How to place your Revit drawing on a sheet for printing?
Short Answer
To place your revit drawing on a sheet for printing, create or open a sheet, then drag the view from the Project Browser onto it using the Sheet workflow. This is the most common professional method in Autodesk Revit for plotted documentation. Limitation: perspective views and some schedules have placement rules.
What You Need to Know Before
Warning: A view may appear correctly on a sheet but still print wrong if its crop region, scale, or title visibility is not set first. A very common failure is placing a dependent view or oversized view that does not fit the selected title block.
How to Place a Revit Drawing on a Sheet for Printing
Command: Sheet
Shortcut: NS
Quick Steps:
- On the View tab, in the Sheet Composition panel, click Sheet, then choose your title block.
- In the Project Browser, expand Views or Schedules, then drag the required drawing view onto the sheet.
- Click the placed viewport to position it, and in the Properties palette confirm settings like view scale, Crop View, or Show Title as needed.
Variables & Settings
Key Setting: Show Title in the viewport properties
Expert Setting: This controls whether the viewport title appears under the drawing on the sheet. Turn it off for clean presentation details, but keep it on for contract documentation where view identification is required.
Why it Fails
- Cause 1 (Geometry): The view crop region or annotation crop is too large, so the viewport extends beyond the printable sheet area.
- Cause 2 (layers/Locks): The placed viewport may be pinned, preventing repositioning, or the title block family has limited usable layout space.
- Cause 3 (Command/Logic): A view already placed on another sheet usually cannot be placed again unless it is a legend or schedule that supports multiple placements.
Quick Fix & Best Practice
- Quick Fix: Edit the view first and enable Crop View, adjust the crop boundary, then place it again on the sheet with Sheet.
- Manager’s Verdict: Use sheets only after view scale, crop, and annotation visibility are finalized; otherwise teams waste time re-centering viewports and correcting print layouts.
FAQ
Can I place the same revit view on multiple sheets?
Usually no, except for legends and certain schedules.
Why can’t I drag a view onto a sheet?
It may already be placed on another sheet or be an unsupported view type.
How do I move a drawing neatly on a sheet?
Select the viewport and drag it, or use alignment guides for accurate positioning.
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