit 2015, but this tutorial can be followed in other versions as well. Subscribe to the Smarter Architect community for more great tutorials!

[@monieamara]

This is an incredible video of teaching. I have never used camera before combine with the section box. Thank you.

[@SmarterArchitect]

+nira bottinga Glad you enjoyed and learned something new. Make sure you check back for the course I am releasing.

[@brucebright6654]

This makes life easy when it comes to Design.

[@darmaansinghrawat1505]

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[@kraneo123]

That's what I'm lookin' for... I'm speechless! Thanks a lot!

[@maxmudassar]

Bro, you're a great teacher and explainer! Thank you for tNice tutorials tutorial!

[@teresa023_]

In The setup thank you so much!

[@Design4545]

I really liked the video but would have wanted to see more on how to control the visibility and graphics overrides for phasing. Also, how to use the same settings and apply them to all sections.

[@SmarterArchitect]

Design4545 These items will definitely be all covered in the new Revit course - coming soon!

[@phillipallison3275]

SmarterArchitect Hey enjoyed your presentation, migrating from autocad, how can I register for the ReviMEP course, please send details. Thanks

[@zn3128]

Thank you Sir! TNice tutorials helps alot !

[@SmarterArchitect]

Glad to hear that!

[@carloshernandez-isava3178]

Thanks man this is very helpful. I'm working on a coffee bar.

[@SmarterArchitect]

Sounds like an interesting project. Awesome! Hope you learned something here!

[@RajputiPoshakSuit]

Sweet tutorial fam !

[@stellafleissgarten8715]

Thank you verry much! This video helped me a lot!!!

[@sangaredenisedeby5531]

Magnificent I discovered so many things with your tutorial merciiiiii... thankssss

[@SmarterArchitect]

I'm always looking to create more easy to understand content about Revit and architecture in a broader sense too.

[@Shortyxoli]

Thanks so much for tNice tutorials video, it helped so much!

[@junhuist1714]

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[@nosathearkitect7092]

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[@angelbarbie33]

My brain exploded like Nagasaki but i slowly understood the whole video the more i watched it

[@SmarterArchitect]

LOL... It is ok. Best part about learning at your own pace! Just never be intimidated! I'm going to open up to community based learning experience. Stay tune for the details if interested.

[@mohamedeljbel]

wow, very cool video, youre fire

[@romanhoncar4832]

tNice tutorialngs work. I do read so stuff in the manual but there is a lot, or I try to find tNice tutorialngs on youtube. So more help will be appreciated.

[@SmarterArchitect]

I totally understand. I converted over to video courses even at the colleges because it is best learned through demonstrating each action for many people.

[@SmarterArchitect]

I am launching a video course that will change the course of your Revit learning experience. I promise! Check back to learn more within the next week.

[@karolkubala8626]

thanks helpful vid

[@SmarterArchitect]

I have personally used the content on this channel to build a part of my career! Hope it is helpful for your journey too.

[@HellosudeepSingh]

great tutorial

[@AmiB00oo0oooXD]

amazing! thanks !!!!

[@nazeerahmed4649]

Thank you, helped a lot.

[@fredenam3141]

awesome video Sir

[@envirotechconstruction]

Thank you!

[@martinsahagunsiles3513]

Thank you so much, it is really helpfull

[@123nyanna]

Another Great tutorial! Thank you! I have noticed at the beginning of the video how the terrain is going all around the walls etc- just the way it should be but I have no idea how it works. If you have any videos about this please share :) With Best Regards, Eva

[@SmarterArchitect]

I am using the building pad tool at the lower floor elevation to accomplish that. Watch this tutorial of it for a demo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaXWm2iOh66DgtEm25s

[@123nyanna]

Thank you :)

[@kanikasharma1082]

Thank you so much !

[@SonuKumar-ul6zt]

thanks. very helpful

[@tomasoconnor6456]

Hi, I cant make it any bigger on sheet and also the section box wont go.

[@Donquijote007]

Thank you sr!

[@pynl3018]

Thanks for share this

[@benslimanehanifa2389]

thank you !!

[@MrCristos1968]

EXCELLENT!

[@sofeaaini98]

how do u export it out afterwards? u export as what file

[@nakulgote]

Thanks a lot! I had been looking for this. Next stop: how to use phasing in Revit.

[@SmarterArchitect]

Cool...I'll have to add phasing to the content here as well. I'm using it right now in several renovation projects in Revit. Hope you subscribed.

