Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014

Learn Revit Architecture with expert instruction from this Autodesk Official Press guide

The new edition of this bestselling Revit book is the most useful and approachable Mastering Revit Architecture yet. Thoroughly revised and updated, this comprehensive guide to Autodesk's industry-leading building information modeling (BIM) software features in-depth explanations, real-world examples, and practical tutorials help you grasp crucial tools, techniques, and concepts so you can quickly start doing real work in Revit. You will learn core BIM concepts and best practices for everything from putting together impressive building designs to producing solid documentation, creating visualizations that impress clients, and more. Hands-on exercises with downloadable before-and-after files provide plenty of opportunities to practice the real-world scenarios and hone all the crucial Revit skills.
* Explains the user interface, general concepts, best practices, and new features of Revit 2014
* Teaches modeling, massing, and visualization with Revit
* Helps users develop extended modeling skills for walls, stairs, floors, and more
* Features detailed documentation and presentation techniques
* Provides detailed instruction, step-by-step tutorials, and numerous examples
* Includes downloadable starting and ending files and additional advanced content
* Offers information to help readers prepare for Autodesk's certification exams

This detailed reference and tutorial is the perfect resource for becoming an expert with Autodesk's powerful BIM software.

Mastering Revit Architectures focused discussions, detailed exercises, and compelling real-world examples are organized by how users learn and implement Revit, an approach that will resonate with Revit users of all skill levels. The expert authors re-evaluated the entire books structure and content for this edition, responding to reader and Revit instructor feedback to make this the most useful, complete, and approachable guide to Revit Architecture ever.Based on the authors extensive experience using the software, Mastering Revit Architecture is organized by real-world workflows and features detailed explanations, interesting real-world examples, and practical tutorials to help readers understand Revit and BIM concepts so that they can quickly start accomplishing vital Revit tasks. The book also features information to help readers prepare for Autodesks certificationl exams. The books begins with discussions of key BIM and Revit concepts before giving readers a hands-on look at the Revit interface. Part II explores todays Revit workflows and introduces readers to templates, worksharing, and managing Revit projects. Part III dives into modeling and massing and offers detailed information on the crucial Family Editor as well as visualization techniques for various industries. Part IV covers documentation, including annotation and detailing, and explains how to work with complex walls, roofs and floors as well as curtain walls and advanced stair and railings. The final portion of the book delves into such advanced topics using Revit in construction and working with the API. The books companion website features before-and-after tutorial files (metric and Imperial sets) and additional advanced content.

Learn Revit Architecture with expert instruction from this Autodesk Official Press guide The new edition of this bestselling Revit book is the most useful and approachable Mastering Revit Architecture yet. Thoroughly revised and updated, this comprehensive guide to Autodesk's industry-leading building information modeling (BIM) software features in-depth explanations, real-world examples, and practical tutorials help you grasp crucial tools, techniques, and concepts so you can quickly start doing real work in Revit. You will learn core BIM concepts and best practices for everything from putting together impressive building designs to producing solid documentation, creating visualizations that impress clients, and more. Hands-on exercises with downloadable before-and-after files provide plenty of opportunities to practice the real-world scenarios and hone all the crucial Revit skills. Explains the user interface, general concepts, best practices, and new features of Revit 2014 Teaches modeling, massing, and visualization with Revit Helps users develop extended modeling skills for walls, stairs, floors, and more Features detailed documentation and presentation techniques Provides detailed instruction, step-by-step tutorials, and numerous examples Includes downloadable starting and ending files and additional advanced content Offers information to help readers prepare for Autodesk's certification exams This detailed reference and tutorial is the perfect resource for becoming an expert with Autodesk's powerful BIM software.