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    Starting Autodesk Revit: To Start Autodesk Revit, Choose From Windows Taskbar, As Shown in The Figure

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    Starting Autodesk Revit: To Start Autodesk Revit, Choose From Windows Taskbar, As Shown in The Figure

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    The document describes the user interface of Autodesk Revit, including how to start the program, the various toolbars, design bars, property bars, dialog boxes, multiple document environment, and help options. It details the title bar, menu bar, standard, view, edit, tools, worksets, and design options toolbars. It also explains the design bar, type selector bar, options bar, drawing window, project browser, status bar, and view control bar.

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    Starting Autodesk Revit: To Start Autodesk Revit, Choose From Windows Taskbar, As Shown in The Figure

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    STARTING AUTODESK REVIT

    To start Autodesk Revit, choose All Programs > Autodesk >


    Autodesk Revit Building 9 > Revit Building 9 from windows
    taskbar, as shown in the figure.

    THE USER INTERFACE

    Starting Autodesk Revit Building 9


    using the taskbar shortcut

    Autodesk Revit user interface screen

    Invoking Tools
    To perform an operation, you can invoke the requisite tools from the Menu Bar,
    Toolbar or use Shortcut Keys.

    Title Bar
    The Title Bar, docked on the top portion of the user interface, displays the programs
    logo, programs name, name of the current project and the view that is open in the
    viewing area.

    Menu Bar

    The Menu bar

    Toolbar
    There are six toolbars provided in Autodesk Revit, Standard, View, Edit, Tools,
    Worksets, and Design Options.
    You can activate or deactivate a toolbar by choosing Window > Toolbar from the
    menu bar, as shown in the figure.

    Cascading menu for controlling


    the visibility of toolbars

    Standard Toolbar

    The Standard toolbar

    View Toolbar
    The View toolbar

    Edit Toolbar
    The Edit toolbar

    Tools Toolbar

    The Tools toolbar

    Workset Toolbar
    The Workset toolbar

    Design Options Toolbar


    The Design Options toolbar

    Design Bar
    The Design Bar, as shown in Figure A, provides easy access to
    the several parametric building components.
    It consists of multiple tabs, which can be activated to access the
    tools within them.
    Contents of these tabs are enlisted in the following table.

    Figure A The Design Bar

    Type Selector Bar


    The Type Selector Bar is placed above the Design Bar.
    It has a drop-down list of various built-in component types that are already loaded in
    Revit.

    Properties Button

    The drop-down list of the


    Type Selector Bar

    The Properties button is available adjacent to the Type Selector Bar.


    On choosing this button, the Element Properties dialog box is displayed, in which
    you can view or modify various properties of the selected component type.

    Options Bar
    The Options Bar provides information about the common parameters of the
    component type and also the options to create or edit it.

    The Options Bar with the options to create a wall

    Drawing Window
    The Drawing Window is the actual modeling area, where you create and view the
    building model.

    Project Browser

    The Project Browser is located next to the Design Bar and


    displays the project views, schedules, sheets, families, and groups in
    a logical treelike structure, as shown in the Figure.
    The Project Browser

    Status Bar
    The Status Bar, located at the bottom of the interface screen, displays a short summary
    of the tools, when the cursor is placed over the corresponding button.

    View Control Bar

    The View Control bar

    Keyboard Accelerators
    These are shortcuts, which you can type to invoke the corresponding tool.
    They appear on the right side of their respective tools in the drop-down menus of
    the menu bar.

    DIALOG BOXES
    Certain Autodesk Revit tools, when invoked, display a dialog box.
    The dialog box, is a convenient method of accessing and modifying parameters
    related to a tool.

    MULTIPLE DOCUMENT ENVIRONMENT


    Sometimes, you may need to incorporate certain
    features from one project into another.
    With the help of a multiple project environment, you can
    open both the projects and then use the Cut/Copy and
    Paste tools from the Edit menu to transfer certain
    components from one project to another.
    To access the opened projects, click on the project name
    in the Window menu, as shown in the figure.
    Accessing the opened projects
    using the Window menu

    The cascaded view of the projects is shown in the figure.

    Cascading view of the active projects

    AUTODESK REVIT HELP


    Choose Help from the menu bar to display the
    drop-down menu of the help options, as shown in
    the figure.
    Choosing Help > Autodesk Revit Help displays
    the Autodesk Revit Help dialog box, as shown in
    the figure.

    The Autodesk Revit Help dialog


    box with the Index tab selected

    Accessing the Help menu

    Contents Tab
    The Contents tab is the default tab and it displays the help
    topics, organized by titles, pertaining to different sections of
    Autodesk Revit, such as Using Help, Getting Started,
    Projects, and so on, as shown in the figure.

    Index Tab
    The Index tab displays the complete index of tools and options of
    Autodesk Revit in an alphabetical order.

    Search Tab

    The Contents tab

    You can access the help files related to certain keywords using the Search tab.

    Favorites Tab
    Using the Favorites tab, you can create a list of topics that you need to access
    frequently.

    Context Sensitive Help


    Relevant information specific to a selected tool option or a dialog box can be
    accessed using the context sensitive help.

    Getting Started
    To take a quick lesson of how Autodesk Revit works, choose Help > Getting Started
    from the menu bar.
    This opens a PDF file that takes you through a sample exercise to help you
    understand how the basic tools work in Autodesk Revit.

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