Deactivate view ??

[mbalsom]

Not a major issue but seems a little strange how we have "activate view" on the ribbon (and on right click which is automatically my preference) and once "activate" is selected on the ribbon there seems to be no way to "deactivate view" by the ribbon, or have I missed something.
Like I say not an issue for me as I use right click solely but for the learner driver my be a little confusing.

[leeba]

There is a deactive button on the View > Sheet Composition Ribbon. It's not contextual though, so you'd have to navigate there.

It's much simpler and faster to set up keyboard shortcuts AV and DV like I did.

[patricks]

Or just use the same keyboard shortcut for both, since you can't have more than one activated on any given sheet. I use VD for both activate and deactivate view, since it's more intuitive for my left index finger to hit V first and then D with my middle finger, rather than the other way around.

I've been using this shortcut for about a year and it's so much faster than having to right-click every time you want to activate or deactivate views. Makes navigating around views on a sheet (like a sheet full of details) much easier.

[Scott Womack]

Or, just right-click, with your mouse over an active viewport, and the deactivate is on the mouse menu.

[rboyle]

how do you setup the custom shortcut keys?

[eric.piotrowicz]

What version of Revit are you running? I can give you more detailed help once I know what version but here are the basics.
2009 and earlier = KeyboardShortcuts.txt in the program directory
2010 before SU1 = KeyboardShortcuts.xls in the program directory
2010 after SU1 and 2011 = View Tab>User Interface>Keyboard Shortcuts

[rmejia]

Or just use the same keyboard shortcut for both, since you can't have more than one activated on any given sheet.

That's gold Jerry! Gold!

Thanks for that tip, now I wonder what else could work with the same shortcut

[patricks]

The graphic interface for keyboard shortcuts (and the KS shortcut to bring up that interface, and on-the-fly shortcut application) was introduced in 2010 as part of the 3rd update in 2009, also known as the Subscription Advantage Pack, for subscription customers only.

As is usual Autodesk fare, most of, if not all of the SAP features were included in the initial 2011 release.

Before 2010 SAP (including the 2010 initial release and updates 1 and 2), the keyboard shortcuts were edited via a text file in the Revit 2010 program directory on a user's local machine. Beginning with 2010 SAP (update 3), the shortcuts are stored in an XML file in the program directory, to be edited with the graphic interface.

The Keyboard Shortcuts graphic interface can be accessed via View > User Interface or as previously mentioned, the KS shortcut.