Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC, User Manual

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Resizing Elements
To modify multiple elements simultaneously, use shape handles or the Resize tool. The Resize tool is available
for lines, walls, images, DWG and DXF imports, reference planes, and position of dimensions. You can scale
elements graphically or numerically.
When resizing elements, consider the following:
■ To resize an element, you define an origin, which is a fixed point from which the elements equally resize.
■ All elements must lie in parallel planes. All walls in the selection must have the same base level.
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When you resize a wall, inserts remain at a fixed distance from the wall’s midpoint.
■ Resizing changes the position of dimensions but not their values. If you resize an element that a dimension
references, the dimension value does change.
■ Import symbols have a read-only instance parameter called Instance Scale. It shows how much the
instance size differs from the base symbol. You can change it by resizing the import symbol.
Resizing Elements with Shape Handles
When you select and drag the handles of multiple elements, Revit Architecture resizes the elements
simultaneously.
Dragging multiple wall handles to resize them simultaneously
To resize elements with shape handles:
1 Move the cursor over the part of the first element to resize and press TAB until the desired handle
is highlighted. Click to select it.
For example, to resize the length of a wall, move the cursor over the end of the wall, press TAB
to highlight that handle, and click to select it.
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