Tip 6 - #revit Was Hard Before

Why It Matters

Understanding these paste modes speeds model authoring, ensures accurate element placement across floors and views, and helps avoid errors from accidental duplicates, improving BIM efficiency and coordination.

Summary

The video demonstrates Revit’s Paste Options using a railing as an example, showing how users can copy an element and paste it across multiple levels with ‘Align to Selected Levels’. It also covers ‘Align to Same Place’ which creates overlapping duplicates, ‘Align to Current View’ which places the element in the active view, and ‘Align to Picked Level’ for manual placement on a chosen level. The presenter shows practical steps—copying, selecting paste options, and removing unintended duplicates—to illustrate each mode. The clip emphasizes how each option affects element placement across plans and levels.