The Ultimate Guide to

Revit Shortcuts
For all the work you do in Revit, there’s a keyboard shortcut that can help you do it faster.

Here’s a roundup featuring some of my favorite Revit keyboard shortcuts to create and organize your
model. Keep reading to learn how to create your own shortcuts.

Create and Modify Elements

When element is selected, creates new
CS MV Move
similar element
DL Create detail lines UP Unpin
DR Create Door RM Create room
M + Space Match properties RT Insert room tag
MV Move SL Split elements

Select Elements

Arrow Keys Nudges the selected element MD Activate the Modify tool

Shift + Cycle through multiple overlapping

Nudges the selected element 10x TAB
Arrow elements
SHIFT +
CTRL Select multiple elements Reverse the order of TAB cyclingv
TAB

Views

HI Isolate element TL Thin Lines

Visibility / Graphics dialog for the current

HH Hide element VV
view
HC Hide category WF Wire frame
SD Shaded with edges ZE Zoom to fit

SHIFT + Orbit in 3D views or pan in 2D views. Selecting an object before pressing SHIFT + Middle Mouse
Middle Mouse will cause the orbit to rotate around the selected object.

File Operations Miscellaneous

CTRL + O Open a new file Activates the keyboard designation for
all the items on the interface. Might be
CTRL + N Create a new project file ALT
useful if your mouse kicks the bucket
CTRL + S Save the current file before you’ve saved your file.

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The Ultimate Guide to
Revit Shortcuts
Create Your Own Revit Shortcuts
You can easily program your own Revit keyboard This will open the Keyboard Shortcuts
shortcuts. To do so, go to: dialog box.
“View > User Interface > Keyboard Shortcuts
or type ‘KS’”

All of the default keyboard shortcuts are listed. Any shortcut listed in gray is a system shortcut and
cannot be changed. To add a shortcut, find the command in the “Command” column or enter
the command name in the “Search” field. Once you’ve selected the command, enter the shortcut
combination in the “Press new keys” text box then click the “Assign” button.

You have a lot of flexibility assigning shortcuts. A single command can have multiple shortcuts. Likewise,
a single shortcut can be used on multiple commands. In this case, you use the arrow keys to cycle
through the commands as displayed in the status bar. Once you have the command you want, press
the space bar to execute the command.

Some custom shortcuts you might want to consider are:

33 Default 3D View MM Macro Manager

AA Activate view SAV Select all instances in view

DD Deactivate view SAS Select all instances in project
JJ Join geometry WS Worksets
ML Manage Links WW Create walls

Naming Your Shortcuts

Speed is king when it comes to naming your shortcuts. Consider defining your shortcuts using the same letter
or letters closely located on the keyboard. JJ for Join Geometry or AA for Activate View are two good examples.

You can even create three or four letter shortcuts if you need similarly named shortcuts. You could define WW
for Create Wall and WWW for Worksets.

This method minimizes the amount of hunting and pecking required to find your shortcuts. It lets you keep one
hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse.