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9/24/2010 1:48:43 PM
 
superJMuser
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Quick Tip - Nudge in Larger increments by holding SHIFT  

So this is gonna be a really quick tip, but a guy at my office told me this, and I couldn't believe I didn't know it, so I thought I'd share.

I use the nudge key all the time in Revit.  I might be trying to move a text object or anything else for that matter.  The only annoying thing about it is that Revit tries to regenerate the entire view (or so it seems) every time you nudge the object.

Nudge is based on your snap settings, which in turn is based on how far you are zoomed in.  So the closer you are zoomed, the smaller increments you can nudge.

SO HERE'S THE TIP:  If you hold SHIFT while you use your arrow keys, it will nudge in larger increments.  I haven't tried to measure or anything, but it looks like shift causes the nudge to multiply whatever your increment is based on zoom level by like 10.

Give it a shot and let me know your thoughts!

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9/24/2010 2:20:58 PM
 
Philip Meadows
3 Posts
Joined 07/09/2010
Re: Quick Tip - Nudge in Larger increments by holding SHIFT
In Response To:  superJMuser

Been using this for years....It acts the same in all of the Adobe products, so I just naturally tried it the first time I used Revit.  Go figure! :-)
9/24/2010 2:30:47 PM
 
superJMuser
433 Posts
Joined 08/19/2009
Re: Quick Tip - Nudge in Larger increments by holding SHIFT
In Response To:  Philip Meadows

 HEH...the guy at my office said exactly the same thing for how he stumbled upon it...I wished I had known 3 years ago!...they need to make a manual of random stuff like this...

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