View Controls; Spacebar; Shape Handles - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

View Controls

Double-click a view control to open a new view associated with an element. For example, when you
double-click a view control for level lines, Revit Architecture opens the appropriate floor plan level. When
you double-click a view control with a section level, Revit Architecture opens the appropriate section view.

Spacebar

Use the SPACEBAR to flip a selected element. You can select multiple elements and flip them all at the same
time. Free standing families, such as furniture and columns, rotate 90 degrees each time you press the
SPACEBAR. Some annotations can be flipped. For example spot slopes, baseline dimensions, and ordinate
dimensions can be flipped.
The following general rules apply to using the SPACEBAR to flip multiple elements:
When multiple walls are selected, pressing the SPACEBAR flips the orientation of them all.
For elements such as doors, which can be flipped in 2 directions relative to their host, press the SPACEBAR
multiple times to cycle through the possible positions.
If elements constrained to flip in only one direction (such as windows) are selected with elements that
can flip in multiple directions (such as doors), then all elements flip along the common direction.
Pressing the SPACEBAR does not work in the following cases:
The selection contains any element that cannot be flipped.
The selection includes elements that do not share a common flip direction.
For example, if you select a door and its host wall, you cannot use the SPACEBAR to flip the selection.

Shape Handles

When a wall is selected in a plan view, place the cursor over an end control (blue dot) and press TAB to
display a shape handle. When a wall is highlighted in an elevation view or a 3D view, press TAB to display
the entire edge (closest to the cursor) as a shape handle that you can drag to resize the wall. The edge
functioning as a shape handle is blue (or the defined selection color) when you drag it. The edge remains
selected for further resizing until you press ESC or click elsewhere in the drawing area.
NOTE You can change the selection color from blue (the default) to another color using
Setting Options
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on page 516.
Options. See