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The Revit Architecture Interface
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2. On the Home tab, click the Wall button.
3. In the Properties dialog, select Exterior - Brick and CMU on MTL.Stud.
Element Properties
Hidden within the Options bar is a single button. There are two different sets of
properties you will deal with in Revit: Instance Properties and Type Properties.
Instance Properties will be available immediately in the Properties dialog when
you place, or select, an item. If you make a change to an element property, the
only items that are affected in the model are the items you have selected.
The Properties Dialog
The Properties dialog is new to Revit Architecture 2011. As just mentioned, the
Properties dialog will display the Instance Properties of the item you have selected.
If no item is selected, this dialog will display the View Properties.
In addition to accessing the Instance Properties, you can click the Edit Type
button to open a dialog displaying the Type Properties of the selected item (see
Figure 1.11). By making a modifi cation here, you will change every occurrence
of that item in the entire model.
FIGURE 1.11 The Type Properties dialog gives you access to the parameters associated
with the element you have selected.
Let’s take a closer look at the two categories of Element Properties in Revit.
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