Revit's (Hidden-ish) Focal Length Tool for 3D Views

Today's post will cover changing the camera's Focal Length in a 3D view within Revit. This command is a little hard to find. Plus, a tip on making the camera visible in a plan view after initial creation.

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The Focal Length tool is essential a zoom for the camera lens... where the camera does not move. The image above shows where I started, for this demo (click to enlarge images in this post).

To change the Focal Length, start the Steering Wheel tool, and then click the down-arrow in the lower right (click #1). This menu has the Increase/Decrease Focal Length tool (click #2). Once this tool is started, simply drag up or down (vertically) to adjust the focal length. The next two images show an increase and a decrease of the focal length on this 3D view.

One last tip... in a plan view, if you right-click on the camera view in the project browser, you have an option to Show Camera. Once visible, the camera can be selected and moved or rotated.

Related Revit Help page: SteeringWheels: Wheel Menu

Have some related tips, please share in the comments section below.

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