Revit Architecture 2009: A Comprehensive Guide

Revit Architecture 2009: A Comprehensive Guide focuses on workflow methodology while also covering the tools that are most necessary to build skills incrementally and become productive quickly. This text is comprised of hands-on tutorials that are arranged hierarchically in order to acquaint students with the features and methodology of the Revit 2009 program. The book also features a comprehensive building tutorial that is based on a real-world project. This tutorial pulls together all the cumulative knowledge that should be gained by completing the previous exercises. The book is specifically designed to be used as either a self instructional course or through a classroom context. Written by a practicing architect and educator, this book will appeal to architectural draftsman, architects and students. 444 pages.

Features:

• Covers the latest version of the software while also helping students understand the software's new visualization format.
• The tutorial format provides students with hands-on experience so that they can get up to speed more effectively and quickly.
• Written by practicing architect and trainer, this book emphasizes the features that are most applicable to the professional world. The book is based on the author successful training career and features an easy to learn format to build skills incrementally from the beginning through advanced levels mastery.
• The text builds toward a final section that shows students how to apply all the concepts learned in the book toward a total project, giving each student an opportunity to observe the methodology of practice and to assess their own understanding of the content by working through real-world applications.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Massing
• 2. Walls
• 3. Doors
• 4. Windows
• 5. Roofs
• 6. Floors
• 7. Stairs, Railings, and Ramps
• 8. Curtain Walls and Glazing
• 9. Dimensions, Annotations, and Grids
• 10. Drafting and Detail Components
• 11. Views
• 12. Components and Families
• 13. Site
• 14. Rendering
• 15. Putting it all Together
• 16. Worksharing and Worksets