Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 No Experience Required: Autodesk Official Press

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Autodesk Revit World
Chapter 2: Creating a Model
Chapter 3: Creating Views
Chapter 4: Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools
Chapter 5: Dimensioning and Annotating
Chapter 6: Floors
Chapter 7: Roofs
Chapter 8: Structural Items
Chapter 9: Ceilings and Interiors
Chapter 10: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings
Chapter 11: Detailing
Chapter 12: Creating Specific Views and Match Lines
Chapter 13: Creating Sheets and Printing
Chapter 14: Creating Rooms and Area Plans
Chapter 15: Advanced Wall Topics
Chapter 16: Creating Families
Chapter 17: Site and Topography
Chapter 18: Rendering and Presentation