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Chapter 1 • The Revit World
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Now that you are starting to see how the ribbons and the tabs flow together,
let’s take a look at another feature within the Ribbon panels that allows you to
reach beyond the immediate Revit interface.
The Change Element Type Menu
When you pick the wall button, an entirely new set of commands appears. What
you will immediately notice is that there is a picture of the item you are placing
in the model (in this case it’s a wall). Below that picture is a menu that says
“Change Element Type.” Once you click this menu, you will see that there is an
entire list of additional walls to choose from, as shown in Figure 1.9.
FIGURE 1.9 The Change Element Type Menu
The objective of the next exercise is to start placing walls into the model:
1. Open Revit Architecture using the default template.
2. On the Home tab, click the Wall button.
3. In the Change Element Type menu, select Exterior - Brick and CMU
on MTL. Stud.
4. On the far left side of the Element panel is the Element Properties
button, shown in Figure 1.10. Click this button.
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