Revit Keyboard Shortcuts

03/01/2018

Autodesk Revit continues to be the predominant platform in the AEC industry for project design and documentation. With most architecture and building engineering firms having already implemented Revit, or in the process of implementing Revit, having Revit proficiency is one of the most desirable skills for job seekers to possess.

Speed and accuracy are the two traits employers most often request from production and technical staff. The following Revit keyboard shortcuts are for Revit Architecture and can help enhance the end user’s speed, and thereby increase their odds at performing at a high level.

Revit Keyboard Shortcuts

 

Home Tab

 

Collaborate Tab

CM

Place a Component

ER

Editing Requests

DR

Door

RL

Reload Latest

WA

Wall

RW

Reload Latest

WN

Window

 

View Tab

GR

Grid

TL

Thin Lines

LL

Level

VP

View Properties

GP

Create Group

VG

Visibility/Graphics

RM

Room

VV

Visibility/Graphics

RT

Tag Room

WC

Cascade

RP

Draw Reference Plane

WT

Title

 

Annotate Tab

 

Manage Tab

DL

Detail Line

SU

Sun and Shadows Settings

EL

Spot Elevation

UN

Project Units

TG

Tag by Category

 

Family Editor Shortcuts

F7

Spelling

LI

Detail Line

TX

Text

DI

Dimension Aligned

 

Modify Tab

 

Snaps

MA

Match Type

SC

Centers

PT

Paint

SZ

Close

SF

Split Face

SE

Endpoints

LW

Linework

SI

Intersections

AL

Align

SM

Midpoints

OF

Offset

SN

Nearest

SL

Split

SP

Perpendicular

TR

Trim

SX

Points

MD

Modify

SQ

Quadrants

 

 

SR

Remote Objects

 

 

SO

Snaps Off

 

 

ST

Tangents

 

 

SS

Turn Snap Override Off

 

 

SW

Work Plane Grid

 

 

 

 

 

View Control Bar

 

Navigation Bar

GD

Graphic Display Options

ZA

Zoom All to Fit

HL

Hidden Line

ZR

Zoom in Region

HC

Hide Category

ZZ

Zoom in Region

HH

Hide Element

ZO

Zoom Out(2x)

IC

Isolate Category

ZV

Zoom Out(2x)

HI

Isolate Element

ZS

Zoom Sheet Size

RR

Rendering Dialog

ZE

Zoom to Fit

HR

Reset Temporary Hide/Isolate

ZF

Zoom to Fit

SD

Shading With

ZX

Zoom to Fit

RH

Toggle Reveal Hidden Elements Mode

ZC

Previous Pan/Zoom

WF

Wireframe

ZP

Previous Pan/Zoom

Shortcuts that appear on Various Contextual Tabs

CS

Create Similar

MV

Modify – Move

//

Divide Surface

PP

Modify – Pin

PR

Properties

RO

Modify – Rotate

PG

Group Properties

RE

Modify – Scale

AP

Edit Group – Add

UP

Modify – Unpin

AD

Edit Ggroup – Attach Detail

VU

Reveal Hidden Elements – Unhide Category

CG

Edit Group – Cancel

EU

Reveal Hidden Elements – Unhide Element

FG

Edit Group – Finish

VH

View Graphics – Hide by Category

RG

Edit Group – Remove

EH

View Graphics – Hide Element

EG

Group – Edit Group

EW

Witness Lines – Edit Witness Lines

LG

Group – Link

EX

Exclude from Group

UG

Group – Ungroup

MP

Move to Project

AR

Modify – Array

MD

Modify

CC

Modify – Copy

RA

Restore All Excluded

CO

Modify – Copy

RB

Restore Excluded Member

DE

Modify – Delete

SA

Select All Instances

MM

Modify – Mirror – Pick Axis

 

 

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