The Revit users I meet know that once they place a camera in a plan view, a new 3D perspective camera view is automatically created. They also are aware that they can tweak the camera view by using their View Cube, their middle-mouse button, or the Shift button and middle-mouse button combination to obtain a more satisfactory perspective.
However, when users navigate back to their plan view to reposition or adjust the properties of their camera, target, or field-of-view they are disappointed to find the objects used to create their 3D perspective camera view are no longer visible.
The solution is a bit obscure, but quick and easy:
- In the Project Browser, right-click your 3D perspective camera view name.
- Click “Show Camera.”
Not only are the camera, target, and field-of-view objects now visible and selected for editing in the plan view where they were originally placed, they are also visible and selected in any other views where the camera objects are visible such as elevations, sections or 3D views.
Frustration Reduction Suggestion: Just like any other selection, the selected camera objects are automatically deselected if you left-click in any view. Deselect the camera objects and they will disappear once again. But now at least you know how to get them back.
