Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials E-Book

James Vandezande

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 406

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

Get quickly up to speed on Revit Architecture's core features and functions This unique new Autodesk Official Training Guide thoroughly covers the fundamentals of Revit Architecture. The fast, focused guide teaches you everything you need to become quickly productive with the software, including how to best use the interface, create floor plans, add content, prepare documentation, annotate, and more. Each chapter features compelling, full-color screenshots to illustrate tutorial steps and concludes with a related and more open-ended project to further reinforce the lessons. Beginners can start anywhere in the book and compare their results with the pros, using downloadable datasets. * Contains an introduction to Revit's architectural interface and powerful tools * Includes a wealth of hands-on exercises that help to hone your Revit skills * Features detailed information on how to visualize, present, and document your design * Provides hands-on instruction for working with families, groups, and phasing * Includes information to help users prepare for the Revit Associate and Professional Exams The book uses a workflow-based approach that mirrors how projects progress in the real world and features tips and tricks drawn from the authors' extensive professional experience.

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Dear Reader,

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For Stephen. Stay focused and achieve your dreams.

—James

Justine: You’re a peace-loving Kiwi and mother who insists on handgun lessons and a concealed carry permit. I don’t understand all the contradictions in the previous sentence, but the upside is I get to have friends like Eddy and James.

Harrison: High school is upon you. The most amazing careers haven’t even been created yet. The trick? Studying in order to become an entrepreneur—not just an employee.

Millicent: As soon as Carol Bartz pens her biography, we’re going to stand in line to buy it. Until then, there’s always Ayn Rand and Jane Austen—neither of which would ever suggest you settle for the 99%.

Jasper: Stubbornness is a virtue and the world certainly needs more people who refuse to believe in the impossible (such as airplanes, atom-splitting, and personal computers). But arguing about bedtime isn’t one of those things.

—Phil

For Zoë and Maya

—Eddy

Acknowledgments

Ah, the acknowledgments. While the fame and glory of writing a book is almost entirely consumed by the egos of the authors, it takes so much more effort and so many more people than the three of us to make this book happen. Writing and publishing a book, like designing a building, is the effort of a team; without their hard work and willingness to correct a lot of mistakes (made by us), this book would never have happened.

To that end, first we’d like to thank the fine folks on the Autodesk® Revit® Architecture team because without their excellent software we wouldn’t have a topic to write about. While it’s not possible to name them all, the work of the product designers, quality assurance team, and all the others doesn’t go unrecognized or unappreciated. Thank you, gals and guys, for taking a tough job and doing it with a great attitude. Thank you to the development team for putting up with all of our continued requests to make the product better.

Second, a big thank you to the team at Sybex. They dot our i’s, cross our t’s, and add spaces to words like a-lot. Beyond the sheer complications of good English grammar, they also help us stay focused, make sure what we write makes sense to more than just us, and help us keep the pace through the winter months of the authoring season. So, thank you to Sara for being brave enough to be the first person to read our prose and help make it better for the second and third versions. Thanks also to our copy editor, Tiffany Taylor, for being that critical set of eyes looking into the details and for, well, editing the copy. Thank you to Pete for keeping us on track during the holidays, weekends, evenings, and all the other times we should be writing but are doing less important things like tending to our families. And as always, a special thanks to Willem for putting up with what we are regularly told is a very high-maintenance authoring team. You guys and gals are great.

—James Vandezande, Phil Read, Eddy Krygiel

About the Authors

James Vandezande is a registered architect and a principal at HOK in New York City, where he is a director of firm-wide BIM. After graduating from the New York Institute of Technology in 1995, he worked in residential and small commercial architecture firms performing services ranging from estimating to computer modeling to construction administration. In 1999, he landed at SOM and transformed his technology skills into a 10-year span as a digital design manager. In this capacity, he pioneered the implementation of BIM on such projects as One World Trade Center, a.k.a. Freedom Tower. James has been using Revit since version 3.1 and has lectured at many industry events. He is a cofounder and president of the NYC Revit Users Group (http://nyc-rug.com) and has been an adjunct lecturing professor at NYU.

