Before starting a project in Revit, it is important to know its interface. There are several tools that help to improve the workflow during the project and understanding the organization of the interface is the first step.

In the image below, some groups of Revit tools are identified.

• Quick Access Toolbar – Contains a set of default tools.
• Tabs – Contains the specific commands grouped by the name of the tab.
• Panels – Subdivision of tools grouped within a tab.
• Title Bar – Shows the title of the project that is currently open.
• Type Selector – Allows object types to be selected from a Family.
• Navigation Bar – Provides access to navigation tools and for the active 2D or 3D view.
• Properties Palette – Allows the object’s properties to be edited before or after drawing it. Outside of a command and with no objects selected, it allows the view properties to be edited.
• Project Browser – Shows a logical hierarchy for all views, schedules, sheets, groups, and other parts of the current project.
• Drawing Area – The drawing area displays views (and sheets and schedules) of the current model. Each time you open a view in a model, the view is displayed in the drawing area.
• View Control Bar – Provides quick access to functions that affect the current view (scale, level of detail, visual style)
• Status Bar – Allows the status of the current command, or the name of the selected object to be known.
• Selection Toggles – allows the elements to be selected to be filtered.