Overview

Get to know Revit s basic commands, tools, and techniques. The faster you learn to work with the interface, the more productive you ll become. The more you use Revit, the more you ll find that certain commands are better suited for certain tasks. For example, you ll develop a sense of when to copy and paste an element and when to move it; and when to use the spacebar instead of the Rotate tool.

There are also some tools that are less obvious, but that you should still get acquainted with, such as the Join Geometry tools and the Split Face and Paint tools. These tools will help you produce the drawings you need with the added value of being intelligent and parametric.

In this chapter, you ll learn how to take advantage of Revit selection and editing features and learn a few new tips and tricks along the way.

In this chapter, you learn how to do the following:

• Select, change, and replace elements

• Edit elements interactively

• Use other useful tools

Selecting, Changing, and Replacing Elements

Knowing how to select, change, and replace elements of a Revit building model is fundamental to working with the software. These basic interface operations are the building blocks that you ll use throughout the process of making edits to your model.