by Garry Stockton
Whether new to Revit, or an experienced user, we can often forget some of the basic things when using Revit every day. Here is Part One of our recommendations.
General
- Ensure you install the latest Revit updates and service packs (go to Manage Account for updates and extensions).
- Use arrow keys to move objects a little bit or SHIFT+Arrow Keys to move a lot (in Snaps for example you can also reduce the Length Dimension Snaps Increments).
- Hide unreferenced view tags – check box in the print settings.
- Name all your reference planes and then you can select them as a work plane to draw on.
- Restart Revit over your lunch break or long meeting to reset cache.
- When working on two screens, you can manually stretch the Revit space across both monitors by grabbing the window borders.
Interface
- Switch off Volume Calculations until exports are required.
- To quickly copy elements – drag them while holding down the Ctrl key.
- If the part of the drawing that you worked on disappears, press F8 – rewind to the lost view.
- Pin an element to keep it from moving around.
- Zoom into the area you are working on. This will reduce display calculations.
- Minimise the number of levels within models and omit levels not that are not used.
- If a command freezes for a long time, or you made a mistake with it, you can press Esc many times, the window “Stop this operation?” – Yes.
Shortcuts
- Configure the Revit keyboard shortcuts or download from Cadline Community Portal.
Import/Export
- Export rendered images to the hard drive instead of capturing them inside the project.
- Import high resolution images into a separate ‘Images’ .rvt file.
Tips-n- tricks
- If there is no need to make 3D furniture, make it in 2D – this way you will facilitate the work with the model.
- When it is strictly required to make 3D furniture, place it in a separate linked file.
- Create your own 3D view for each level using the 3D View Borders tool. This will facilitate your presentation of the 3D model.