Autodesk Revit - Ryan Duell, Tobias Hathorn, Tessa Reist Hathorn - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Essentials: Autodesk Official Press [2013, PDF, ENG] + Code

Foreword xv
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 Introducing the Autodesk Revit Architecture Interface 1
Understanding the Interface 2
Properties Palette 2
Project Browser 4
Status Bar 5
View Control Bar 5
ViewCube 5
Options Bar 6
Understanding the Interface Workflow 6
Creating a Simple Layout 7
Using Filter, Mirror, and Trim/Extend 8
Adjusting Datums 11
Changing Element Types 13
Using Common Modifying Tools 16
Using Dimensions for Modifying Designs 16
Aligning Elements 20
Rotating, Grouping, and Arraying 23
Aligned Copying and Group Editing 27
The Essentials and Beyond 30
Chapter 2 Walls and Cur tain Walls 31
Understanding Wall Types and Parameters 31
Basic Walls 32
Stacked Walls 34
Curtain Wall Types 35
Creating Numerous Wall Configurations 36
Sketching Walls 37
Picking Walls 39
Hosting Elements in Walls 40
Modifying Walls 41
Instance Parameters 43
Editing Profiles 44
Attaching and Detaching the Top and Base 45
Resetting Profi les 47
Cutting Openings 48
Splitting Walls 49
Swapping Walls 50
Creating Curtain Walls 51
Curtain Grids 52
Adding Mullions 53
Embedding Curtain Walls 55
Modifying Curtain Walls 56
Editing the Elevation Profile 56
Adding and Modifying Grids and Mullions 57
Unpinning and Toggling Mullions 58
Modifying Curtain-Grid Segments 60
Modifying Curtain Panels 61
Going Beyond the Basics 62
The Essentials and Beyond 64
Chapter 3 Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings 67
Creating Floors 67
Sketching 67
Editing the Boundary 68
Creating Sloped Arrows and Floors 70
Creating Sloped Floors via Shape Editing 72
Creating Openings by Sketching 74
Creating Openings with Shafts 76
Picking Walls 80
Laying Out Roofs 81
Picking Walls 81
Creating Slope Arrows 82
Creating Extruded Roofs 86
Adding Ceilings 89
Creating Automatic Ceilings 90
Sketching Ceilings 91
Dealing with Bulkhead Conditions 94
Adding Lights and Rotating the Grid 96
Changing the Ceiling 97
Sloping the Ceiling 97
The Essentials and Beyond 98
Chapter 4 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 99
Creating Stair Configurations 99
Creating the Generic Railing 100
Creating Your Design Stair 103
Creating a Straight-Run Stair 104
Creating a Straight-Run Stair with Landing 107
Creating Multistory Runs 110
Setting the Host Function for Railings 112
Designing Ramps 114
Creating a Straight-Run Ramp 115
Editing Boundary Conditions 116
Building Railings for Level and Sloped Conditions 118
Using the Set Host Function 120
Editing the Top Rail 121
From Basics to Creative Art 121
The Essentials and Beyond 123
Chapter 5 Adding Families 125
Understanding the Model Hierarchy 125
Assigning Families to Categories 127
Working with System Families 130
Loading System Families 130
Placing System Families 131
Working with Component Families 132
Loading Component Families 133
Using Hosted Families 134
Using Face-Based Families 138
Using In-Place Component Families 139
Finding Content 139
The Essentials and Beyond 141
Chapter 6 Modifying Families 143
Editing View Display and Detail Level 143
View Scale and Detail Level 145
Level of Detail 148
Changing the Family Category 151
Editing the Family Category 152
Editing the Insertion Point 153
Modifying Family Geometry 158
Editing the Family 158
Editing Profiles 159
Detail Components 163
Repeating Details 167
Title Blocks 168
Hosted Components 172
Family Tips and Best Practices 177
The Essentials and Beyond 179
Chapter 7 Schematic Design 181
Working from a Sketch 181
Importing Background Images 183
Accurately Scaling Images 184
Using Reference Planes and Levels 186
Creating and Placing Groups 190
Modeling In-Place Masses 193
Modeling the Base Mass 193
Modeling the Middle Mass 195
Modeling the Upper Mass 197
Working in 3D 198
Creating Mass Floors 202
Scheduling Mass Floors 203
Updating the Massing Study 206
The Essentials and Beyond 208
Chapter 8 Rooms and Color-Fill Plans 209
Defining Rooms in Spaces 209
Room Tags 210
Room Boundaries 213
Room Separation Lines 215
Deleting Rooms 217
Generating Color-Fill Room Plans 219
Adding a Color Legend 219
Modifying Color Schemes 221
Adding Tags and Fill Colors in Section 222
The Essentials and Beyond 225
Chapter 9 Materials, Rendering, and Visualization 227
Using Materials 228
Editing Material Properties of Walls 228
Using Graphic Display Options 231
Presentation Elevation Drawing 231
Presentation 3D Isometric Drawing 235
3D Exploded View 237
Rendering Graphics 238
The Essentials and Beyond 241
Chapter 10 Worksharing 243
Enabling Worksharing 244
Preparing the Central File 244
Creating Central and Local Files 246
Creating the Central File 246
Creating the Local File 247
Adding Worksets 248
Workset Visibility 250
Assigning Elements to Worksets 250
Saving to the Central File 253
Creating New Elements 255
Opening and Closing Worksets 259
Worksharing Display Modes 260
Editing Requests 263
Worksharing Best Practices 264
The Essentials and Beyond 265
Chapter 11 Details and Annotations 267
Creating Details 267
Detail Line 268
Region 269
Component 269
Creating a Detail 270
Insulation 280
Detail Groups 280
Linework 281
Annotating Your Details 282
Dimensions 283
Tags 288
Text 291
Using Legends 292
The Essentials and Beyond 294
Chapter 12 Creating Drawing Sets 297
Creating Schedules 297
Understanding Schedules 298
Making Schedules 305
Creating a Window Schedule 305
Creating a Room Schedule 307
Creating a Sheet List 309
Placing Views on Sheets 313
Adding Floor Plans to the Sheet 313
Adding the Schedules 319
Printing Documents 321
Exploring the Print Dialog Box 321
Exploring the Print Settings 322
Exploring the Print Range 325
The Essentials and Beyond 327
Chapter 13 Workflow and Site Modeling 329
Understanding a BIM Workflow 329
Staffing a BIM Project 332
Project Roles Using Revit Architecture 332
Adding Team Members to Fight Fires 336
Modeling a Site 337
Using a Toposurface 338
Creating a Building Pad 340
Performing Quality Control on Your Model 342
Keeping an Eye on File Size 342
Dealing with Warnings 345
The Essentials and Beyond 347
Chapter 14 Repeating Objects, Best Practices, and Quick Tips 349
Repeating Objects 349
Optimizing Performance 352
Utilizing Best Practices 355
Using Quick Tips and Shortcuts 359
Finding Additional Resources 365
The Essentials and Beyond 366
Appendix: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Certification 367
Index 377