Selecting, Modifying, and Replacing Elements

Knowing how to efficiently select, modify, and replace elements is fundamental to working productively in Revit. These interface operations are the foundation on which you will build skills in creating and editing your project models. In this section, we will review methods for selection, filtering, and modifying properties.

Selecting Elements

Revit was one of the first programs that had the ability to highlight elements as you hovered the mouse pointer over them before you actually selected them. Not only does this give you a clear idea of what you are about to select, it displays information about that object in the status bar and in a banner near the mouse pointer. When you hover over an element, ...

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