Workplane Viewer Tips

The Workplane Viewer, new to the project environment in Revit 2012, can be a very helpful tool.  Here are some things you might not know about it:

1. To turn it on: In the Work Plane panel of the Home tab, click the Viewer button.
2. The Workplane Viewer is 3D, and its Home position is always oriented perpendicular to the current workplane of the active view.
3. All elements hosted on the current workplane are selectable and editable—unhosted elements are shown grayed-out and are unselectable in the Viewer.
4. The Viewer doesn’t tile with other views, and therefore can be used as a second window into your model.  Some users find it helpful to drag it onto a second monitor.
5. The Workplane Viewer can be a quick way to isolate a specific floor plan, as it creates a Section Box in relation to the current workplane. For example, if you are in a Level 1 Floor Plan view and you enable the Workplane Viewer, you can orbit the Workplane Viewer ( with the View Cube, by using Shift-MiddleMouseButton, or a 3Dconnexion device ) and see your model cut specifically to your Level 1 geometry.