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Chapter 1 • The Revit World
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tip When you change the view control in a view, it is not a temporary
display. You are telling Revit how you want to plot this view. If you see it on
the screen, you will see it when it comes out of the plotter.
There are other items on the View Control bar, but we’ll discuss them when
they become applicable to the exercises.
The View Tab
Since Revit is one big happy model, you will quickly find that simply viewing
the model will become quite important. Within Revit, there is some functionality
that you can take advantage of in the form of the Navigation bar. To activate the
Navigation bar, first go to the view tab, then click the User Interface button. Make
sure the Navigation bar is activated, as shown in Figure 1.36.
One item we need to look at on the Navigation bar is the steering wheel.
FIGURE 1.36: The View tab produces the Navigation bar.
The Steering Wheel
The steering wheel, allows you to zoom, rewind, and pan. When you pick the
steering wheel icon, a larger control “panel” will appear in the view window. To
choose one of the options, you simply pick (left-click) one of the options, and
hold the pick button as you execute the maneuver.
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