2:1 scale ?

[mbalsom]

Is there any way to go beyond 1:1 scale ? eg 2:1, 5:1 etc. mainly for drafting view printing.

Thanks

[Phil Read]

Nope. Revit doesn't allow scales greater than 1:1.

[mbalsom]

Thanks Phil, didn't want to hear that. Looks like back into Acad,oh no !!!

[patricks]

What are you detailing that requires the scale to be that big? Surely not any building details. Larger-than-life scales seem (at least to me) to be more suited to detailing objects for manufacturing, and Revit really isn't the program for that.

[Joef]

Surely the world of architecture sometimes has small details that need to be drawn. Dismissing this as un-Revit is ignoring the fact that REvit is also used for Structure and MEP. It is a limitation of the software, not the user.

[patricks]

I'm still not sure what building components would need detailing at twice life size or larger.

[Kevin Janik]

Sometimes transitions from carpet to tile or other materials need to be drawn larger that life to be clear since the items are so small. I have created a whole group of details for that purpose before and a condo job.

Kevin

[mbalsom]

At the moment I'm doing museum design and fitouts, right down to workshop details for display showcases and display cabinets. I find revit realy good at the concept design stage of these types of jobs and then follow through to layout and workshop detail. At workshop detail I work with thin verneers to build displays mainly 5mm laminated ply's and 1mm finishes of anodized aluminium. hence the need for such small detail.