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pasted element, you can deselect it, and then select another element to move it to the desired
location.
3 The Paste Selection panel displays the available tools. Use these tools as follows:
■
Finalize Selected finalizes the placement of the currently selected elements. The elements
display in gray, indicating that you can no longer modify them during Edit Pasted mode.
You can continue to move or modify any pasted elements that display in black.
■ Select All selects all pasted elements, so that you can move or modify them.
4 Use other tools as needed to rehost building components, activate listening dimensions to refine
placement, or perform other actions.
5 To complete the paste process, click Finish.
If you want to quit Edit Paste mode, discarding the pasted elements, click Quit on the Paste Edit
panel.
The pasted elements display in black. In addition, the other elements in the drawing area, which appeared
gray during Edit Paste mode, display in black.
Pasting Aligned Elements
1 Cut or copy elements to the clipboard.
See Moving Elements with Cut-and-Paste on page 375 or Copying Elements to the Clipboard on
page 393.
2 Click Modify tab
➤
Clipboard panel
➤
Paste Aligned drop-down, and select one of the following
options:
■ Select Levels : If you copy all model elements, you can paste them into one or more levels.
In the dialog that displays, choose the levels by name. To select more than one, press CTRL
while selecting the names.
■ Select Views : If you copy view-specific elements (such as dimensions) or model and
view-specific elements, you can paste them into similar types of views.
■ Current View : Pastes the elements to the current view. For example, you can paste elements
from a plan view to a callout view. The view must be different from the view where the
elements were cut or copied.
■ Same Place : Pastes the elements into the same place from where you cut or copied them.
This is useful for pasting elements between worksets or design options. Also, you can use it
to paste between 2 files that have shared coordinates.
■ Pick Level Graphics : Pastes the elements in an elevation view. You must be in an elevation
view to use this tool, because it requires that you select a level line on which to paste the
elements.
NOTE Do not pick levels using the Project Browser.
Revit Architecture aligns the elements as directed.
Copying Elements with the Create Similar Tool
Use the Create Similar tool to place an element of the same type as the selected element. For example, when
you right-click a door in a view and click Create Similar, the Door tool becomes active with the selected
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