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REVIT SHORTCUTS GUIDE

Autodesk Revit Keyboard Shortcuts Guide




Revit keyboard shortcuts are often overlooked by beginner Revit users, yet highly coveted by power users. Although, using Revit keyboard shortcuts seemingly only saves you a few seconds of time, they also serve to prevent users from the headache of having to search through dozens of menu items and ribbons to launch a command.
In this post, we’ll cover the top 10 Revit keyboard shortcuts that we find the most useful. We’ll also show you how to create your own Revit keyboard shortcuts for the commands that don’t have a keyboard shortcut assigned out of the box.
About Revit Keyboard Shortcuts
If you have a background in AutoCAD, you’ll be tempted to type the keyboard shortcut and hit the ENTER or SPACE BAR keys on your keyboard. Keep in mind that the ENTER key is not required for Revit keyboard shortcuts. Simply type the keystroke and the command will execute.
You can easily find the keyboard shortcut for commands in the tooltips that appear when you hover over the buttons on the Revit. The keystroke is in the parenthesis right next to the name of the command. In the image below, “WA” is the Revit shortcut for modeling a Wall.
Top 10 Revit Keyboard Shortcuts
Along with several of the common keyboard shortcuts (CTRL + S for save, CTRL + Tab to switch windows, CTRL + W to close a file), Revit has its own set of keyboard shortcuts to help save time. Below is a short list of the top 10 keyboard shortcuts that we find the most useful.
 
Command
Keyboard Shortcut(s)
1
Visibility/Graphic Overrides
VV or VG
2
Show or Hide the Properties Pane
CTRL + 1
3
Miscellaneous Modeling Tools (there are several more!)
Wall: WA
Door: DR
Duct: DT
Duct Fitting: DF
Pipe: PI
Pipe Fitting: PF
Conduit: CN
Conduit Fitting: NF
Column: CL
Beam: BM
4
Tile Views / Tab Views (2019 and up only)
WT / TW
5
Pin / Unpin
PN / UP
6
Move
MV
7
Copy
CO
8
Mirror Pick Axis / Mirror Draw Axis
MM / DM
9
Align
AL
10
Offset
OF
Use Revit Shortcuts, Maximize Efficiency

I hope these tips on using Revit keyboard shortcuts will help you work more efficiently in Revit. While it takes some extra time to master Revit keyboard shortcuts at first, once you get the hang on things, you’ll never look back and enjoy the extra time you’ll save.

Let us know in the comments section below, what Revit keyboard shortcuts do you think every Revit user needs to know?

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