View Reference and Camera Location

We still have no annotation for camera or 3D views like we have for sections, elevations and callouts. With the introduction of View References as associated with the Matchline tool and their subsequent expansion in later releases we don't have to wait. We can make our own. It won't be precisely associated with the camera or its orientation. It will be up to us to make them reasonably close. Here's a quick example.

If we can do this for a camera view I hope this makes you realize that you could use the same technical to create other view annotation that isn't tied inherently to the view like sections, elevations and callout graphics currently are. It would be a little redundant but for example structural engineers often like to point to column details like this. If I create an enlarged detail of a column I can use a View Reference to provide the graphic look they want.

Something to consider.

If you'd like to reverse engineer these examples: CAMERA Ref and COLUMN Ref.

Where is the Camera?

I posted THIS proposal in the past but I didn't mention how you can see the camera in a view now.

Open the view you would like to see the camera in
In the Project Browser hover your cursor over the camera view name
Right Click > Choose Show Camera

Now the camera is visible. This permits repositioning the camera directly.

Proposal - Camera View Annotation

When a Camera view is created there is no built-in intentional way to show our readers where the camera is located. With Revit (and 3D design in general) more and more camera views are used to explain/document our work.

I believe there should be something like we have for sections,elevations & call-outs. and I know I'm not alone. Camera views should have annotation generated in the same way that other views in Revit do. They should appear in plan views in my opinion but an argument could be made for them showing up in elevation and section views too.

In the meantime we CAN continue to create an Annotation Symbol family that we can place and then enter detail and sheet location information...yeah, "old school"...

It could be sooo much better...