Revit 2017 architecture / by Munir M. Hamad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamad, Munir M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural drawing--Computer-aided design.

Architectural drawing.

Architectural design--Data processing.

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dulles, Virginia ; Boston, [Massachusetts] ; New Delhi, [India] : Mercury Learning and Information, 2017.

Summary:

Covering all of the major techniques, this book uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad drawing and editing tools for this popular application. Use the companion files to set up drawing exercises and projects and to see all of the book's figures. Revit 2017 Architecture includes over 100 exercises or "mini-workshops" that complete small projects from concept through actual plotting. Solving all of these workshops will simulate the creation of three projects (architectural and mechanical) from beginning to end, without overlooking any of the basic commands and functions in Revit Architecture 2017. eBook Customers: Companion files are available for downloading with order number/proof of purchase by writing to the publisher at info@merclearning.com. Features: • Designed for novice users of Revit 2017 Architecture. Most useful for "teach yourself" or instructor-led Revit training. No previous CAD experience is required • Uses both English and metric units in examples, exercises, projects, and descriptions • Accompanied by companion files that feature drawings, practice and finished plots, figures, etc. • Includes over 50 "mini-workshops" and hundreds of figures that complete small projects • Helps you to prepare for the Revit Architecture Certified Professional exam • Exercises and projects included for use as a textbook

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Book Purpose &amp

Objectives

Preface

Exercises

Chapter 1: Introduction to Revit Architecture

1.1 CAD vs. BIM

1.2 Revit Architecture

1.3 Starting Revit 2017 Architecture

1.4 Understanding the Revit 2017 Architecture Interface

1.4.1 Application Menu

1.4.2 Quick Access Toolbar

1.4.3 Ribbons

1.4.4 Info Center

1.4.5 View Area

1.4.6 Properties

1.4.7 Project Browser

1.4.8 View Control Bar

1.4.9 Status Bar

1.4.10 Options Bar

1.5 Zooming in Revit 2017

1.6 3D and Camera in Revit 2017

1.7 Steering Wheel

1.7.1 Zoom

1.7.2 Orbit

1.7.3 Pan

1.7.4 Rewind

1.7.5 Center

1.7.6 Look

1.7.7 Up/Down

1.7.8 Walk

1.8 Create New Project

1.9 Open Existing Project

1.10 Closing File(s)

Exercise 1-1 Introducing Revit Architecture

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 2: How to Draw and Modify in Revit

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Drawing in Revit 2017

2.2.1 Temporary Dimensions

2.2.2 Alignment Lines

2.2.3 Snaps

2.2.4 Draw Context Panel

2.3 Selecting in Revit

2.3.1 Delete Command

Exercise 2-1 Drawing and Selecting

2.4 Some Modifying Commands

2.4.1 Move Command

2.4.2 Copy Command

2.4.3 Rotate Command

2.4.4 Mirror Command

2.4.5 Array Command

2.4.6 Linear Array

2.4.7 Radial Array

Exercise 2-2 Some Modifying Commands

Chapter 3: Project Preparation

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Project Information and Project Units

3.2.1 Project Information

3.2.2 Project Units

3.3 Creating Levels

Exercise 3-1 Project Information, Units, and Adding Levels

3.4 Importing a CAD File

3.5 Creating Gridlines

3.6 Creating Columns

Exercise 3-2 Import CAD, Gridlines, and Columns

Chapter Review Answers.

Chapter 4: All You Need to Know about Walls

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Wall Families

4.2.1 System Families

4.2.2 Component Families

4.3 Inputting Walls

4.4 Wall Controls and Temporary Dimensions

Exercise 4-1 Inputting the Outside Wall

4.5 Additional Modifying Commands

4.5.1 Align Command

4.5.2 Trim/Extend to Corner

4.5.3 Trim/Extend Single Element and Trim/Extend Multiple Elements74

4.5.4 Split Element

4.5.5 Split with Gap

4.5.6 Match Type Properties

4.5.7 Create Similar

4.5.8 Cut Profile

4.5.9 Underlay

Exercise 4-2 Additional Modifying Commands

4.6 Wall Profile

4.7 Hide and Unhide Elements

Exercise 4-3 Wall Profile

Chapter 5: Inserting Doors and Windows

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Inserting Doors and Windows Using Pre-Loaded Families92

5.3 Loading Door and Window Families

5.4 Customizing Door and Window Sizes

5.5 Special Techniques for Doors and Windows

5.5.1 Reveal Constraint

Exercise 5-1 Inserting Doors and Windows

Chapter 6: Creating and Controlling Curtain Walls

6.1 Introduction

6.2 All You Need to Know about Curtain Walls

6.3 Controlling Curtain Gridlines

6.3.1 Moving Existing Curtain Gridlines

6.3.2 Adding New Curtain Grid Lines

6.3.3 Deleting Curtain Grid Lines

6.3.4 Controlling Curtain Grid Lines Using Properties

6.3.5 Add/Remove Segments

6.4 Adding and Controlling Mullions

6.4.1 Selecting a Group of Mullions

6.5 Adding Storefronts

6.6 Curtain Panels

6.6.1 Replacing Panels

6.6.2 Panel Material

6.7 Hiding and Isolating Elements

Exercise 6-1 Creating and Manipulating Curtain Walls

Chapter 7: Creating Floors

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Creating Floors by Selecting Walls or Sketching.

