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Touring the user interface

Touring the user interface - Revit MEP Tutorial

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Touring the user interface

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- [Instructor] If you're used to a typical CAD interface, such as autoCAD or even MicroStation, the Revit interface is going to seem a little bit alien to you. In Revit, there's really not a lot of customization, and what you see is definitely what you're going to get. It's this way for a reason. Revit MEP is a program that deals specifically to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing from buildings, while a traditional CAD program needs to work for anything you would ever want to model, be it a building or a machine screw. Before we get started, I just want you to know that you're going to get used to it, I promise. The objective of this video is to look at the Rivet, the project browser, data, and properties. So, let's just get started. Under Models, I'm going to go Open, browse through where you're keeping your exercise files. I'm going to select my electrical project in chapter one and click Open. The first thing you will see is, the interface is broken down into panels:…

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