What does a Scope Box do in Revit?

Scope boxes are used to control the extents of elements like grids, levels and reference planes. Each of these elements can be assigned to a specific scope box, limiting the 3D extents to the dashed green line limit.

Where are scope boxes in Revit?

On the Properties palette, for the Views Visible property, click Edit. The Scope Box Views Visible dialog lists all the view types and view names in the project. It shows in which views the scope box is visible. Revit calculates the visibility of the scope box when you create it and subsequently change its extents.

How do you manage a scope box in Revit?

In a plan view, click View tab Create panel (Scope Box). On the Options Bar, enter a name and specify a height for the scope box, if desired. Tip: You can also change the name of the scope box after creating it. Select the scope box, and on the Properties palette, enter a value for the Name property.

Why is scope box greyed out Revit?

The reason for this weird behaviour is simple: it turned out that Scope Box parameter becomes read-only if you modify the Crop Cregion sketch. Since the Revit Scope Box is a cube, it can’t be applied to those views that have non-rectangular Crop Region!

How do you hide a scope box in Revit?

In the drawing area, select the scope box you want to hide, and do either of the following:

1. Click Modify | Scope Boxes tab View panel Hide in View drop-down (Hide Elements).
2. Right-click a scope box, and click Hide in view Elements.

How do I delete a scope box in Revit?

@vic1z hello, to ‘purge’ scope boxes is to open a 3D view and use isolate the Scope Box object category in the view (it’s under Annotation Categories. then you’ll be able to select and delete them from there.