Go from beginner to guru quickly with the ultimate Revit Architecture 2016 guide Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 No Experience Required is your ultimate hands-on guide for mastering this essential BIM software. With step-by-step instruction and a continuous tutorial approach, this invaluable guide walks you through the design of a four-story office building. You'll be led through the entire design, documentation, and presentation process with expert instruction and helpful tips, so you can quickly become confident and productive. You'll follow a real-world workflow as you jump right into modeling, first placing doors and windows, then building floors layer-by-layer, adding roofs and ceilings, stairs, ramps, and railings. Coverage includes crucial information on detailing, view and match line information, and printing, plus advanced topics like curtain walls, sweeps, embedded families, and formulas. You'll delve into site considerations including grading and topsurface features, and integrate them into your design at the rendering stage. The companion website provides downloadable tutorial files so you can jump in at any point and compare your work to the pros.
Revit is the industry-leading Building Information Management software, hailed for its power and sophistication. This guide helps you get the most out of the software, with expert instruction and plenty of practice.
- Master the interface, tools, views, and editing capabilities
- Work with structural objects, text, dimensions, and multi-story buildings
- Generate construction documentation, schedules, and material takeoffs
- Explore phase management, work sharing, and working with various formats
BIM is the emerging paradigm for architects and others in the construction and engineering fields. Revit is the industry leader, and is quickly becoming a mandatory skillset. Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 No Experience Required provides everything you need to get up to speed and down to work.
Table of Contents:
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 The Autodesk Revit World 1
The Revit Interface 2
The Revit Workflow 4
Using the Ribbon 5
The View Window 13
Object Selection 16
Modifying and Mirroring 18
Building on Existing Geometry 21
View Control and Object Display 23
The Project Browser 30
Windows 33
File Types and Families 35
System and Hosted Families (.rfa) 37
Using Revit Template Files (.rte) 41
Using Revit Family Files (.rft) 42
Are You Experienced? 43
Chapter 2 Creating a Model 45
Placing Walls 45
Adding Exterior Walls 45
Using Reference Planes 46
Adding More Walls 49
Adding Interior Walls 58
Using Temporary Dimensions to Gain Control of Your Model 60
Editing Wall Joins 78
Displaying Wall Joins 81
Disallowing Wall Joins 83
Placing Doors and Windows 88
Adding Doors 88
Placing Openings in Your Walls 96
Adding Windows 98
Are You Experienced? 102
Chapter 3 Creating Views 103
Creating Levels 103
Adding Levels 106
Understanding the Composition of a Level 109
Making Other Level Adjustments 112
Creating and Modifying Building Sections 121
Adding a Building Section 121
Making Building Modifications in a Section 128
Adding Wall Sections 134
Creating Detail Sections 137
Using Crop Regions 139
Splitting a Section Segment 141
Creating Callouts 143
Creating and Modifying a Camera View 149
Adding a Camera View 149
Modifying the Camera 151
Creating an Elevation 152
Interior Elevations 156
Elevation Properties 159
Annotation Properties 161
Are You Experienced? 163
Chapter 4 Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 165
The Basic Edit Commands 166
The Move Command 166
The Copy Command 169
The Rotate Command 171
The Array Command 175
Radial Array 175
Linear Array 180
The Mirror Command 185
The Align Tool 188
Locking an Alignment 193
The Split Element Command 194
The Trim Command 200
The Offset Command 203
Copy/Paste 205
Creating the Plans 208
Are You Experienced? 212
Chapter 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 213
Dimensioning 213
Aligned Dimensions 214
Linear Dimensions 225
Angular Dimensions 227
Radial Dimensions 228
Arc Length Dimensions 230
Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool 232
Constraining the Model 237
Using Dimensions to Move Objects 241
Using Dimension Text Overrides 244
Placing Text and Annotations 247
Adding Leader Text 250
Changing the Leader Type 251
Modifying the Text Placement 253
Changing Text Properties 253
Are You Experienced? 254
Chapter 6 Floors 255
Placing a Floor Slab 255
Creating the Slab 256
Sketching the Slab 262
Building a Floor by Layers 271
Adding Materials 272
Adding a Layer 273
Splitting the Floor Materials 283
Adding an Alternate Material 283
Splitting and Painting 286
Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain 291
Creating Shaft Openings 296
Are You Experienced? 302
Chapter 7 Roofs 303
Placing Roofs by Footprint 303
