Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials: Autodesk Official Press - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118870956 ISBN 13: 9781118870952

Publisher: Sybex, 2014

Synopsis

Your step-by-step guide to learning Autodesk RevitArchitecture

This detailed introduction to Revit Architecture featuresstraightforward explanations and real-world, hands-on tutorials toteach new users the software's core features and functions.

Presented in the context of real-world workflows, and usingreal-world projects, each chapter contains a discussion of the"why" and "how" that is reinforced with a step-by-step tutorial soyou'll gain practical and applicable experience with the corefeatures of Revit Architecture. The new pedagogical approachemphasizes learning skills to help you prepare for the Revitcertification exams.

• Learn at your pace with step-by-step exercises, illustratedwith full-color screenshots and downloadable Revit tutorialfiles
• Work with floors, ceilings, walls, and curtain walls
• Use modeling and massing to explore design ideas
• Use the Family Editor to create and manage families
• Understand effective worksharing, BIM workflows, and filemanagement
• Use rendering and visualization techniques to make your designcome alive
• Prepare for Revit certification exams

With Autodesk Revit Architecture Essentials, you are onlya step away from better, faster building design.

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About the Author

About the Authors
Ryan Duell is a principal quality assurance analyst forAutodesk Revit and previously worked at an architectural firm inBoston on projects ranging from single-family residences to largecommercial jobs. He also teaches Revit at the Boston ArchitecturalCollege.
Tobias Hathorn is a licensed architect and user experiencedesigner for FormIt. He has honed his knowledge and experience withRevit—especially the Graphics and Renderingfeatures—over the past 7 years in the quality assurance andproduct design groups.
Tessa Reist Hathorn is a licensed architect practicing inthe Boulder, Colorado area and has worked on everything fromresidences to the Kansas City Performing Arts Center.

From the Back Cover

Learn Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Quickly andEasily

This Autodesk Official Press guide covers the fundamentals ofAutodesk Revit Architecture 2015 with step-by-step tutorials andhands-on exercises that give you firsthand experience with thetools and a good start on preparing for the Autodesk Revitcertification exams. This full-color, updated edition features astronger emphasis on skills rather than tools, starting and endingfiles for every single exercise, and more clearly defined exercisesthat better separate the step-by-step instructions from the“why” discussions.

Learn these Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015essentials—and more:

• The Revit interface and the workflow behind the software
• Basic building elements: walls, floors, roofs, andceilings
• Creating several types of stairs, ramps, and railings
• Using and modifying families to create your content
• Generating design sketches with FormIt and Sketchbook Pro
• Adding elements based on space, department, or othervariables
• Mastering visualization tools and techniques
• Sharing Revit Architecture files in a project teamenvironment

This striking Essentials book features:

• Chapter-opening learning objectives
• Step-by-step tutorials
• Four-color screenshots and illustrations
• Downloadable exercise files

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118870956
• ISBN 13: 9781118870952
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384