Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012: (Autodesk Official Training Guides)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 28, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0470945060 | ISBN-13: 978-0470945063 | Edition: 1
This Autodesk Official Training Guide teaches Revit to new users

The perfect introduction to Revit Architecture, Autodesk's building information modeling (BIM) software, this unique and highly effective guide uses a continuous, step-by-step tutorial to build your skills. You?ll first get to know the Revit interface and basic conventions, then quickly move right into designing, documenting, and modeling a four-story office building.

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From the Back Cover

This hands-on introduction to Revit Architecture will have you designing with Autodesk's powerful building information modeling software in no time. Through an easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn Revit by planning and developing a four-story office building from design to documentation to presentation. Follow the tutorial sequentially or jump straight to the specific skills you'd like to learn by downloading the drawing files from the companion website. Either way, you'll get a thorough grounding in Revit basics and quickly master tasks that professionals face all the time.

• Learn Revit by designing a four-story office building from start to finish
• Start at the ground level by setting a foundation, structural beams, and footings
• Understand best practices for models, views, dimensions, families, editing, and more
• Plan and create walls, doors, windows, floors, and ceilings
• Add rooms, choose colors, and design areas and area separators
• Create custom stairs and railings that look great in commercial and high-end residential settings
• Finish your site with landscaping, curbing, parking, and walkways
• Master Revit's new features, including transparencies, rotate and array editing tools, the robust materials editor, and the work plane viewer
• Light, render, and display in 3D—and make presentations that wow customers

Show off your design with quick, fully rendered perspectives

Add landscaping and topography outside your building

Create beautiful custom wainscoting, railings, and stairs

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012: No Experience Required (Autodesk Official Training Guides)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1032 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (June 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470945060
• ISBN-13: 978-0470945063
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches

Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011

ISBN-10: 9780470626962

The Ultimate Real-World Reference for Revit Architecture 

Architecture Book Review : This comprehensive guide has been completely updated to provide the most modern, detailed, and in-depth coverage of Autodesk's leading building information modeling software. 

This packed new edition features clear discussions of core topics that are reinforced by compelling examples and tutorials to guide you to Revit Architecture mastery.

The expert authors use real-world workflows to show you how to immediately implement and use Revit Architecture 2011 with spectacular results. 

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They delve deeply into every crucial topic, including how to most productively use the interface, how to create fantastic building designs with Revit, and how to produce solid documentation. They also explore such advanced topics as using Revit Architecture during construction and how to leverage the API.

 Coverage includes:

• A thorough, complete overview of the Revit Architecture tool chest
• Advanced modeling and massing using the Family Editor
• Designing simple and complex walls, curtain walls, roofs, floors, stairs, and railings
• Preparing your designs for presentation with color fills, animations, visualizations, and more
• Using the Revit API to create custom applications
• Performing various types of sustainable design analysis
• Advanced topics not covered anywhere else, including modeling for construction, and Revit for film and stage
• Other critical coverage such as managing Revit projects, family creation, office standards, and more 

Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011

Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011

Quickly Become Productive Using Core Revit Features and Functions

Document, Detail, Annotate, and Present Your Designs

Improve Your Workflow with Worksharing and Collaboration

Explore the Essentials of Sustainable Design

Prepare for the Revit Architecture 2011 Certified Associate and Certified Professional Exams
About the Author

Eddy Krygiel is an Autodesk Authorized Author and registered architect at HNTB Architects, where he implements BIM and has used Revit to complete projects of all sizes. Phil Read is Vice President and Director of Practice Integration at HNTB, one of the driving forces behind the original Revit software, and a popular presenter at Autodesk University. James Vandezande is a registered architect and Senior Associate at HOK, where he is one of the company's BIM leaders. James is also the president of the New York City Revit Users Group and teaches Revit as an adjunct lecturing professor at NYU. All three authors maintain the popular Revit blog www.architecture-tech.com.

Product Details

    Paperback: 1168 pages
    Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (July 26, 2010)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 9780470626962
    ISBN-13: 978-0470626962
    ASIN: 0470626968