Revit Tips n Tricks – Rev A

by Garry Stockton

Drag to Copy

Hold down the Ctrl key and drag a component to make a copy of it.

Key it in

If you delete the Project Browser or the Properties palettes, get them back easily with the following:

• Properties – type PP
• Project Browser – right click in space and select project Browser.

If custom key-ins made you faster in AutoCAD, consider using the same ones in Revit.  Here are some classic AutoCAD commands and the Revit commands that go with them.

• (Break) Split Element  - SL
• (Copy) Copy - CC
• (Erase) Delete - DE
• (Fillet)                        Trim/Extend - TR
• (Match Properties) Match Type Properties - MA
• (Move) Move - MV
• (Line) Detail Line - DL
• (Mirror) Mirror - MM
• (Offset) Offset - OF
• (Quick Save) Synchronize – CTRL+S
• (Trim) Trim/Extend - TR