7.3 Joining Geometry

7.4 How to Create a Shaft Opening in Floors

7.5 Creating a Floor with Slopes

7.5.1 One-Direction Slope

7.5.2 Slope for Drainage

7.6 Underlay and Linework

Exercise 7-1 Creating Floors

Chapter 8: Creating Roofs

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Roof by Footprint

8.2.1 Slope Arrow

8.2.2 Attach the Top or Base of the Wall to the Roof

Exercise 8-1 Creating a Roof by Footprint

8.3 Roof by Extrusion

8.3.1 Reference Plane

Exercise 8-2 Creating a Roof by Extrusion

Chapter 9: Components &amp

Ceiling

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Placing Components

Exercise 9-1 Placing Components

9.3 Creating a Ceiling - Introduction

9.4 Creating a Ceiling - Automatic

9.5 Creating a Ceiling - Sketch

9.6 Creating a Ceiling - Ceiling Soffit

Exercise 9-2 Creating Ceiling

Chapter 10: Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Creating Stairs - First Look

10.3 Creating Stairs - Standard Stairs

10.4 Editing Stairs by Sketch

10.5 Editing Stairs by Component

10.6 Sketching Stairs

10.7 Creating Ramps

10.8 Creating Railings

10.8.1 Modify Existing Railing

10.8.2 Create New Railing

Exercise 10-1 Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

Chapter 11: Creating and Manipulating Views

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Creating Duplicates

11.2.1 Duplicate

11.2.2 Duplicate with Detailing

11.2.3 Duplicate as a Dependent

11.2.4 Renaming View

11.2.5 Crop Region

11.2.6 Annotation Crop

11.3 Creating Callouts

11.3.1 Rectangular Shape

11.3.2 Sketch

11.3.3 For Both Types

11.4 Control Visibility / Graphics

Exercise 11-1 Views - Part 1

11.5 Creating Elevations.

11.6 Creating Sections

11.6.1 3D Section Box

11.6.2 Orient to View

11.6.3 Selection Box

11.7 View Range

11.8 Plan Region

Exercise 11-2 Views - Part 2

11.9 Depth Cueing

Exercise 11-3 Depth Cueing

Chapter 12: Annotation and Legends

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Creating Dimensions

12.2.1 Aligned

12.2.2 Linear

12.2.3 Angular

12.2.4 Radial and Diameter

12.2.5 Arc Length

12.2.6 Spot Elevation

12.2.7 Spot Slope

12.3 Writing Text

12.3.1 Annotation Text

12.3.2 Annotation Text Family

12.3.3 Model Text

12.4 Editing Dimensions and Annotation Text

12.4.1 Delete Single Aligned Dimension

Exercise 12-1 Dimension and Text

12.5 Creating Legends

12.5.1 How to Create a Legend View?

12.5.2 Insert Legend Components

12.5.3 Insert Symbols

Exercise 12-2 Creating Legends

Chapter 13: Visualize in Revit and Printing

13.1 Dealing with Cameras

13.1.1 How to Create a Camera

13.1.2 View Size

Exercise 13-1 Perspectives

13.2 Creating Walkthroughs

13.2.1 How to Create a Walkthrough

13.2.2 How to View and Modify a Walkthrough

13.2.3 How to Set Walkthrough Frames

13.2.4 How to Export a Walkthrough

Exercise 13-2 Creating Walkthroughs

13.3 Solar Studies: Introduction

13.4 Solar Study Types

13.4.1 How to Create Still Solar Studies

13.4.2 How to Create Single Day Solar Studies

13.4.3 How to Create Multi-Day Solar Studies

Exercise 13-3 Solar Studies

13.5 Rendering in Revit - Introduction

13.6 Render Command in Revit

13.6.1 Quality

13.6.2 Output Settings

13.6.3 Lighting

13.6.4 Background

13.6.5 Image

13.6.6 Display

13.6.7 Render and Render Region

13.7 Render and Lights

13.7.1 Setting Up Light Groups

13.7.2 Adding Trees and People.

Exercise 13-4 Rendering in Revit

13.8 Creating Sheets

13.9 Printing

Exercise 13-5 Creating Sheets

Chapter 14: Creating Schedules

14.1 Creating Schedules

14.1.1 Fields

14.1.2 Filter

14.1.3 Sorting/Grouping

14.1.4 Formatting

14.1.5 Appearance

14.2 Modifying Schedules

14.3 Including an Image in Your Schedule

14.4 Calculated Value

Exercise 14-1 Creating and Modifying Schedules

14.5 Schedule Key Styles

14.6 Reusing Schedules

Exercise 14-2 Scheduling Key Styles &amp

Reusing Schedules

14.7 Creating Project Parameters

14.8 Creating Fields from Formulas

14.9 Conditional Formatting

14.10 Creating Material Takeoff Schedules

Exercise 14-3 Creating Material Takeoff Schedules

Chapter 15: Project Phasing and Design Options

15.1 Project Phasing

15.1.1 Phases and Elements

15.1.2 How to Demolish Elements

15.1.3 Creating Phases

Exercise 15-1 Using Phases

15.2 Design Options

15.2.1 How to Set Up Design Options

15.2.2 How to Add Existing Elements to Design Options

15.2.3 How to Add New Elements to a Design Option

15.2.4 How to View Design Options

15.2.5 Delete Design Options

Exercise 15-2 Design Options

Chapter 16: Toposurfaces in Revit

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Project Base Point and Survey Point

16.2.1 Project Base Point

16.2.2 Survey Point

16.3 Creating Toposurfaces

16.3.1 Inputting Points Manually

16.3.2 How to Create a Toposurface Using an Imported File

16.3.3 How to Create a Toposurface from a Points File

16.4 Editing Toposurfaces

16.5 Site Settings

16.6 Creating Property Lines

16.7 Creating Building Pads

Exercise 16-1 Creating Topographical Surfaces

16.8 Editing Toposurfaces.

16.8.1 Creating Subregions.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 27, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781944534745

1944534741

OCLC:

993092279