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Chapter 1 • The Revit World
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Boxes
A box is an object selection method that will only select the items that are 100
percent inside the window being placed. This method is useful when you want
to select only specifi c items while passing through larger objects that you may
not want in the selection set. A box always starts from the left and works to the
right. The line type for a selection window is a continuous line (see Figure 1.23).
FIGURE 1.23 To select only objects that are surrounded by the window, select a box.
This will leave out any item that may only be partially within the box.
Now that you have experience selecting items, you can execute some basic modify
commands. Let’s begin with mirroring, one of the most popular modify commands.
Modifying and Mirroring
You will fi nd that Revit Architecture requires that you select items fi rst and then
execute a command. This is true for most action items, and is certainly true for
every command on the Modify toolbar.
1. Make sure only the two 16
′–0″ walls are selected.
2. Once the walls are selected, you will see the Modify Walls tab appear.
On the Modify panel, click the Mirror Draw Axis button, as shown in
Figure 1.24.
FIGURE 1.24 The Ribbon adds the appropriate commands.
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