Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 No Experience Required: Autodesk Official Press - Softcover

Wing, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119059534 ISBN 13: 9781119059530

Publisher: Sybex, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

From the Back Cover

Autodesk^® Revit^® Architecture 2016 NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

If you want to get up to speed quickly and be able to make the most of this powerful BIM software, look no further than this hands-on guide. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the entire design, documentation, and presentation process for a four-story office building. Even if you are completely new to Revit Architecture, you'll learn to use the software by creating an actual design from start to finish.

You'll start with a tour of the tools, views, and interface. Then you'll follow a real-world workflow as you place walls, doors, and windows, build floors layer by layer, and add stairs, ramps, ceilings, and roofs. You'll master detailing, and finally explore site considerations that you'll integrate into your design.

• Add structural grids and columns, light fixtures, and floor materials
• Apply dimensioning and annotate your design
• Use predefined detail components and create specific views and match lines
• Download tutorials from the companion website and compare your work to the pros'
• If you already have some experience, check out the bonus chapters on the website to advance your skills

From the Inside Flap

Autodesk^® Revit^® Architecture 2016 NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

If you want to get up to speed quickly and be able to make the most of this powerful BIM software, look no further than this hands-on guide. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the entire design, documentation, and presentation process for a four-story office building. Even if you are completely new to Revit Architecture, you'll learn to use the software by creating an actual design from start to finish.

You'll start with a tour of the tools, views, and interface. Then you'll follow a real-world workflow as you place walls, doors, and windows, build floors layer by layer, and add stairs, ramps, ceilings, and roofs. You'll master detailing, and finally explore site considerations that you'll integrate into your design.

• Add structural grids and columns, light fixtures, and floor materials
• Apply dimensioning and annotate your design
• Use predefined detail components and create specific views and match lines
• Download tutorials from the companion website and compare your work to the pros'
• If you already have some experience, check out the bonus chapters on the website to advance your skills

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119059534
• ISBN 13: 9781119059530
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 864