Autodesk Revit architecture 2012 essentials : Autodesk official training guide / Phil Read, Eddy Krygiel, James Vandezande.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Read, Phil, 1965-

Contributor:

Krygiel, Eddy, 1972-

Vandezande, James, 1972-

Series:

Serious skills.

Autodesk official training guide.

Serious skills

Autodesk official training guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autodesk Revit.

Architectural drawing--Computer-aided design.

Architectural drawing.

Architectural design--Data processing.

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Revit Architecture 2012 essentials

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Wiley Pub., c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Revit Essentials is a unique learning resource that features concise, straightforward explanations and real-world, hands-on exercises and tutorials to teach new users the software's core features and functions. Each chapter opens with a quick discussion of concepts and learning goals and then briskly moves into an approachable hands-on exercise that readers can follow to gain confidence using the software. Each chapter features compelling full-color screenshots to illustrate tutorial steps, and chapters conclude with a related and more open-ended project to further reinforce the chapter's lessons. Readers can download starting and ending files for the exercises and additional learning tutorials so that they can start anywhere in the book and compare their results with the pro's. Revit Essentials first introduces users to the software's interface and Buidling Information Modeling (BIM) foundational concepts. Following a workflow-based approach that mirrors how projects progress in the real world, the book then guides readers through creating a floor plan, adding and modifying content, creating families, working with curtain walls, advanced modeling and massing capabilities, organizing with groups, using views and phases, annotating and documenting effectively, scheduling, workflow considerations, and tips and tricks drawn from the author's extensive experience. The hands-on exercises in Revit Essentials will get all users up to speed on the program's core functionality so they can quickly become productive with the software. The full-color book also features dataset downloads so readers can jump in anywhere as well as compare their work to the pro's"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Essentials; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; What You Will Learn; What You Need; What Is Covered in This Book; Day 1; Day 2; Day 3; Day 4; The Essentials Series; Contacting the Authors; Chapter 1: Introducing Revit and the User Interface; Understanding the Revit Interface; Properties Palette; Project Browser; Status Bar; View Control Bar; ViewCube; Options Bar; Understanding the Interface Workflow; Creating a Simple Layout; Using Filter, Mirror, and Trim/Extend; Adjusting Datums; Changing Element Types; Using Common Modifying Tools

Using Dimensions for Modifying DesignsAligning Elements; Rotating, Grouping, and Arraying; Aligned Copying and Group Editing; Chapter 2: Schematic Design; Working from a Sketch; Importing Background Images; Accurately Scaling Images; Reference Planes and Levels; Creating and Placing Groups; Modeling In-Place Masses; Modeling the Base Mass; Modeling the Middle Mass; Modeling the Upper Mass; Working in 3D; Creating Mass Floors; Scheduling Mass Floors; Updating the Massing Study; Chapter 3: Walls and Curtain Walls; Creating Generic Walls; Creating Numerous Wall Configurations; Sketching Walls

Picking WallsModifying Walls; Instance Parameters; Attaching and Detaching Top and Base; Resetting Profiles; Cutting Openings; Splitting Walls; Swapping Walls; Creating Curtain Walls; Grid Lines; Embedding Curtain Walls; Modifying Curtain Walls; Editing the Elevation Profile; Adding and Modifying Grids and Mullions; Unpinning and Toggling Mullions; Adding and Modifying Panels; Adding and Modifying the Curtain Panel Door; Understanding Basic Wall Parts and Parameters; Basic Walls; Stacked Walls; Curtain Wall Types; Just One More Thing; Chapter 4: Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings; Creating Floors

SketchingEditing the Boundary; Sloped Arrows and Floors; Sloped Floors via Shape Editing; Creating Openings by Sketching; Creating Openings with Shafts; Picking Walls; Laying Out Roofs; Picking Walls; Extruded Roofs; Adding Ceilings; Automatic Ceilings; Sketching Ceilings; Bulkhead Conditions; Adding Lights and Rotating the Grid; Changing the Ceiling; Sloping the Ceiling; Chapter 5: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings; Creating Numerous Stair Configurations; Creating the "Generic" Railing; Creating Your Design Stair; Straight Run; Straight Run with Landing; Multistory Runs; Straight Runs

Editing Boundary ConditionsBuilding Railings for Level and Sloped Conditions; Ramp Parameters; Railing Parameters; Just One More Thing; Chapter 6: Adding Families; Understanding Different Family Types; Loading Families; Placing Families; Annotations; Profiles; Detail Components; Repeating Details; Title Blocks; Level Based; Face Based; Hosted; Chapter 7: Modifying Families; Editing View Display and Detail Level; View Display; Level of Detail; Changing the Family Category; Editing the Family; Family Category and Parameters; Editing the Insertion Point; Modifying Family Geometry

Editing the Family

Notes:

"Sybex"--Spine.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613397850

9781283397858

1283397854

9781118097328

1118097327

OCLC:

794326258