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CHAPTER 1 Exploring thE UsEr intErfacE
The options displayed on a context menu depend on the object selected when the menu is
accessed. One nice feature of Revit MEP 2012 is the ability to define the selection set when the
Select All Instances option is chosen. Figure 1.17 shows that you have the option to select only
the objects in the active view or to select them throughout the entire project. This makes the
Select All Instances feature much more useful, as you don’t have to worry about objects that
should not be selected being inadvertently included in the selection set.
There is no longer a View Properties or Element Properties option in the context menus (as in
versions prior to 2011) because of the addition of the Properties palette. The Properties option at
the bottom of a context menu allows you to toggle the Properties palette on or off.
You can also right-click an element in the Project Browser to access a context menu. Right-
clicking a view will activate a menu with options for applying or creating a view template from
that view. You can also save the view to a new file, as shown in Figure 1.18.
Figure 1.17
Selection set
options
Figure 1.18
Context menu for
a view selected
in the Project
Browser
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