Scope Boxes are a very powerful, but underutilized tool inside Revit. When starting a project there are a lot of things that should be 'set up' within the Revit file including Project Location, True North and Project North. If done correctly at the beginning of the project, you will never need to adjust these settings again. Scope boxes can come in very handy when it's time to set up layouts to eventually be placed on sheets. Scope Boxes can also be used if your building isn't completely oriented along a linear axis or will have to be divided to fit onto sheets, contains Wings, or is multiple floors and you need each floor plan to be Exactly like every other floor.
Scope Boxes can be found under View|Create. You will only have to draw a scope box once for it to be applicable. A Scope box has grips on all 4 edges (in plan) but also has elevation grips, so you will need to drag all of these to enclose the portion of the building that you wish for it to show. You can also rotate the Scope box so it becomes orthogonal to your view. In the properties of the box is the ability to name it. Give it a distinctive name that you will be able to recognize later.
After creating dependent views of your floor plan, you can assign the Scope Box parameter (under extents) to one of the names of a box you just defined. You will notice how the plan will now adjust and orient itself in relation to the scope box, not the true north of your plan.
