Project Settings; Conceptual Design - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

If you click the selection count icon, the Filter dialog displays, indicating how many elements are selected
in each category. In the Filter dialog, you can select and clear categories to select or deselect those elements.
See How Many Elements Are Selected?
Warnings for Selected Elements
To review warnings related to elements you have selected in the drawing area, click
Bar. See Warnings for Selected Elements
Export Warnings to a File
Warnings that relate to elements selected in the drawing area can be exported to an HTML file by clicking
Ground Plane at Level Field
Ground Plane at Level, located in the Sun and Shadow Settings dialog, is used to cast shadows in shaded
views when you are creating a solar study. This option no longer affects rendered images. See
on page 1179

Project Settings

This topic describes the new and enhanced features for project settings in Revit Architecture 2009.
Suppressing Trailing Zeros and Spaces
You can format project units to suppress trailing zeros (for example, 123.400 displays as 123.4) and suppress
spaces (for example, 1 - 2" displays as 1 -2"). See
Decimal Display and Digit Grouping
The decimal display option for project units has changed. When you select the decimal display type, you
can also select how to group the digits in the unit value. See
on page 493.

Conceptual Design

This topic describes the new and enhanced features for conceptual design and massing studies in Revit
Architecture 2009.
Analyzing Conceptual Designs
The ability to create mass floors from masses has been enhanced to enable analysis of conceptual designs.
(In Revit 2008, mass floors were called floor area faces.) The software now calculates the area, exterior surface
area, volume, and perimeter of each mass floor you create. This information is stored in the instance properties
for mass floors. You can include these values in schedules and tags.
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on page 270 and
on page 1334.
on the Revit Architecture 2009 dialog. See
Selecting Elements Using a Filter
Exporting Warnings to a File
Setting Project Units on page 492.
Changing Decimal Display and Digit Grouping
on page 271.
on the Options
on page 1335.
Solar Studies