Revit 2022: Modifying Tools

Name: Revit 2022: Modifying Tools
Author: Patrick Porter

Model element modification and tool manipulation.

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Hello and welcome. And in this particular lesson, let's discuss the move, copy and rotate commands. Before we get started, I am in a brand new blank template. Does it matter which template you start with? Just create a brand new blank template and let's go ahead and all along. We're gonna start by placing a wall. So come over here to the wall tool and then let's place the wall by rectangle. So now we have a wall place. Let's hit the escape key twice to exit out. Let's come over here to component, click on it. Let's place the drop narrow here. Let's see what components that we have in here. Let's place this dryer. While I'm placing this dryer, I'm just gonna move it anywhere. Then hit the escape key twice. Now, let's start with the move command. If I was to select this dryer and I wanna move it, you select the element, come over here to the move, let's zoom in a little bit. And let's look at our options bar. When we do our movement, we can do it constrained. So I'm clicking and I'm constrained to orthogonal direction. If I uncheck this, then I can move it in any direction. This next option up here next to constrain is for disjoining selection that is to disjoint walls. If they were selected when we were moving. You're gonna typically want to have your movements be constrained, but if not, you can uncheck that to have them be unconstrained and it's simply click to move it, drag it. And there you go. While this dryer is selected, let's come over here and let's choose copy. Let's click the copy button. Notice that it has a different set of options. It has constrained again, and it has multiple. So if I turned off multiple when I copy it, I'm just copying it that one time, and the command exits. If I needed to copy it multiple times, that's where I would use the option for copy multiple. Next, let's do something different. We're gonna select this wall this time and we're gonna choose rotate. Now for the rotate tool, let's look down here at the status bar, it says click to enter the rotate start ray or drag or click the rotation center control. So what this does, this gives me the line about which I'm going to rotate. This sort of snaps. And then I can rotate that element at any given increment, I can type that value in if I'd like, or if I hit the escape key, let's do rotate, this point here, I can drag it to be at different point about which my rotation starts. I can create copies when I rotate and I can adjust the angle all from the options bar. Notice that when I rotate it, the walls stay connected. Let's undo that one, gonna select this. Let's come back over here to rotate and let's drag this control point to be at this endpoint here. And I'm gonna click this for disjoin this time. And I'm going to rotate this line up a second time and notice how the wall is now disjoint. It's not connected. So that's a quick look at our move, copy and rotate commands in Revit. Join me in the next lesson where we will take a look at align, offset and mirror.

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Course Description

In this course, you’ll learn about modifying Revit elements. You’ll first learn about the more common tools, such as move, copy, and rotate. Once you’ve learned how to select all your objects for manipulation, you’ll then begin to learn of many of the modify tools in Revit to manipulate elements. We’ll finish off the course with a discussion on configuring object snaps for accurate modeling and element placiement.

You’ll learn about manipulating objects with actions such as: move, copy, and rotate. Other modifications you’ll discover include: align, offset, mirror, trim, extend, and split. These are some of the many elements to modify throughout the course.

What You'll Learn

Identify the tools available to modify elements in Revit 2022
Manipulate objects using move, copy, and rotate
Align, offset, and mirror elements
Trim, extend, and split elements
Apply pin, array, and scale modifications
Configure object snaps for accurate modeling and element placement

Key Takeaways

The course covers the more common modifying tools in Revit, including move, copy, and rotate.
Selecting objects for manipulation is a prerequisite step before applying the modify tools.
Additional modifications covered include align, offset, mirror, trim, extend, and split.
Object snaps can be configured for accurate modeling and element placement.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

This course covers modifying Revit elements, starting with common tools such as move, copy, and rotate, then many other modify tools to manipulate elements, including align, offset, mirror, trim, extend, and split, and finishing with configuring object snaps for accurate modeling and element placement.

What skills will I gain from this course?

You will learn to identify the tools to modify elements, manipulate objects, and align, offset, and mirror elements in Autodesk Revit.

Which software does this course focus on?

This course focuses on Autodesk Revit, specifically Revit 2022.

What topics are taught in the lessons?

The lessons cover Move, Copy, and Rotate; Align, Offset, Mirror; Trim, Extend, and Split; Pin, Array, and Scale; and Object Snaps.