Autodesk Revit 2017 for Architecture: No Experience Required

Introduction xix    Chapter 1 The Autodesk Revit World 1     The Revit Interface 2     The Revit Workflow 4     Using the Ribbon 5     The View Window 13     Object Selection 17     Modifying and Mirroring 19     Building on Existing Geometry 21     View Control and Object Display 24     The Project Browser 31     Windows 33     File Types and Families 36     System and Hosted Families (.rfa) 37     Using Revit Template Files (.rte) 41     Using Revit Family Files (.rft) 42     Are You Experienced? 43     Chapter 2 Creating a Model 45     Placing Walls 45     Adding Exterior Walls 45     Using Reference Planes 46     Adding More Walls 49     Adding Interior Walls 58     Using Temporary Dimensions to Gain Control of Your Model 60     Editing Wall Joins 79     Displaying Wall Joins 82     Disallowing Wall Joins 84     Placing Doors and Windows 90     Adding Doors 90     Placing Openings in Your Walls 98     Adding Windows 100     Are You Experienced? 104     Chapter 3 Creating Views 105     Creating Levels 105     Adding Levels 108     Understanding the Composition of a Level 110     Making Other Level Adjustments 114     Creating and Modifying Building Sections 122     Adding a Building Section 122     Making Building Modifications in a Section 129     Adding Wall Sections 135     Creating Detail Sections 138     Using Crop Regions 139     Splitting a Section Segment 140     Creating Callouts 143     Creating and Modifying a Camera View 148     Adding a Camera View 149     Modifying the Camera 151     Creating an Elevation 152     Interior Elevations 156     Elevation Properties 159     Annotation Properties 161     Are You Experienced? 163     Chapter 4 Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 165     The Basic Edit Commands 166     The Move Command 166     The Copy Command 169     The Rotate Command 171     The Array Command 175     Radial Array 175     Linear Array 180     The Mirror Command 185     The Align Tool 188     Locking an Alignment 193     The Split Element Command 194     The Trim Command 200     The Offset Command 203     Copy/Paste 205     Creating the Plans 208     Are You Experienced? 212     Chapter 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 213     Selecting and Applying Dimensioning 213     Aligned Dimensions 214     Linear Dimensions 225     Angular Dimensions 227     Radial Dimensions 228     Arc Length Dimensions 230     Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool 232     Constraining the Model 237     Using Dimensions to Move Objects 241     Using Dimension Text Overrides 244     Placing Text and Annotations 247     Adding Leader Text 250     Changing the Leader Type 251     Modifying the Text Placement 253     Changing Text Properties 253     Are You Experienced? 254     Chapter 6 Floors 255     Placing a Floor Slab 255     Creating the Slab 256     Sketching the Slab 262     Building a Floor by Layers 271     Adding Materials 272     Adding a Layer 273     Splitting the Floor Materials 283     Adding an Alternate Material 283     Splitting and Painting 286     Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain 291     Creating Shaft Openings 296     Are You Experienced? 302     Chapter 7 Roofs 303     Placing Roofs by Footprint 303     Flat Roofs by Footprint 304     Pitched Roofs by Footprint 319     Creating a Sloping Roof f 332     Creating Roofs by Extrusion338     Adding a Roof Dormer 347     Are You Experienced? 352     Chapter 8 Structural Items 353     Adding Structural Grids 353     Placing a Grid 354     Adding Structural Columns 368     Using Structural Framing 376     Adding a Beam System 380     Adding Bracing 383     Understanding Foundation Systems 387     Adding Structural Footings 393     Structural Slabs 396     Piers and Spread Footings 400     Using Structural Views 403     Are You Experienced? 406     Chapter 9 Ceilings and Interiors 407     Creating Ceilings 407     Modifying Ceiling Grids 412     Setting Ceiling Element Properties 414     Creating a Plan Region 417     Creating a Custom Ceiling 419     Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 423     Creating a Ceiling Opening 423     Creating a Soffit 426     Adding Light Fixtures to Ceilings 431     Adding Interior Design 435     Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture 435     Adding Parabolic Troffers 443     Adding Casework and Furniture 447     Adding Alternate Floor Materials 457     Separating the Floor 457     Creating a Tile Material 459     Are You Experienced? 462     Chapter 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 463     Creating Stairs by Using the Rise/Run Function 463     Modifying Boundaries 467     Configuring Railings 470     Creating a Winding Staircase 486     Stair and Railing Families 501     Creating a Custom Railing System 502     Creating Custom Stairs 507     Adding a Custom Landing 512     Adding a Gooseneck 513     Adding Ramps 520     Are You Experienced? 526     Chapter 11 Detailing 529     Working with Line Weights 529     Drafting on Top of the Detail 532     Using Predefined Detail Components 532     Masking Regions 534     Repeating Details 536     Modifying a Detail Component 541     Modifying Filled Regions 542     Drawing Detail Lines 566     Specifying Drafting Line Weights 568     Adding Notes 570     Adding Textual Notations 570     Creating Blank Drafting Views 572     Creating a Detail Group 581     Adding a Section to Another View 587     Importing AutoCAD Files into a Drafting View 589     Adding 2D and 3D Lines to the Model 590     Are You Experienced? 593     Chapter 12 Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 595     Duplicating Views 595     Creating Dependent Views 597     Adjusting the Crop Regions 598     Adjusting the Annotation Crop Region 601     Adding Match Lines 604     Match-Line Appearance 605     Adding View References to a Match Line 606     Using View Templates 609     Are You Experienced? 610     Chapter 13 Creating Sheets and Printing 611     Creating and Populating Sheets 611     Sheet Organization 614     Modifying a Viewport 619     Viewport Properties 624     Adding Revisions to a Sheet t 625     Addressing Project Parameters 629     Generating a Cover Sheet 631     Printing from Revit Architecture 637     Are You Experienced? 640     Chapter 14 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 641     Creating Rooms 641     Configuring Properties 646     Placing and Manipulating Room Tags 651     Adding a Room Schedule 652     Adding a Color-Fill Plan 655     Adding Room Separators 657     Creating an Area Plan 659     Are You Experienced? 663     Index 665