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Ctrl + O
What is the keyboard shortcut for open?
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This round handle is used to drag the extend of the Grid.
What is Modify the grid by dragging the model end?
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Instead of dragging the handle for this it is preferred, that each time you click this, it will shift to a new reference point in the Wall. It will cycle from inside to center to outside and then back again.
What is the Witness Line handle.
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Revit includes two types of columns. One that provides the location and finished dimensions (including column wrap, furring, finishes, etc.) and the second is responsible for supporting building loads typically without any enclosure or finish.
What is Architectural and Stuctural columns?
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Column Grid lines are datums that establish these.
What is Column Grid Intersections?
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GR
What is the keyboard shortcut for GRid?
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Use this control to hide or show the Grid Bubble at either end of the Grid line.
What is Hide/Show Bubble?
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A new enhancement to REVIT 2011 that allows you to overlay a grid on top of a sheet titleblock and use it to align similar views across multiple sheets.
What is the "Guide Grid" feature?
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When you are unhappy with the way Walls clean up, you can use this tool to edit them.
What is Wall Joins tool?
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Column Grid lines share many features with Levels and appear automatically in ______ views.
What is orthographic?
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SL
What Split Element?
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This small handle creates an elbow in the Grid line.
What is Add Elbow?
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It is not necessary to select one element first. You can simply do this on one element and then right-click to select all instances.
What is pre-highlight?
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The easiest way to create a floors by using the existing these that bound it. Be sure to click on the inside edges. If you accidentally create sketch lines to the outside edge, use the Flip command at the middle of the sketch line to flip the sketch to the inside.
What is Walls?
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For complete Structural tools including interface with analysis packages, you should look into this application.
What is REVIT Structure?
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ZR
What is Zoom Region?
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When 3D Extents are enabled, editing the extent of the Level line in one view affects all views in which the Level appears (and is also set to 3D extents) and literally changes the extent of the virtual plane representing the Level, and affects all views. If you toggle this to 2D extents, dragging the extent of the Level line affects only graphical representation in the current view.
What is the 2D/3D Extents Toggle?
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Using Ctrl + C (Copy to Clipboard) of a floor that has been created you can Paste (Ctrl + V) and choose this tool to assign the copied floor to a specific Level.
What is Aligned to Selected Levels?
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Anytime you have repetitive (or typical) portion of a building design-such as a typical Stair, Toilet Room, or Framing Layout and the like, you can use this to manage them.
What is Groups?
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You can create Framing Layouts using _____ and _____.
What is Beams and Braces?
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CS
What is Create Similar tool keyboard shortcut?
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A padlock icon used to constrain the length and extents of one Grid line to the others nearby. This is usefull to keep all of your Grid lines lined up with one another.
What is Length and Alignment Constraint?
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If you adjust the View Range you must adjust the View Depth Settings if you wish to modify the default continuous lines to hidden. The category where the line pattern must be changed in you Line Styles is this.
What is ?
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You can create two types of footings in REVIT. One that is very easy to add and is associated with the wall, and two that is a Component Family that can be inserted anywhere a Footing is required, such as a pier footing, pile, cap, etc.
What is Wall Foundation and Isolated Fundation?
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Floor Slabs can be created from ______ Walls?
What is bounding?
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