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cmgilman

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Is it possible to view certain elements in 2d while in a 3d view? Basically, I would like to generate an axonometric floor plan with walls in 3d and the plan itself in 2d. 

I tried exporting the floor plans and rendering separtely, and then combined them in photoshop, but it's slightly off ( I have attached the image). I think the only way to get this effect accurately would be to generate it directly in Revit. Is this possible?

Thanks for your help!

Caitlin

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shiva1507

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1. (Link the CAD Floor plan in the Floor level)

2. Build all walls.. in Revit... (Walls you need in 3d)

3. Go to 3D view....

4. Right click on View Cube..and click allin view and choose your plan level...

5. then use 3d orbit to align with what ever position.. or angle you want....

cheers...

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cmgilman

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Thank you for your help! Unfortunately though when I render the axon, the cad file gets ignored. Do you know if it's possible to have a CAD plan show up in the rendering?  I am thinking I will have to export them separately and then overlay and do some photoshop clean up, but if you can think of a more efficient method I would greatly appreciate it. 

Thanks again. 

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shiva1507

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if you managed to get to a point where you can see your 2 plan and also the 3d walls you can then use model lines to draw over the floor plan,

choose pick likes and pick all lines you got in floor plan, its quiet easy..

but choose model, iam not sure if the detail line would be vissible or not in the render,

other option is to make your plan as a JPEG, or tiff and use it as a material,

example create a flat slab at your floor level and make a material with your floof plan and apply it on the floor slab.

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Now, obviously this is a rough try to approximate what you are doing, with a project that's not well suited to it -- but I think it's close to what you're looking for. 

What you're seeing are two 3D views superimposed on a sheet.  the first 3D view is shading with edges, with interior walls and doors frozen off.  exterior walls and stairs extend all floors... The 2nd 3D view (and the order you place them matters) is a duplicated 3D view that has been clipped with a section box to be paper thin. --ALSO, wireframe.  You can align the views with the section box lines.  Since the views are duplicated, the N-S-E-W bounding boxes are the same.  Then, move the wireframe view up or down to its actual slice through the shaded model... it should be perfectly aligned.

For all intents and purposes, it is an isometric floor plan.  minus some 2D elements that typically do not show in 3D views, though, this could be modified in the families to show in 3D as well, like, door swings.  if you have a mind to go to this length for your view. 

There would be other ways of cleaning up how this looks, as well. 

Maybe this helps.  Good luck. 

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