A well kept Revit secret: the CTRL key

Today's post comes compliments of industry expert Pieter Schiettecatte from A+I in New York City.

Did you know that the CTRL key has special powers when using modify tools like moving, copying, rotating, mirroring, aligning, join...?

Keep reading to learn more...

• Moving: hold CTRL to change the move tool to a copy tool
• Copy: hold CTRL to change the copy tool to a move tool
• Rotate: hold CTRL to turn 'copy' on 
• Mirror: hold CTRL to turn 'copy' off
• Align: hold CTRL to toggle 'multiple alignment'
• Join: hold CTRL to toggle 'multiple alignment'

Thanks for the great tip Pieter!

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