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The Revit Architecture Interface
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3. Your cursor will change to a crosshair with the mirror icon illustrating
that you are ready to draw a mirror plane, as shown in Figure 1.25.
FIGURE 1.25 There are options you must choose for every command in Revit.
4. Make sure the Copy checkbox is selected (see Figure 1.25).
5. Hover your cursor over the inside face of the 80 ′ –0 ″ -long vertical wall
until you get reach the midpoint. Revit will display a triangular icon,
indicating that you have found the midpoint of the wall (see Figure 1.26).
FIGURE 1.26 Revit has snaps similar to most CAD applications. In Revit, you
will only get snaps if you choose the draw icon from the Options bar during a command.
6. When the triangular midpoint snap appears, pick this point. After you
pick the point where the triangle appears, you can move your cursor
directly to the right of the wall. You will see an alignment line appear,
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