"Press and Drag" toggle

Just discovered this...

Turn off "Press and Drag" down in the bottom right corner of Revit to reduce accidentally sliding walls and other stuff around. When this "feature" is on, it's possible to click on something and move it around without actually selecting it! Usually when doing a selection

Also down there a little funnel that brings up the selection filter...

Reference Revit Project - 210 King St East Revit Model

 digital210king.org provides a 'real-world' example Revit as-built project complete with rvt files, green building XML, IFC exports, and raw scans.

Revit getting stuck inside commands, can't find the exit

 Sometimes Revit gets stuck inside commands, can't 'escape' out like AutoCAD.  Usually flipping to Modify or Home ribbon will reveal the cancel/OK buttons to get out.  I hit confusing situation recently with no cancel button to be found, as decribed by bulletproofdesign in this Augi thread:

If you click the 'edit family' button in a project the family editor opens....

When in a shape editing tool in the family editor (region, extrusion, etc), if you close the family, the 'load into family' button stays attached to your ribbon.... Clicking this suggests that there are 'no open projects' for you to load you project into....

Edit another family, click the 'load into family' button and it disappears...

Revit 2011 extensions are released, available to subscribers (that's everyone?)  After installation it's not clear where to find them.  The extensions don't automatically populate a menu, it has to be done manually.  Go to Add-Ins -> External Tools -> Extensions Manager.  Select a desired tool, right click and add to menu.

Revit 2011 Level and Grid Visibility in Sections

Resizing datum extent controls:  Sometimes we don't want to see gridlines or level lines going all the way across a view.  The tendency is to just grab an endpoint and drag it.

Problem:  The grid bubble or level marker will often disappear mysteriously from other views.  This is because of a default setting to change the actual 3D extent of the datum plane in all views, not just the current view.  Turns out it's not really a "problem", it's a "feature".

Solution:  Notice that there is a control titled 3D that displays at the ends of the datum. With the 3D designation, the datum is in Model Extent mode.  Click it to switch to 2D mode, see example images below.

Before: Model extent mode

After:  View-specific mode

 
Clicking the 3D control changes to display 2D, and the control changes from an open circle to a filled circle. This means the datum is in view-specific mode. If you resize the datum, the change occurs in that view only.

Clicking again toggles back to 3D mode.

Revit Model Content Style Guide

From Autodesk Seek, the Revit Model Content Style Guide:

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Download the Revit® Model Content Style Guide (zip - 40.2MB)

Moving a set of views from one sheet to another

Good dwg tip from Revitize.   dwg views can't be copy-pasted, so drag-and-drop.  Works for Revit views also-
Moving a set of views from one sheet to another