Phil Read holds degrees in communications and architecture, as well as a master’s degree in architecture. After working in both civil engineering and architecture, he downloaded Revit version 1.0 (at the suggestion of an ArchiCAD reseller) and was hooked. Less than a year later, he began working for Revit Technology and soon after as an Autodesk project implementation specialist, where he had the honor and pleasure of working with some of the most remarkable people and design firms around the world. He’s a regular speaker, blogger, and tweeter and relishes the role of change agent as long as it makes sound business sense. Presently back in startup mode, Phil is one of the driving forces behind M-SIX and VEO—the world’s first fully integrated, cloud-based platform for the visualization, construction, and operations of buildings.

Eddy Krygiel is a senior project architect, a LEED Accredited Professional, and an Autodesk Authorized Author at HNTB Architects headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been using Revit since version 5.1 to complete projects ranging from single-family residences and historic remodels to 1.12-million-square-foot office buildings. Eddy is responsible for implementing BIM at his firm and also consults for other architecture and contracting firms around the country looking to implement BIM. He has been teaching Revit to practicing architects and architectural students in the Kansas City area and has lectured around the nation on the use of BIM in the construction industry. He also lives in the first LEED house in KCMO, which he designed using Revit. Eddy coauthors the Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture serieswith Phil Read and James Vandezande.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Introducing the Autodesk Revit Architecture Interface

