Let's start Basic. Keystrokes!

Sometimes, if migrating from AutoCAD or any other CAD program for that matter you'll find yourself unknowingly typing a keystroke that just doesn't exist in Revit. Well thankfully, in Revit 2011, there is no need to open and edit a Text Document to edit keystrokes like previous Revit versions. May I present to you... the new Keyboard Shortcuts menu!

You can access this menu from the "View" tab:

Go to the "User Interface" dropdown > Keyboard Shortcuts or just type KS.

Some of the common ones from CAD can be found in the "Modify" Tab in the Filter Dropdown.

Offset (OF),  Copy within project (CO), Copy to Clipboard (CC),  Mirror (MM), Rotate (RO) are all very basic commands extensively used in CAD so familiarize yourself with the default keystrokes or create your own just select the command, then type the keystroke in "Press New Keys" then Assign and you're done.

For users of previous versions of Revit you can just import your XML file using the Import tab from within the Keyboard Shortcuts menu.

So give it a shot and let me know how it goes.