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Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013
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Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013

by Phil Read, James Vandezande, Eddy Krygiel
July 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1138 pages
33h 50m
English
Wiley
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Chapter 3

The Basics of the Toolbox

The road to mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software will always include reinforcement of fundamental skills. Just as an accomplished musician will practice her scales, we will “practice” by reviewing the fundamental selection and editing tools throughout the Revit Architecture program. There are many tools in Revit software that can assist you in refining your models and project designs. Some are simple geometry editing functions, whereas others possess more powerful capabilities. In this chapter, we'll review these tools and provide some exercises for you to remain productive.

In this chapter, you'll learn to:

  • Select, modify, and replace elements
  • Edit elements interactively
  • Use other editing tools

Selecting, Modifying, and Replacing Elements

Knowing how to efficiently select, modify, and replace elements is fundamental to working productively in Revit software. These interface operations are the foundation on which you will build skills to create and edit your project models. In the following sections, we will review methods for selecting, filtering, and modifying properties.

Selecting Elements

Revit was one of the first programs that had the ability to highlight elements as you hovered the mouse pointer over them before actually clicking to select. Not only does this give you a clear idea of what you are about to select, it displays information about that object in the status bar and in a banner near the mouse pointer. When you hover ...

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