Revit View Tabs will not let you pull them to a second monitor

Paul Sills

With Revit the ability to pull a view tab out and pull it to another monitor there are some machine settings that are causing some users the inability to use this feature.

Solution:

Update your video card. How to update your video card.
Try turning on/off hardware acceleration and Smooth lines with anti-aliasing. Here is a blog on how to access the hardware/graphics within Revit.
Delete as much as you can from the temp folder located here: C:\Users\your user profile folder\AppData\Local\Temp. If something will not let you delete it click Skip.
- *ProgramData and AppData are hidden folders. Here is Microsoft's steps on how to show hidden folders: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14201/windows-show-hidden-files
Verify your windows registry setting for DragHeight and DragWidth located in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop are set to the value of 4. Make sure to reboot your machine so the changes gets updated.
If you have two video cards go into the bios and disable the onboard graphics card. This should be done by your IT.

About the Author

Sr. Support Specialist<br><br>Paul is responsible for client technical support as well as the set-up and configuring of plotters; support and service calls; and the installation, demonstration, and education of clients in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP, AutoCAD P&ID, Advance Steel, Navisworks, Raster Design, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Revit Structure and 3D Studio MAX. He draws upon his years of experience as a technical engineer to assist customers in the creation and implementation of standards, the set-up of plotter and pen styles and the creation of custom blocks.
Follow on Linkedin More Content by Paul Sills

Previous Video

Land Desktop Points to Civil 3D points

In this Video we share how to convert old Land Desktop Points to Civil 3D points. Once converted the point...

BIM 360 - Unable to download folders from Plans folder

This behavior is working as designed. Only the Project Files folders can be downloaded as a ZIP file.

Need tech support? Let us help!

Learn More

Return to Resources

Welcome to our Hub

Revit View Tabs will not let you pull them to a second monitor

About the Author

Previous Video

Next Article

Solutions Beyond Software™

Revit View Tabs will not let you pull them to a second monitor

About the Author

Previous Video

Next Article

Related Content

Learn how extending Autodesk Vault with Fusion Manage empowers manufacturers to connect data, people, and processes across the enterprise - not just your engineering team.

AI helps construction teams cut delays, boost safety, control costs, support sustainability, and improve collaboration with actionable insights that drive results today.

The Leica BLK ARC backpack delivers hands-free, autonomous 3D scanning for fast, safe, and accurate site data capture.

Explore how the Leica BLK ARC backpack enables autonomous 3D scanning to boost safety, efficiency, and access across industries.

Discover five Civil 3D and AutoCAD tasks you can automate with IMAGINiT Clarity to save time, improve model health, and deliver projects more efficiently.

Discover how Clarity Cloud helps BIM teams automate Revit tasks, improve collaboration, and eliminate server management, boosting efficiency and project delivery.

With projects created and accessed from Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), Plant 3D creates a cache version of the project under each user’s user folder.

Issue: Adding image logo to title block causes 3rd party link. Causes: 3rd Party link require image to be added as a separate file to the Vault.

Discover how the Leica BLK ARC is transforming manufacturing facilities with autonomous scanning.

Need to organize components in the browser to easily suppress multiple items within Autodesk Inventor. Here's what you need to know and do.

After changing the debug.log file's path in LMTools and saving the service, you get this error message. Here's what you need to know and do.

For retail owners, Autodesk Construction Cloud with Pulse integration and IMAGINiT’s customization centralizes project data to boost consistency, efficiency, and store performance.

Retail owners can speed up multi-site rollouts while protecting brand quality with Autodesk Construction Cloud, Pulse migration, and IMAGINiT’s customization expertise.

If you need to push out an Autodesk update via PDQ Connect, here's what you need to know and do.

For real estate owners, Autodesk Construction Cloud transforms project data into a strategic asset that drives better builds, stronger portfolios, and reduced risk.

Real estate owners can streamline projects, cut costs, and simplify handovers with Autodesk Construction Cloud and IMAGINiT’s expertise.

Learn how simulation empowers manufacturers to de-risk decisions by virtually testing workflows, resources, and layouts—enabling confident, data-driven operational moves.

In Archibus, you can apply a filter in Smart Client and highlight the corresponding records in an AutoCAD drawing.

AutoCAD 2026: Image rotations in 2025 are correctly aligned, whereas in 2026, they exhibit misalignment.

Solutions Beyond Software™