Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Essentials: Autodesk Official Press - Softcover

Duell, Ryan; Hathorn, Tobias; Reist Hathorn, Tessa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118575083 ISBN 13: 9781118575086

Publisher: Sybex, 2013

Synopsis

Quickly learn essential Revit Architecture tools and techniques

Autodesk Revit Architecture is the powerful, sophisticated building information modeling (BIM) software that has transformed the architectural design industry. This Autodesk Official Press guide is the perfect introduction to the powerful software for architects, designers, and students. Three Revit experts provide concise explanations, real-world examples, and plenty of hands-on exercises and tutorials. You'll soon master the basics and then find yourself using the software confidently, productively, and effectively.

Beginners will get comfortable with Revit's core features and functions. Current users will have a valuable reference to refresh and hone their skills. And everyone can use this practical book to help prepare for the Revit Architecture certification exams.

• Gets readers up and running on Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014, Autodesk's industry-leading building information modeling software
• Explains core Revit tools, features, functionality, real-world workflows, and BIM concepts
• Covers schematic design, modeling, families, views, creating drawing sets, and more
• Features best practices, rendering and visualization, worksharing, documentation, and annotation
• Provides downloadable starting and ending files, so readers can compare their work to that of the pro's

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Essentials is your perfect introduction toto the powerful industry-leading BIM software.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Learn Revit Architecture Quickly and Easily

This engaging, step-by-step guide is the perfect introduction to the world's most powerful Building Information Modeling software. The expert authoring team brings the software to life, sharing the most essential tools to enhance your design experience. You'll learn to navigate the interface, create and modify parametric Revit objects, enhance 3D visualizations with presentation-quality graphics, and much more. The detailed tutorials reinforce your understanding of Revit Architecture's core functionality, so you can quickly become productive with the software. This practical guide also helps you prepare for Revit certification exams.

Learn these Revit Architecture essentials—and more:

• Navigating the user interface and all tools
• Working with Revit objects
• Leveraging schematic design and site modeling
• Modeling, massing, and "sketching" your best ideas
• Detailing, annotating, and creating drawing sets
• Tagging rooms and generating color fill plans
• Working with families and the Family Editor
• Rendering and creating compelling visualizations

Work with compelling presentation documents in multi-user environments

Create realistic renderings and attractive exploded views

This striking Essentials book features:

• Chapter-opening learning objectives
• Step-by-step tutorials
• Full-color screenshots and illustrations
• Essentials and Beyond—summaries and additional suggested exercises
• Downloadable exercise files

About the Author

Ryan Duell is a senior quality assurance analyst for Revit. He also contributes to the Revit Clinic blog (revitclinic.typepad.com), presents at Autodesk University, and is a former BIM manager. Tobias Hathorn is a licensed architect and user experience designer for Revit and also lectures at Autodesk University. He previously worked at BNIM architects on a million-square-foot IRS paper processing center using Revit. Tessa Reist Hathorn is a licensed architect at Austin Architects (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and has worked on everything from private residences to the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. All three authors teach Revit at the Boston Architectural College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1118575083
• ISBN 13: 9781118575086
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416