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Chapter 1 • The Revit World
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Now that you can see how the ribbons and the tabs fl ow together, let’s take a
look at another feature within the Ribbon panels that allows you to reach beyond
the immediate Revit interface.
The Properties Interface
When you click the Wall button, an entirely new set of commands appears. This
new set of commands combines your basic Modify commands with an additional
tab specifi c to your immediate process. In this case that process is adding a wall.
You will also notice that a Properties dialog appears to the left of the screen. If
you do not see the Properties dialog, click the Properties icon that is displayed in
Figure 1.9. In the Properties dialog is a picture of the wall you are about to place.
If you click on this picture, Revit will display all the walls that are available within
the model. This display is called the Change Element Type menu (see Figure 1.10).
FIGURE 1.9 Click the Properties button to display the Properties dialog. Typically the
dialog is shown by default.
FIGURE 1.10 The Properties button gives you access to many variables associated with
the item you are adding to the model.
The objective of the next exercise is to start placing walls into the model:
1. Open Revit Architecture using the default template.
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