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Chapter 1 • The Revit World
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FIGURE 1.18 The view window collects the results of your actions.
To continue placing some walls in the model, keep going with the exercise.
(If you have not been following along, you can start by clicking the Wall button
on the Home tab. In the Properties dialog box, select Exterior - Brick and CMU
on MTL.Stud. Make sure that the wall is justifi ed to the fi nish face exterior.) You
may now proceed:
1. With the Wall command still running and the correct wall type
selected, position your cursor in a similar location to the illustration
in Figure 1.19. Now, pick a point in the view window.
2. With the fi rst point picked, move your cursor to the left. Notice that a
two things happen: the wall seems to snap in a horizontal plane, and
a blue dashed line apparently locks the horizontal position. In Revit,
there is no “Ortho.” Revit will align the typical compass increments
to 0, 90, 180, 270, and 45 degrees.
3. Also notice the blue dimension extending from the fi rst point to the
last point. Although dimensions cannot be typed over, this type of
dimension is a temporary dimension for you to use as you place items.
Type 100, and press the Enter key. (Notice you did not need to type the
foot mark (
′). Revit thinks in terms of feet. The wall is now 100′ long
(see Figure 1.19).
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