Why can’t I select a scope box in Revit?

Why is scope box greyed out Revit?

There are some situations where the Scope Box property of a view is greyed out – so you cannot assign a Scope Box to the view. The answer may be to do with the Crop Boundary – and it may not be obvious, especially if the crop boundary is hidden.

How do you activate a scope box in Revit?

Create a Scope Box

1. In a plan view, click View tab Create panel (Scope Box).
2. On the Options Bar, enter a name and specify a height for the scope box, if desired. …
3. To draw a scope box, click in the upper left-hand corner to start the box.

How do I choose a scope box?

Set the Views Visible Property for a Scope Box

1. Open a view in which you can see the scope box.
2. Select the scope box.
3. On the Properties palette, for the Views Visible property, click Edit. …
4. Locate the appropriate view row (for example, South Elevation), and find its value in the Override column. …
5. Click OK.

How do you reset a scope box in Revit?

10- RESET 2D EXTENTS TO GO BACK TO DEFAULT



Select the Datum element and use the right-click menu. Click on Reset to 3D Extents. The grid 2D extents will go back to the initial position after you first assigned the Scope Box.

How do you change the crop region in Revit?

Edit a Crop Region

1. In a plan, elevation, or section view, select a crop region and click Edit Modify | tab Mode panel Edit Crop.
2. Use the tools on the Modify and Draw panels to edit the crop region as needed. …
3. When you are finished, click Finish Edit Mode.

How do you copy a scope box in Revit?

To copy all the Scope Boxes between project files you can follow these steps:

1. Set Display to “Entire Project”
2. Set Filter to
3. Select all Scope Boxes to be copied. …
4. From Revit’s Modify tab, select the Copy to Clipboard tool.
5. Open the new file.

Where is section box in Revit?

To display the section box, in the Properties palette for a 3D view, select Section Box. When a section box is first displayed, the extents of the visible geometry are used to define the extents of the section box. Select the section box and use the grip controls to resize the extents.

How do you edit a section box in Revit?

In Revit®, the ‘Section Box’ command is used to clip the viewable portion of a 3D view. You can activate it simply by checking the Section Box entry in Properties – Extents. After enabling the section box, you can modify its extents using ‘drag’ controls in the 3D view.

How do I delete an unused scope box in Revit?

Just Click Delete Unused to delete all unused Scope Boxes – those which are not used by any views, levels, grids, or reference planes. If you would like to select exactly which Scope Boxes to delete instead of all unused you may also check the box before each Scope Box and use the Delete Checked button.

How do I turn off a section box in Revit?

Click View tab Graphics panel (Visibility/Graphics). In the Visibility/Graphics dialog, click the Annotation Categories tab. Clear the check box for Section Boxes, and click OK to hide the section box extents in the view.

What is scope box in Revit?

The Scope Box object is a 3D Element that defines a three-dimensional box that you can then use to set the Extents of your Datum Elements or your View Extents. So, the Datum Elements include: Levels, Grids, and Reference Planes. So we can use the Scope Box to size each of those Elements.