Revit Shortcut Keys For Fast Work
Revit Shortcut Keys:
For all the work you do in Revit, there’s a keyboard shortcut that can help you do it faster.
In this post we have arranged most common and most used Revit shortcut keys. Lets have a look.
1. Application menu:
Ctrl+N – New
Ctrl+O – Open
Ctrl+S – Save
Ctrl+P – Print
2. Function Keys:
F1 – Displays revit help
F7 – Spelling
F8 – Navigation wheel
F10 – Keytips
Spacebar – Flip 90 degrees selected elements
Tab – Cycles through snaps or chain of elements
3. Architecture build:
WA – Wall
DR – DOOR
WN – Window
CM – Place a component
CL – Column
4. Architecture Model:
GP – Create Group
LI – Model Line
5. Architecture Room and Area:
RM – Room
RT – Room Tag/Tag Room
6. Architecture Datum:
LL – Level
GR – Grid
7. Architecture work plane:
RP -Reference plane
8. Annotate Dimension:
DI – Aligned dimension
EL -Spot elevation
9. Annotate Detail:
DL – Detail line
10. Annotate text:
TX – Text
FR – Find/Replace
TG – Tag by category
11. Collaborate Synchronize:
RL/RW – Reload latest
ER – Editing requests
12. View Graphics:
VG/VV – Visibility graphics
TL – Thin line
RR – Render
RD – Render in Cloud
RG – Render Gallery
13. View Windows:
WC – Cascade windows
WT – Tile windows
PP – Properties
KS – Keyboard shortcuts
14. Settings:
UN – Project unit
SU – Sun and shadow settings
16. Modify:
AL – Align
AR – Array
CO/CC – Copy
CS – Create similar
DE – Delete
DM – Mirror- Draw axis
MM – Mirror- Pick axis
MV – Move
OF – Offset
PN – Pin
RE – Scale
RO – Rotate
SL – Split element
TR – Trim/Extend to corner
UP – Unpin
17. Modify View:
EH – Hide in view: Hide elements
EOD – Override graphics in view
LW – Linework
VH – Hide in view: Hide category
18. Zoom:
ZA – Zoom all to fit
ZE – Zoom to fit
ZO/ZV – Zoom out
ZP/ZC – Previous pan/zoom
ZS – Previous pan/zoom
ZR/ZZ – Zoom in region
19. Snaps:
PC – Snap to point clouds
SC -Centres
SE – Endpoints
SL – Intersections
SM – Midpoints
SN – Nearest
SO – Snap off
SP – Perpendicular
SQ – Quadrants
SR – Snap to remote objects
ST – Tangents
SW – Work plane grid
SX – Points
SZ – Close
20. View control bar:
CX – Reveal constraints
GD – Graphic display options
HL – Hidden line
RY – Ray trace
SD – Shaded
WF – Wireframe
Create Your Own Revit Shortcuts:
You can easily program your own Revit keyboard shortcuts. To do so, go to View > User Interface > Keyboard Shortcuts or type “KS”.

This will open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box.

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 in 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.
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