Chapter 6

Visibility Controls

We all want control. A design document has a purpose, and how it is prepared either enables or hinders that purpose. Autodesk Revit Architecture has a collection of features and tools that are intended to provide the control you want in order to ensure that your documents fit their purpose. Some tools are exceedingly simple, and others are a bit complicated. Often, the more complicated a tool or feature is, the more granular the control you have becomes. This control not only helps define how well your documents tell their story, but unfortunately it also can create the need to be a very good detective when the plot of the story goes astray.

Chapter 2, “Views,” focused on how views work and what you can do with ...

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