Mastering Revit Architecture 2010 - Ch. 3 Know Your Editing Tools - Editing Elements Interactively:Move Tool

Mastering Revit Architecture 2010 - Ch. 3 Know Your Editing Tools - Editing Elements Interactively: Move Tool

"...range of options to interactively edit elements in the model. The most obvious is to select elements to drag around the screen or use the blue control grips to extend walls and lines. ...you often need more precise ways of moving and positioning things..."

"Moving Elements - ...several ways to move elements, ranging from traditional tools to intelligent

dimensions that appear on the fly when you select elements."

"Temporary Dimensions - when elements are selected, dimensions appear. ...called temporary dimensions ...both inform you of the location of the elements relative to other elements in the model and help you reposition the elements. Clicking the blue dimension value makes it an active, editable value. ...If a temporary dimension isn’t referencing a meaningful element, you can choose a different reference by dragging the small blue square attached to the dimension witness line to a new parallel reference."

"If you click a blue grip, it cycles to the next possible reference in the element."

"To change which references temporary dimensions go to first, use the Temporary Dimension

Properties dialog box ...Manage tab, Settings, Temporary Dimensions"

"If...many elements selected at the same time, temporary dimensions sometimes don’t appear. Check the Options bar for the Activate Dimensions button; clicking it will make the temporary dimensions appear in the view."

"Using the Move tool

"...to move elements precise distances by typing in values or using the temporary dimensions as helpers. Once you have selected an element, the Move tool will be enabled. Moving elements is a two-click process: first you define a start point, and then you click to define an endpoint."

"a few options on the Options bar to be aware of when the Move command is active."

1. "Constrain - When...selected, it constrains movements to horizontal and vertical directions. Deselecting it gives you free movement if the element is freestanding. Hosted elements such as windows and doors always move in a constrained manner parallel to their host axis."

2. "Disjoin - Hosted elements such as windows and doors can’t change host and move to another host without explicitly being disjoined from their host. This option lets you disconnect inserts from their host and move them to new hosts."

(I find using the "Pick Host" option to be more reliable)

3. "Copy - ...lets you make a copy of the element without moving the original element. In the strictest sense, this isn’t really a move operation but a shortcut to making a copy."

4. "Multiple - ...selectable only after you pick the Copy option, lets you make multiple copies of the selected element."

5.13.10 6:40pm-7:15pm = 35mns

Mastering Revit Architecture 2010 - Ch. 3 Know Your Editing Tools - Create Similar

Mastering Revit Architecture 2010 - Ch. 3 Know Your Editing Tools - Create Similar

"Rather than hunting through a list of families or making copies using copy and paste, try using the Create Similar tool to add new instances of an element to your model. ...available in the Create panel of the Modify tab when an element is selected. ...also access the tool from the right-click menu. To use this tool, think about the type of element you need to make, and select an instance of it. Then, click the Create Similar tool, and you’ll immediately be put into placement–creation mode. If you use this tool later to create a similar floor or roof (or any other sketch-based element), you’re taken directly into sketch mode, where you can start sketching your new element."

5.13.10 6:10pm-6:20pm = 10mns

Mastering Revit Architecture 2010 - Ch. 3 Know Your Editing Tools - Copying and Pasting

Mastering Revit Architecture 2010 - Ch. 3 Know Your Editing Tools - Copying and Pasting

"...copy and paste interaction (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V)."

"To copy any element to the clipboard, select it and press Ctrl+C."

"To paste, press Ctrl+V. ...majority of cases, Revit pastes the elements with a dashed bounding box around them. You then determine where to place the elements by clicking a point to define its position of placement. In the Options bar you will find an option called Constrain that when checked will only let you define the location of the copied element relative to the main constrain directions of the original element."

"Paste Aligned - ...you can paste... into other views with a variety of options. This allows you to quickly duplicate elements from one view to another...while maintaining a consistent location in the X–Y coordinate plane. After selecting elements and copying them to the clipboard using either Ctrl+C or the Copy button in the Clipboard Panel of the Modify tab, choose Edit  Paste Aligned from the main menu..."

"Five options are available. Depending on the view from which you copy and what elements

you copy, the availability of these options will change."

1. "Select Levels - This is a mode you can use to copy and paste elements between different levels. ...select the elements and choose this option, you choose levels from a list in a dialog box, and you can paste to multiple levels at once. ...X–Y position of the selected elements is maintained..."

2. "Select Views - ...allows you to copy elements to other views by selecting views from a list of views in a dialog box. In the list available for selection, you don’t see levels listed but rather a list of parallel views. For example, if elements are copied from a plan view, all other plan views are listed. Likewise, if you copy from an elevation view, only elevation views appear as possible views to paste into."

3. "Current View - ...pastes the elements from the clipboard into the currently active view, in the same relative spatial location. For example, if you copy a series of walls in one view, switch to another view in the Project Browser, and choose Current View, Revit pastes the walls into exactly the same X–Y locations in the new view you switched to."

4. "Same Place - ...places an element from the clipboard in the exact same place from which it was copied or cut. One use for this tool is copying elements into a design option"

5. "Pick Level Graphics - ...use to copy and paste elements between different floors. Once you select the elements and choose this option, you’re placed into a pick mode where you can select a level in section or elevation. You must be in an elevation or section view to have this option available. The level you select determines the Z location of the paste and preserves the X–Y location."

5.13.10 5:50pm-6:10pm = 20mns