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Chapter 1 • The Revit World
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bar is for that view only. When you went to Level 2 for the first time,
that change has not been made yet.
4. In the view window, you will see little icons that look like houses (see
Figure 1.47). These are elevation markers. The elevation marker to
the right might be in your building. If this is the case, you need to
move it out of the way.
5. Pick a box around the elevation marker. Once both the small triangle
and the small box are selected, move your mouse over the selected
objects.
6. Your cursor will turn into a move icon. Pick a point on the screen and
move the elevation marker out of the way.
FIGURE 1.47: Elevation markers are shown in plan as these symbols. If
you are to move them, it must be done by picking a window. There are two actual
items in an elevation marker.
WarNiNg Hey! What happened to my elevation? You are in Revit
now. Items such as elevation markers, section markers, and callouts are no
longer just “dumb” blocks. They are linked to the actual view they are calling
out. If you delete one of these markers, you will delete the view associated
with it. If it is a view that you and your design team has been working on,
you lost that view. Also, if you move an item it needs to be done deliberately
and with caution. This elevation marker you moved has two parts. The little
triangle is actually the elevation. The little box is the part of the marker that
records the sheet number the elevation will wind up on. If you do not move
both items by placing a window around them, it will leave the elevation’s
origin where it was. Once this happens, your elevation will look like a sec-
tion, and it will be hard to determine what happened.
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