[@nakulgote]

Yes, I did! And yes, adding phasing in this video would make it way more informative. It's a feature that many don't know about. Even the ones' involved in renovation of spaces.

[@evyatarhazut8562]

Thank you

[@KalShaen]

You sound like Denzel Washington. MY Man!

[@SmarterArchitect]

LOL. If I could only act like him, this channel would have more movies on it.

[@shaivamuthaiya2015]

I did this but when I moved the section box for getting the view it doesn’t show me a perspective and it’s just blank ( there’s furniture inside ) . Wherever the section box cuts it’s a blank surface .

[@SmarterArchitect]

Sounds like you may need to adjust the depth of the section box

[@SuriKshitij]

when i render the section, the black walls revert to their original colour.. any suggestions?

[@imrankhattak8732]

KINDLY CHANGE THEM FROM WALL MATERIAL BCZ IN RENDERING THE RESULT IS COME FROM ASSIGNED MATERIAL.

[@studio22a34]

Hey, I tried making a section like this & when i exported to jpg or png the linework is very thick. I tried to scale the view port very high, set anti-aliasing and overirde the linework to be thin but the problem stilll happens... What can i do??

[@leonardosantamaria4651]

have you solved that problem?

[@ivonnedmonsalve5977]

thanks!

[@divyesh20]

Great !

[@glenn3646]

I'm new to revit and i realy want to learn it, I can draw a floorplan but i need aome help on section how do you put the foundation onder the ground? Like 1 meter then the concrete footing around

[@habenman]

bro awesome video! but fix the smoke detector in your room , it was chirping thought the whole tutorial hhahah

[@SmarterArchitect]

womp womp! LOL Just kidding. Thanks for watching...

[@kymtamimi]

thank u

[@darioduval.]

thanks you , but when i ve drag the Sectional Perspective View in the Sheet section it appear small on the Title Block :/

[@SmarterArchitect]

+MrNoeldario Change the scale of the view on the sheet.

[@Igotoschoolbybus813]

+SmarterArchitect Hi, i also got the same problem. Isnt only 2D drawing able to change the scale?

[@mohammedbinsahal4348]

Thanks for the awesome video. But I have a few important questions. How do you render in different visual styles i.e. hidden line? Also, I noticed that you final product is a PDF file, so how did you export from revit to PDF in hidden line style? for some reason, I don't have adobe PDF as an option when I go to export or print in revit.

[@SmarterArchitect]

If you render in the Autodesk cloud or on your desktop, then true rendering will use the graphic settings for realistic because it uses the materials setting. If you want another graphic look, then just print it to PDF. I personally use the Adobe PDF because it is included in my Adobe Creative Cloud package, however, I recommend downloading CutePDF Writer or PDF 995 as free printer drivers which both work with Revit. After you download the PDF drivers, it will show up on your print menu. Hope this helps!

[@shrutipillay2777]

My structure is at an angle so my cameras view is tilted causing the section box to be difficult to adjust. Any suggestions on what I could do about this?

[@shrutipillay2777]

Nevermind figured it out :)

[@tomasoconnor6456]

Very good though

[@AW4WAL]

You're gonna check this to show what "... shadows"?

[@valentinaverde5024]

how do you make the perspective bigger, I tried to follow your video and it's coming out very nice, but it's very small. :(

[@SmarterArchitect]

Once you select the border of the perspective view...There should be a button labeled size crop in the contextual ribbon on the right. Then re-size the perspective view.

[@louisfarquharson2841]

Hi as it is a 3D view you should also be able to render this right??

[@SmarterArchitect]

Absolutely! You can render it in the cloud or on the desktop version of Revit. I will demonstrate in the future as well. Thanks for watching

[@andresfelipecardonaacosta2752]

had 1k likes.

[@Jason52597]

How did you do the ground? Thanks

[@SmarterArchitect]

+Jason Lloyd I added topography to this project. There is a tutorial in my coming course for it as well. Tell me you're interested in the video course coming very soon!

[@laurarubio7425]

How i can export it?

[@SmarterArchitect]

Wow! We will go over it in our new office hours of the online Revit course!

[@abdullahrahmatyan4559]

Ich brauche das auf deutsch bitte.

[@SmarterArchitect]

Sorry...If I have this comment translated accurately, you are looking for this content in German and I cannot help on that one.

[@andidemiri23]

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