Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 Essentials E-Book

Ryan Duell

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

Seitenzahl: 429

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Put Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 to work for you with this real-world focused guide Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 Essentials helps you get acquainted and quickly become productive with the leading Building Information Modeling software. With a real-world focus and a tutorial-based approach, this invaluable guide features concise, straightforward explanations and hands-on exercises that walk you through the entire design process. Each chapter opens with a quick discussion of concepts and learning goals, and then briskly moves into step-by-step instruction illustrated by compelling full-color screen shots. This new edition includes expanded information on rendering and visualization, and a new discussion surrounding effective work sharing, details and annotations, drawing sets, and professional workflows. The companion website features additional tutorials, plus downloadable data sets that allow you to jump in at any point and compare your work to the pros. Revit Architecture 2016 is a powerful, sophisticated BIM application designed to boost productivity with automated documentation for every design and update. This guide takes you through the entire design process, and shows you how to get the most out of Revit every step of the way. * Design walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairs, ramps, railings, and more * Work with families, groups, and phasing, and add color fills and rendering * Create compelling drawing sets with details and annotations * Learn the tips and tricks experts use to get the most out of Revit Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 Essentials gets you up to speed quickly, so you can win more bids and expedite the project approval process.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Foreword

The Challenges

The Benefits

The Guru

Introduction

Who Should Read This Book

What Is Covered in This Book

The Essentials Series

Contacting the Authors

Chapter 1: Introducing the Autodesk Revit Architecture Interface

Understanding the User Interface

Creating a Simple Layout

Chapter 2: Walls and Curtain Walls

Understanding Wall Types and Parameters

Creating Wall Configurations

Modifying Wall Parameters

Editing and Resetting Wall Profiles

Cutting Openings

Creating Curtain Walls

Chapter 3: Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings

Creating Floors

Creating Roofs

Adding Ceilings

Chapter 4: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

Creating a Generic Railing

Creating Stair Configurations

Designing Ramps

Chapter 5: Adding Families

Understanding the Model Hierarchy

Working with System Families

Working with Component Families

Working with In-Place Component Families

Chapter 6: Modifying Families

Modifying 3D Families

Family Categories

Modifying 2D Families

Family Tips and Best Practices

Chapter 7: Schematic Design

Importing a 2D Image

Designing with a 3D Sketch

Creating Revit Elements from a Mass

Chapter 8: Rooms and Color Fill Plans

Defining Rooms in Spaces

Generating Color Fill Room Plans

Chapter 9: Materials, Visualization, Rendering

Materials

Graphic Display Options

Rendering

Chapter 10: Worksharing

Worksharing Options

Configuring Worksharing

Saving to the Central Model

Worksharing Display Modes

Editing Requests

Worksharing Best Practices

Chapter 11: Details and Annotations

Creating Details

Annotating Your Details

Creating Legends

Chapter 12: Drawing Sets

Schedules

Placing Views on Sheets

Printing Documents

Chapter 13: Workflow and Site Modeling

Understanding a BIM Workflow

Staffing a BIM Project

Project Roles Using Revit Architecture

Modeling a Site

Performing Quality Control on Your Model: Keeping an Eye on File Size

Chapter 14: Repetition in Revit

Repeating Geometry

Utilize Tips and Shortcuts

Appendix: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 Certification

End User License Agreement

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Guide

Cover

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Begin Reading

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1: Introducing the Autodesk Revit Architecture Interface

Figure 1.1 Revit Architecture user interface

Figure 1.2 Preview of docking the Properties palette to the left side

Figure 1.3 Project Browser search results for

Kitchen

Figure 1.4 The View Control Bar for a 3D view

Figure 1.5 The Show Crop Region tool and the View Control Bar

Figure 1.6 Floor sketch lines before trimming

Figure 1.7 Floor sketch lines after the corners are trimmed

Figure 1.8 Walls placed inward from the floor edge

Figure 1.9 Highlighted walls of a chain selection

Figure 1.10 Tiled windows show the result of modifying the top constraints of the walls.

Figure 1.11 Use the Ctrl key to select multiple elements.

Figure 1.12 The interior walls

Figure 1.13 Results of using Trim/Extend Multiple Elements

Figure 1.14 Results of using the Align tool

Figure 1.15 The doors swing into the rooms

Figure 1.16 The windows for the rooms

Figure 1.17 The dimensions of the interior walls

Figure 1.18 Doors equally spaced relative to the walls

Figure 1.19 Windows equally spaced

Chapter 2: Walls and Curtain Walls

Figure 2.1 Masonry structural region of a basic wall

Figure 2.2 Compound walls consist of several layers of functional materials.

Figure 2.3 Wall sweep as part of a wall

Figure 2.4 Type properties of a stacked wall

Figure 2.5 Curtain wall type definitions

Figure 2.6 Generic configurations for walls

Figure 2.7 Results of the Tangent-Fillet Walls steps

Figure 2.8 Result of Pick Lines

Figure 2.9 Hosting doors in a wall

Figure 2.10 Modifying the wall length

Figure 2.11 Shape handles and instance parameters displayed in the Properties palette

Figure 2.12 Adding new sketch lines

Figure 2.13 Pasted updated wall type

Figure 2.14 Attach Top/Base result

Figure 2.15 Creating wall openings

Figure 2.16 Splitting walls, before and after

Figure 2.17 Swapping wall types, before and after

Figure 2.18 Completed curtain grid lines

Figure 2.19 Mullions and selecting the grid line

Figure 2.20 Final instance-based curtain wall

Figure 2.21 Curtain wall grids added

Figure 2.22 Curtain wall panels and mullions specified

Figure 2.23 Mullions selected on grid line

Figure 2.24 Curtain wall corner condition

Figure 2.25 Editing the wall profile

Figure 2.26 Curtain wall selected in wall

Figure 2.27 Curtain wall elevation view complete

Figure 2.28 Removed curtain wall grids and mullions

Figure 2.29 New grids and mullions

Figure 2.30 Finished mullions

Figure 2.31 Curtain wall door condition

Figure 2.32 Final curtain wall

Chapter 3: Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings

Figure 3.1 The finished floor by sketching

Figure 3.2 The finished floor created by picking walls