Understanding the Interface

Properties Palette

Project Browser

Status Bar

View Control Bar

ViewCube

Options Bar

Understanding the Interface Workflow

Creating a Simple Layout

Using Filter, Mirror, and Trim/Extend

Adjusting Datums

Changing Element Types

Using Common Modifying Tools

Using Dimensions for Modifying Designs

Aligning Elements

Rotating, Grouping, and Arraying

Aligned Copying and Group Editing

Chapter 2: Schematic Design

Working from a Sketch

Importing Background Images

Accurately Scaling Images

Reference Planes and Levels

Creating and Placing Groups

Modeling In-Place Masses

Modeling the Base Mass

Modeling the Middle Mass

Modeling the Upper Mass

Working in 3D

Creating Mass Floors

Scheduling Mass Floors

Updating the Massing Study

Chapter 3: Walls and Curtain Walls

Understanding Wall Types and Parameters

Basic Walls

Stacked Walls

Curtain Wall Types

Creating Generic Walls

Creating Numerous Wall Configurations

Sketching Walls

Picking Walls

Hosting Elements in Walls

Modifying Walls

Instance Parameters

Editing Profiles

Attaching and Detaching the Top and Base

Resetting Profiles

Cutting Openings

Splitting Walls

Swapping Walls

Creating Curtain Walls

Curtain Grids

Adding Mullions

Embedding Curtain Walls

Modifying Curtain Walls

Editing the Elevation Profile

Adding and Modifying Grids and Mullions

Unpinning and Toggling Mullions

Modifying Curtain-Grid Segments

Modifying Curtain Panels

Going Beyond the Basics

Chapter 4: Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings

Creating Floors

Sketching

Editing the Boundary

Sloped Arrows and Floors

Sloped Floors via Shape Editing

Creating Openings by Sketching

Creating Openings with Shafts

Picking Walls

Laying Out Roofs

Picking Walls

Sloped Arrows

Extruded Roofs

Adding Ceilings

Automatic Ceilings

Sketching Ceilings

Bulkhead Conditions

Adding Lights and Rotating the Grid

Changing the Ceiling

Sloping the Ceiling

Chapter 5: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

Creating Stair Configurations

Creating the Generic Railing

Creating Your Design Stair

Straight Run

Straight Run with Landing

Multistory Runs

Setting the Host Function for Railings

Designing Ramps

Straight Runs

Editing Boundary Conditions

Building Railings for Level and Sloped Conditions

Set Host Function

From Basics to Creative Art

Chapter 6: Adding Families

Understanding the Model Hierarchy

Assigning Families to Categories

Working with System Families

Loading System Families

Placing System Families

Working with Component Families

Loading Component Families

Using Hosted Families

Using Face-Based Families

Finding Content

Chapter 7: Modifying Families

Editing View Display and Detail Level

View Scale and Detail Level

Level of Detail

Changing the Family Category

Editing the Family Category

Editing the Insertion Point

Modifying Family Geometry

Editing the Family

Editing Profiles

Detail Components

Repeating Details

Title Blocks

Hosted Components

Chapter 8: Groups and Phasing

Using Groups

Creating Groups

Copying Groups

Duplicating Groups

Editing Groups

Exchanging Groups

Saving Groups

Loading Groups

Some Best Practices

Using Phasing

Geometry Phases

View Phases

Demolition and Proposed Elements

Completed Views

Chapter 9: Rooms and Color-Fill Plans

Defining Rooms in Spaces

Room Tags

Room Boundaries

Room Separation Lines

Deleting Rooms

Creating a Key Schedule

Creating Key Fields

Modifying Key Fields

Generating Color-Fill Room Plans

Adding a Color Legend

Modifying Color Schemes

Adding Tags and Fill Colors in Section

Chapter 10: Worksharing

Enabling Worksharing

Preparing the Central File

Creating Central and Local Files

Creating the Central File

Creating the Local File

Adding Worksets

Workset Visibility

Assigning Elements to Worksets

Saving to the Central File

Creating New Elements

Opening and Closing Worksets

Using Workset Display Filters

Using Worksharing to Work with Consultants

Using Guidelines for Worksharing

Chapter 11: Details and Annotations

Creating Details

Detail Line

Region

Component

Creating a Detail

Insulation

Detail Groups

Linework

Annotating Your Details

Dimensions

Tags

Text

Using Legends

Chapter 12: Creating Drawing Sets

Creating Schedules

Understanding Schedules

Making Schedules

Creating a Window Schedule

Creating a Room Schedule

Creating a Sheet List

Placing Views on Sheets

Adding Floor Plans to the Sheet

Adding the Schedules

Printing Documents

The Print Dialog Box

Print Settings

Print Range

Chapter 13: Workflow and Site Modeling

Understanding a BIM Workflow

Staffing a BIM Project

Project Roles Using Revit Architecture

Architect

Modeler

Drafter

Adding Team Members to Fight Fires

Modeling Site

Using a Toposurface

Creating a Building Pad

Keeping an Eye on File Size

Dealing with Warnings

Chapter 14: Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Optimizing Performance

Using Best Practices

Fixing File Corruption

Learning Tips and Shortcuts

Finding Additional Resources

Appendix: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 Certification

Foreword

I’d like you to think about two significant numbers: 12 and 10. Revit Architecture will turn 12 years old in the coming year, possibly while you are reading this book. Our baby is almost a teenager. This year also marks the 10-year anniversary of Autodesk acquiring Revit Technology Corporation. Double-digits. These two events have had a significant impact on my professional life and thinking about the importance of these numbers put me in a contemplative mood. It seems appropriate to spend a bit of time reflecting on the origins of this tool and describe a small portion of the history of Revit from my personal perspective, as well as some of the factors that influenced where we are now.

Change was Coming

The basic tenants of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and parametric building modeling have been discussed for 30 years. So why did it take so long for the AEC industry to get there? I believe the high-tech software industry and AEC industry were uniquely aligned over the past 12 years and, in the context of larger macro-economic conditions like economic booms and recessions, helped catalyze the changes we see today. Over that time period, conditions were right for the inception, formation, and strengthening of the ideas and technologies inside of Revit and for the development of the larger concept of BIM.

There were significant reasons why the AEC industry should have been primed for change 12 years ago in the late 1990’s. The United States had come out of the recession from earlier in the decade. The construction industry was booming. There was a boom time surrounding high technology and the Internet. There had been dramatic increases in computational power and networking. Adoption of CAD was increasing dramatically in architectural firms. There were other solutions on the market that offered 3d modeling and building-specific modeling capabilities. The typical construction documentation process was tedious and error-prone. The typical design-bid-build construction process was inefficient and costly. Was that enough to cause the architectural design industry to change? Quite simply, no. The industry was simply not ready for dramatic process and technical change from a business, design process, or technology adoption standpoint. The AEC industry is not known for moving quickly….