Flat Roofs by Footprint 304
Pitched Roofs by Footprint 319
Creating a Sloping Roof 332
Creating Roofs by Extrusion 338
Adding a Roof Dormer 347
Are You Experienced? 352
Chapter 8 Structural Items 353
Adding Structural Grids 353
Placing a Grid 354
Adding Structural Columns 368
Using Structural Framing 376
Adding a Beam System 380
Adding Bracing 383
Understanding Foundation Systems 387
Adding Structural Footings 393
Structural Slabs 396
Piers and Spread Footings 400
Using Structural Views 403
Are You Experienced? 406
Chapter 9 Ceilings and Interiors 407
Creating Ceilings 407
Modifying Ceiling Grids 412
Setting Ceiling Element Properties 414
Creating a Plan Region 417
Creating a Custom Ceiling 419
Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 423
Creating a Ceiling Opening 423
Creating a Soffit 426
Adding Light Fixtures to Ceilings 431
Adding Interior Design 435
Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture 435
Adding Parabolic Troffers 443
Adding Casework and Furniture 447
Adding Alternate Floor Materials 457
Separating the Floor 457
Creating a Tile Material 459
Are You Experienced? 462
Chapter 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 463
Creating Stairs by Using the Rise/Run Function 463
Modifying Boundaries 467
Configuring Railings 470
Creating a Winding Staircase 486
Stair and Railing Families 501
Creating a Custom Railing System 502
Creating Custom Stairs 507
Adding a Custom Landing 512
Adding a Gooseneck 513
Adding Ramps 520
Are You Experienced? 526
Chapter 11 Detailing 529
Working with Line Weights 529
Drafting on Top of the Detail 532
Using Predefined Detail Components 532
Masking Regions 534
Repeating Details 536
Modifying a Detail Component 541
Modifying Filled Regions 542
Drawing Detail Lines 566
Specifying Drafting Line Weights 568
Adding Notes 570
Adding Textual Notations 570
Creating Blank Drafting Views 572
Creating a Detail Group 581
Adding a Section to Another View 587
Importing AutoCAD Files into a Drafting View 589
Adding 2D and 3D Lines to the Model 590
Are You Experienced? 593
Chapter 12 Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 595
Duplicating Views 595
Creating Dependent Views 597
Adjusting the Crop Regions 598
Adjusting the Annotation Crop Region 601
Adding Match Lines 604
Match-Line Appearance 605
Adding View References to a Match Line 606
Using View Templates 609
Are You Experienced? 610
Chapter 13 Creating Sheets and Printing 611
Creating and Populating Sheets 611
Sheet Organization 614
Modifying a Viewport 619
Viewport Properties 624
Adding Revisions to a Sheet 625
Addressing Project Parameters 629
Generating a Cover Sheet 631
Printing from Revit Architecture 637
Are You Experienced? 640
Chapter 14 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 641
Creating Rooms 641
Configuring Properties 646
Placing and Manipulating Room Tags 651
Adding a Room Schedule 652
Adding a Color-Fill Plan 655
Adding Room Separators 657
Creating an Area Plan 659
Are You Experienced? 663
Chapter 15 Advanced Wall Topics 665
Creating Compound Walls 665
Adding Layers to the Compound Wall 668
Adding Wall Sweeps 674
Modifying a Wall’s Profile in Place 677
Manually Adding Host Sweeps 680
Creating Stacked Walls 684
Creating Curtain Walls 687
Adding a Predefined Curtain Wall 688
Adding a Blank Curtain Wall 690
Creating Curtain Grids 693
Adding a Wall to a Massing Object 699
Are You Experienced? 712
Chapter 16 Creating Families 713
Creating a Basic Family 713
Adding Reference Planes to a Family 714
Adding Dimensions and Parameters to a Family 717
The Type Properties Dialog Box 720
Using a Complex Family to Create an Arched Door 725
Creating a 3D Extrusion in a Family 728
Creating a 3D Sweep in a Family 733
Creating an In-Place Family 739
Are You Experienced? 743
Chapter 17 Site and Topography 745
Adding a Site in Revit 745
Modifying a Toposurface 749
Splitting the Surface 751
Creating Subregions 754
Adding Site Components 755
Adding Contour Properties and Labels 760
Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth 762
Adding a Property Line 764
Creating a Toposurface by Instance 765
Creating a Graded Region 774
Are You Experienced? 776
Chapter 18 Rendering and Presentation 777
Creating an Exterior Rendering 777
Creating Lighting Groups 788
Creating an Interior Rendering 791
Creating Walkthroughs 792
Exporting an Animation 795
Creating a Solar Study 797
Are You Experienced? 799
Index 801
About the Author :
Eric Wing is an architectural engineer and the Building Information Modeling manager at a New York engineering firm. An Autodesk Certified Instructor, he is also director of the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Training Program and the Revit columnist for AUGIWorld Magazine. Eric is a popular speaker at Autodesk University and frequently addresses other industry events, including the American Institute of Architects, CSI, and AUGI user groups.
