Hello experts, and thanks in advance for any help. (I'm self-teaching in Revit 8.1)
In moving model elements in my current BIM software, ALLPLAN, my thinking goes like this: (in plan) Grab an element (e.g. window muntin) at the midpoint (a right click interrupt allows me to select the diagonal corners, putting the cursor in the center of the muntin), and place it at the midpoint of the window frame (a right click interrupt allows me to select the diagonal corners of the frame, placing the muntin in the center). Creating, copying, and mirroring elements in the right position works in the same way, the right-click interrupt being the key ingredient.
I'm trying to find equivalent procedures in Revit. Specifically, I'm trying to center elements. So far, the best procedure I have found is to first draw reference planes at each extreme and another one somewhere between, then dimension all of them using the EQ constraint to center the middle one, then dimension the extreme ref planes, then create the elements based on the ref planes.
It seems very labor intensive. I'm thinking I might be missing some simple tricks for getting elements sized correctly and positioned correctly, specifically at midpoints, without having to go back and modify dimensions.
Any good hints out there? ... or perhaps tutorials or videos where the presenter does basic things like this with the minimum of necessary clicks?
