Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015: No Experience Required: Autodesk Official Press

Learn Revit Architecture the hands-on way For those who like to learn by doing, this Autodesk Official Press book shows you how to build a four-story office building one step at a time, providing you with real-world practice you might expect to encounter on the job. Concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and an engaging hands-on tutorial make this book the perfect way to learn Revit Architecture. In addition, you can download starting files for each chapter from the website in order to compare your work to the authors, or start fresh with any chapter in the book. Expert author Eric Wing first introduces the interface and Revit conventions, and then moves directly into building modeling. You'll learn to place walls, doors, and windows, work with structural grids, beams, and foundations; add text and dimensions, and use dimensions as a design tool. As the building takes shape, you'll discover how to generate construction documentation, create schedules, work with families, consider site issues, and use Revit's rendering capabilities. Here are some of the skills you can acquire from this book: Understanding Revit's interface, views, and grids Creating and editing roofs, railings, stairs, and ceilings Generating documentation and construction schedules Using advanced features like creating hosted families, system families, and formulas Autodesk Revit Architecture: No Experience Required is a completely self-paced guide. You can work along with the tutorial from cover to cover or jump in anywhere. No matter how you use this book, you'll be able to transfer the useful concepts to your professional practice.

Table of Contents:
Introduction xxi Chapter 1 The Autodesk Revit World 1 The Revit Interface  2 The Project Browser  30 File Types and Families 35 Are You Experienced? 43 Chapter 2 Creating a Model 45 Placing Walls 46 Using Reference Planes 47 Adding Interior Walls  59 Editing Wall Joins 79 Placing Doors and Windows 90 Are You Experienced? 106 Chapter 3 Creating Views 107 Creating Levels  107 Creating and Modifying Building Sections  125 Adding Wall Sections  139 Creating Detail Sections 141 Creating Callouts  146 Creating and Modifying a Camera View 152 Creating an Elevation 156 Are You Experienced? 167 Chapter 4 Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 169 The Basic Edit Commands 170 The Array Command  180 The Mirror Command 190 The Align Tool 193 The Split Element Command 199 The Trim Command 205 The Offset Command  208 Copy/Paste 210 Creating the Plans  213 Are You Experienced? 217 Chapter 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 219 Dimensioning  220 Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool  240 Placing Text and Annotations 255 Are You Experienced? 263 Chapter 6 Floors 265 Placing a Floor Slab  265 Building a Floor by Layers  281 Splitting the Floor Materials  292 Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain 300 Creating Shaft Openings  306 Are You Experienced? 312 Chapter 7 Roofs 313 Placing Roofs by Footprint 314 Creating a Sloping Roof  345 Creating Roofs by Extrusion 351 Adding a Roof Dormer  360 Are You Experienced? 365 Chapter 8 Structural Items 367 Adding Structural Grids 367 Adding Structural Columns 382 Using Structural Framing  389 Understanding Foundation Systems  401 Adding Structural Footings  406 Using Structural Views 416 Are You Experienced? 420 Chapter 9 Ceilings and Interiors 421 Creating Ceilings 422 Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 438 Adding Interior Design 451 Adding Alternate Floor Materials 475 Are You Experienced? 479 Chapter 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 481 Creating Stairs by Using the Rise/Run Function 481 Creating a Winding Staircase 505 Creating a Custom Railing System  522 Creating Custom Stairs  526 Adding Ramps 540 Are You Experienced? 547 Chapter 11 Schedules and Tags 549 Creating Schedules 550 Creating Material Takeoffs  571 Creating Key Legends and Importing CAD Legends  580 Adding Tags 594 Creating Custom Tags 604 Keynoting  613 Are You Experienced? 621 Chapter 12 Detailing 623 Working with Line Weights  624 Drafting on Top of the Detail 626 Adding Notes 666 Creating Blank Drafting Views 669 Are You Experienced? 689 Chapter 13 Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 691 Duplicating Views 692 Creating Dependent Views  694 Adding Match Lines  700 Using View Templates 705 Are You Experienced? 706 Chapter 14 Creating Sheets and Printing 707 Creating and Populating Sheets 707 Modifying a Viewport  715 Adding Revisions to a Sheet 721 Addressing Project Parameters  725 Generating a Cover Sheet 727 Printing from Revit Architecture 733 Are You Experienced? 736 Chapter 15 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 737 Creating Rooms  738 Adding a Room Schedule  748 Adding a Color-Fill Plan  751 Adding Room Separators  754 Creating an Area Plan 756 Are You Experienced? 759 Chapter 16 Advanced Wall Topics 761 Creating Compound Walls  762 Adding Wall Sweeps  770 Creating Stacked Walls 781 Creating Curtain Walls 785 Adding a Wall to a Massing Object 797 Are You Experienced? 810 Chapter 17 Creating Families 811 Creating a Basic Family  811 Using a Complex Family to Create an Arched Door  823 Creating an In-Place Family 838 Are You Experienced? 842 Chapter 18 Site and Topography 843 Adding a Site in Revit  844 Splitting the Surface 849 Creating Subregions 851 Adding Site Components  853 Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth  859 Adding a Property Line 861 Creating a Toposurface by Instance 863 Creating a Graded Region 871 Are You Experienced? 873 Chapter 19 Rendering and Presentation 875 Creating an Exterior Rendering 876 Creating an Interior Rendering  889 Creating Walkthroughs  890 Creating a Solar Study  895 Are You Experienced? 897 Chapter 20 Importing and Coordinating Models 899 Linking a Revit Structure Model  900 Activating Copy/Monitor 902 Running Interference Detection  909 Importing and Exporting CAD Formats  912 Are You Experienced? 918 Chapter 21 Phasing and Design Options 919 Managing Project Phasing  920 Examining Graphic Overrides  924 Creating Design Options  925 Are You Experienced? 931 Chapter 22 Project Collaboration 933 Enabling and Utilizing Worksharing 933 Working in the Revit Shared Environment 942 Are You Experienced? 950 Index 951

About the Author :
Eric Wing is the Building Information Modeling manager at a New York engineering firm, director of the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Training Program, author of four books, and Revit columnist for AUGIWorld Magazine as well as AUGI HotNews and ConnectPress. Eric is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and popular speaker at Autodesk University, presenting to groups of 500–1000 Revit users at each of his three AU sessions, and also frequently speaks at other industry events, including American Institute of Architects, CSI, and AUGI user group events.