Typing distance while moving/copying and holding Shift key not possible

[andkal]

Hello Revit Community,
I would like to share a few ideas for improving the basic operating in Revit. I will present them in this and next posts.

Typing distance while moving/copying   and holding Shift key not possible

Holding Shift while moving or copying an object activates the ortho mode. Unfortunately the mode works only when the user specifies the distance freely with mouse – but doesn’t work when the user wants additionally type the distance on keyboard.

So the user has to let go the shift key and position the moving/copying direction precisely with the cursor, what requires more carefulness and makes the work slower.

[andkal]

[Susana_Duarte_LMSI]

I would actually go forward... I would like revit to be able to use shift (or another key combination) to lock the direction I'm in and not going necessarily to ortho mode. That way I would not need to draw unecessary and adicional auxiliary 2D lines to make a simple move or copy. Same for extents snaps/aligns. Revit is not as flexible as autocad in that regard.