CHAPTER 4Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools

You can get only so far when allowing a computer application to place architectural components into a model. At some point, the application needs to be flexible enough to enable users to employ their own sets of drafting and modifying tools, thus providing architects and designers with the freedom to create their own architecture and construction procedures. The Autodesk® Revit® program does provide the basic modify and edit commands, which are quite common in other drafting applications such as Autodesk® AutoCAD® software and MicroStation, but Revit does this with a little more flair and some differences in procedure as compared to a 2D drafting application.

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