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VIEW MANAGEMENT

Held down the SHIFT-key on your keyboard a
"–" accures at the cursor – in this way you can
deselect objects/lines to the selection.

Cancel
Cancel task Right click ► Cancel.

Press ESC on the keyboard to interrupt a command.
In order to escape a command can Modify be pressed on the Ribbon, or press ESC on the
keyboard twice.

Tab

Tab on the keyboard <TAB> can be used to switch between the options available in the current
operation, e.g. by selections. View the object name in the "Status Bar" at the bottom of Revit.
Hover over an object, and press <TAB> to pick out a chain of objects such as walls.

Filter
When many objects are selected, it is
possible to filter in order to achieve a better
result in the selection.
On Selection Bar Filter:

... or Filter in Contextual Ribbon Tab that
appears after selection of objects.

The categories appear and the number of
items that are marked. Here you can remove
checkmark on them, which is not wanted in
the selection.

Check none and select the categories you
want. It is usually easier than to remove all
the other.

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