Datasheet

The Revit Architecture Interface

an icon on the Ribbon, Revit will react to that icon with a new tab, giving you the

speciﬁ c additional commands and options you need. Revit also keeps the existing

tabs that can help you in the current command, as shown in Figure 1.8. Again, the

focus here is to keep your eyes in one place.

In this book, I will throw a few new terms at you, but you will get familiar

with them quickly. We just discussed the Ribbon, but mostly you will be directed

to choose a tab, and to ﬁ nd a panel on that tab.

To keep the example familiar, when you selected the Wall button, your instruc-

tions will read: “On the Build panel of the Home tab, click the Wall button.”

FIGURE 1.8 The Ribbon breakdown

WHAT’S THAT TOOLBAR ABOVE THE RIBBON?

This toolbar is called the Quick Access toolbar. It is filled with some popular

commands. One special function of this toolbar is the cursor icon. You use

this icon when you wish to terminate a command. If you want to add to this

toolbar, simply right-click any icon and select Add To Quick Access Toolbar.

To the left of this toolbar is the Revit Home button. Clicking this button gives

you access to more Revit functions that will be covered later in the book.

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