Getting Started with Revit Architecture 2009
The exercises in this guide contain both imperial and metric values. This means that when you see an imperial value, a metric value is displayed in square brackets next to it.
Menu Bar and Toolbars
At the top of the window is the standard Microsoft® Windows®-based menu bar, from which you can access all Revit Architecture commands. Icons on the toolbars are buttons for executing common Revit Architecture commands.
Options Bar
Below the toolbars is the Options Bar, which displays command options for the current operation. If you click Wall on the Design Bar on the left side of the Revit Architecture window, the Options Bar displays options related to the Wall command.
Type Selector
On the left side of the Options Bar is the Type Selector, a drop-down menu that lists different types of elements to add to a project. You can choose an element type by selecting it from the drop-down menu of the Type Selector.
Properties Button
To the right of the Type Selector is the Properties button , which accesses a dialog in which you can change various parameters of a selected component.
Design Bar
On the left side of the Revit Architecture window is the Design Bar, which lists the commands available for the currently selected tab. There are 10 tabs: Basics, View, Modelling, Drafting, Rendering, Site, Massing, Room and Area, Structural, and Construction. To see all the tabs, right-click on the Design Bar. To display a single tab, click the tab name.
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