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Foreword | |
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Introduction | |
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Introducing the Autodesk Revit Architecture Interface | |
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Understanding the Interface | |
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Properties Palette | |
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Project Browser | |
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Status Bar | |
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View Control Bar | |
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ViewCube | |
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Options Bar | |
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Understanding the Interface Workflow | |
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Creating a Simple Layout | |
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Using Filter, Mirror, and Trim/Extend | |
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Adjusting Datums | |
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Changing Element Types | |
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Using Common Modifying Tools | |
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Using Dimensions for Modifying Designs | |
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Aligning Elements | |
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Rotating, Grouping, and Arraying | |
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Aligned Copying and Group Editing | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Walls and Curtain Walls | |
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Understanding Wall Types and Parameters | |
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Basic Walls | |
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Stacked Walls | |
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Curtain Wall Types | |
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Creating Numerous Wall Configurations | |
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Sketching Walls | |
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Picking Walls | |
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Hosting Elements in Walls | |
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Modifying Walls | |
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Instance Parameters | |
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Editing Profiles | |
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Attaching and Detaching the Top and Base | |
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Resetting Profiles | |
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Cutting Openings | |
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Splitting Walls | |
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Swapping Walls | |
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Creating Curtain Walls | |
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Curtain Grids | |
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Adding Mullions | |
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Embedding Curtain Walls | |
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Modifying Curtain Walls | |
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Editing the Elevation Profile | |
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Adding and Modifying Grids and Mullions | |
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Unpinning and Toggling Mullions | |
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Modifying Curtain-Grid Segments | |
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Modifying Curtain Panels | |
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Going Beyond the Basics | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings | |
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Creating Floors | |
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Sketching | |
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Editing the Boundary | |
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Creating Sloped Arrows and Floors | |
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Creating Sloped Floors via Shape Editing | |
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Creating Openings by Sketching | |
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Creating Openings with Shafts | |
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Picking Walls | |
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Laying Out Roofs | |
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Picking Walls | |
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Creating Slope Arrows | |
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Creating Extruded Roofs | |
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Adding Ceilings | |
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Creating Automatic Ceilings | |
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Sketching Ceilings | |
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Dealing with Bulkhead Conditions | |
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Adding Lights and Rotating the Grid | |
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Changing the Ceiling | |
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Sloping the Ceiling | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Stairs, Ramps, and Railings | |
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Creating Stair Configurations | |
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Creating the Generic Railing | |
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Creating Your Design Stair | |
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Creating a Straight-Run Stair | |
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Creating a Straight-Run Stair with Landing | |
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Creating Multistory Runs | |
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Setting the Host Function for Railings | |
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Designing Ramps | |
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Creating a Straight-Run Ramp | |
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Editing Boundary Conditions | |
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Building Railings for Level and Sloped Conditions | |
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Using the Set Host Function | |
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Editing the Top Rail | |
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From Basics to Creative Art | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Adding Families | |
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Understanding the Model Hierarchy | |
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Assigning Families to Categories | |
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Working with System Families | |
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Loading System Families | |
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Placing System Families | |
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Working with Component Families | |
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Loading Component Families | |
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Using Hosted Families | |
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Using Face-Based Families | |
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Using In-Place Component Families | |
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Finding Content | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Modifying Families | |
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Editing View Display and Detail Level | |
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View Scale and Detail Level | |
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Level of Detail | |
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Changing the Family Category | |
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Editing the Family Category | |
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Editing the Insertion Point | |
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Modifying Family Geometry | |
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Editing the Family | |
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Editing Profiles | |
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Detail Components | |
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Repeating Details | |
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Title Blocks | |
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Hosted Components | |
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Family Tips and Best Practices | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Schematic Design | |
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Working from a Sketch | |
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Importing Background Images | |
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Accurately Scaling Images | |
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Using Reference Planes and Levels | |
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Creating and Placing Groups | |
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Modeling In-Place Masses | |
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Modeling the Base Mass | |
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Modeling the Middle Mass | |
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Modeling the Upper Mass | |
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Working in 3D | |
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Creating Mass Floors | |
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Scheduling Mass Floors | |
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Updating the Massing Study | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Rooms and Color-Fill Plans | |
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Defining Rooms in Spaces | |
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Room Tags | |
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Room Boundaries | |
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Room Separation Lines | |
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Deleting Rooms | |
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Generating Color-Fill Room Plans | |
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Adding a Color Legend | |
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Modifying Color Schemes | |
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Adding Tags and Fill Colors in Section | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Materials, Rendering, and Visualization | |
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Using Materials | |
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Editing Material Properties of Walls | |
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Using Graphic Display Options | |
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Presentation Elevation Drawing | |
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Presentation 3D Isometric Drawing | |
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3D Exploded View | |
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Rendering Graphics | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Worksharing | |
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Enabling Worksharing | |
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Preparing the Central File | |
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Creating Central and Local Files | |
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Creating the Central File | |
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Creating the Local File | |
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Adding Worksets | |
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Workset Visibility | |
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Assigning Elements to Worksets | |
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Saving to the Central File | |
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Creating New Elements | |
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Opening and Closing Worksets | |
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Worksharing Display Modes | |
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Editing Requests | |
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Worksharing Best Practices | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Details and Annotations | |
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Creating Details | |
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Detail Line | |
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Region | |
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Component | |
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Creating a Detail | |
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Insulation | |
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Detail Groups | |
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Linework | |
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Annotating Your Details | |
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Dimensions | |
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Tags | |
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Text | |
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Using Legends | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Creating Drawing Sets | |
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Creating Schedules | |
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Understanding Schedules | |
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Making Schedules | |
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Creating a Window Schedule | |
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Creating a Room Schedule | |
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Creating a Sheet List | |
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Placing Views on Sheets | |
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Adding Floor Plans to the Sheet | |
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Adding the Schedules | |
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Printing Documents | |
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Exploring the Print Dialog Box | |
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Exploring the Print Settings | |
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Exploring the Print Range | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Workflow and Site Modeling | |
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Understanding a BIM Workflow | |
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Staffing a BIM Project | |
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Project Roles Using Revit Architecture | |
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Adding Team Members to Fight Fires | |
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Modeling a Site | |
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Using a Toposurface | |
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Creating a Building Pad | |
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Performing Quality Control on Your Model | |
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Keeping an Eye on File Size | |
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Dealing with Warnings | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Repeating Objects, Best Practices, and Quick Tips | |
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Repeating Objects | |
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Optimizing Performance | |
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Utilizing Best Practices | |
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Using Quick Tips and Shortcuts | |
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Finding Additional Resources | |
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The Essentials and Beyond | |
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Appendix: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Certification | |
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Index | |