Custom Toolbars? Detail Components list unmanageable? Need advice...

[scowsert]

I'm working on Revit Detailing.

In AutoCAD I created custom toolbars which would have rebar, lumber, plywood and the like in them. I could simply click on the Lumber toolbar it would drop down and I'd select 2x4 which would insert a 2x4 block. This process allowed for quick access to detailing components.

In Revit I go to the Drafting Design bar and select Detail Components, then go up to the Type selector and browse through a long list trying to find what I'm looking for. This process isn't much different then in AutoCAD where I could go into the 'insert' menu and browse through its long list. Neither of which is how I'd like to work.

Does Revit allow for custom toolbars to be created to do what I want to do? How do you deal with this? There must be a 'better' way to do this. Please show me the light.

Thanks for the help. Revit-on.

[dhurtubise]

Not as we speak

[mcloer]

You can scroll down in the Project Browser to the detail components and drag and drop them. That might be a little faster.

Although, thats no exactly what you want.

[dbaldacchino]

The best technique at the moment would be to place your most popular detail components on one drafting view. In essence, you'd be creating a "tool palette" of sorts. When you need something, switch to this view, select the component you need, type "CS" (create similar), then switch to the view you were drawing on (CTRL+TAB & CTRL+SHFT+TAB really help in here) and place the component.

I'd also encourage you to submit a wish by clicking HERE (http://www.augi.com/revit/submitwish.asp)