Exploded 3D View
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More explanatory and beautiful project presentations with the exploded 3D view!
This feature was introduced in the 2014 version of Revit, and it allows you to create schematic drawings of the project that visually demonstrate the relationship between elements in a way that is quite common, yet, until then, rarely used in digital models. This is done in 3D views, including perspectives. The content of this article was taken from the book Revit step by step - volume I, from which you can download a free sample with more tips here!how to create the offsets to make the exploded view
Go to the view where the exploded elements will be visualized (duplicate the 3D view if necessary). Select one or more elements that you want to displace.
figure 02 - selection of multiple objects
Go to the Modify tab; in the Views panel, click Displace Elements.
figure 01 - displace tool
Use the 3D control to position the element(s).
figure 03 - moving the selected objects
How to show the connection between the displaced elements
Select one or more displaced elements and go to the Modify|Displacement Set tab; in the Displacement Set panel, click the Path button.
figure 04 - selecting the path tool
Click on the part of the element whose original position you want to indicate. Revit will draw a dashed line to show this. It will be drawn from the vertex closest to where you clicked to the initial position of that same vertex.
figure 05 - creation of the connecting paths
Done! Now you know how to create an exploded 3D view in Revit in an easy and quick way, to improve your presentations both for clients and for project construction. If you liked our tip, leave your comment, it is very important for us to learn about your questions and create new articles!
However, before you go, here's an article on how to configure the real location of the project, which will bring your project the possibility of real sunlight studies, as well as more accuracy when you need to make renders!
