Mastering autodesk revit architecture: autodesk official training guide

Foreword xxiii    Introduction xxvii     Part 1     Fundamentals 1     Chapter 1     Introduction: The Basics of BIM 3     What Is Revit? 3     Understanding a BIM Workflow 4     Leveraging BIM Processes 5     Visualizing 6     Analyzing 10     Strategizing 11     Focusing Your Investment in BIM 11     Staffing for BIM 12     Understanding Project Roles 12     Establishing a BIM Execution Plan 15     The Bottom Line 17     Chapter 2     Applying the Principles of the User Interface and Project Organization 19     Understanding the User Interface 19     Accessing and Using the Application Menu 20     Using the Quick Access Toolbar 20     Using the InfoCenter 21     Getting to Know the Ribbon 21     Using Other Aspects of the UI 25     Navigation Methods 33     Defining Project Organization 36     Introducing Datum Objects (Relationships) 36     Using Content 48     Working with Views 50     Managing Your Project Model 65     The Bottom Line 66     Chapter 3     The Basics of the Toolbox 67     Selecting, Modifying, and Replacing Elements 67     Selecting Elements 67     Selection Options 69     Filtering Your Selection 70     Using Selection-based Filters 70     Selecting All Instances 70     Using the Properties Palette 71     Matching Properties 73     Using the Context Menu 73     Editing Elements Interactively 74     Moving Elements 74     Copying Elements 78     Rotating and Mirroring Elements 79     Arraying Elements 81     Scaling Elements 83     Aligning Elements 84     Trimming or Extending Lines and Walls 84     Splitting Lines and Walls 86     Offsetting Lines and Walls 87     Preventing Elements from Moving 88     Exploring Other Editing Tools 90     Using the Join Geometry Tool 90     Using the Split Face and Paint Tools 91     Copying and Pasting from the Clipboard 91     Using the Create Similar Tool 93     Using Keyboard Shortcuts (Accelerators) 93     Double-click to Edit 94     Modeling Site Context 95     Using a Toposurface 96     Creating a Toposurface from a Points File 100     Creating a Building Pad 104     Generating Property Lines 105     Cut/Fill Schedules 108     The Bottom Line 110     Chapter 4     Configuring Templates and Standards 111     Introducing Project Templates 111     Customizing Project Settings for Graphic Quality 112     Discovering Object Styles 113     Using Line Settings 114     Defining Materials 119     Defining Fill Patterns 128     Preconfiguring Color Schemes 135     Increasing Efficient View Management 138     Organizing Views 138     Creating and Assigning Filters 141     Using View Templates 143     Creating Custom Annotations 147     Introducing Tag Family Fundamentals 148     Creating a Custom Door Tag 149     Customizing View Tags 152     Starting a Project with a Custom Template 157     Strategies for Managing Templates 158     Aggregating Template Data 159     The Bottom Line 164     Part 2     Collaboration and Teamwork 165     Chapter 5     Working in a Team 167     Understanding Worksharing Basics 167     Enabling Worksharing on Your Project 169     Types of Worksets 171     Creating a Central File 171     Selecting a Starting View 174     Creating a Local File 175     Using Worksharing Usernames 178     Organizing Worksets 179     Moving Elements between Worksets 181     Managing Workflow with Worksets 184     Saving Work 186     Saving at Intervals 188     Loading Work from Other Team Members 188     Using Worksharing Visualization 189     Managing Workset Visibility in View Templates 192     Closing Revit 192     Disabling Worksharing 194     Understanding Element Ownership in Worksets 195     Understanding Editing Requests 197     Placing an Editing Request 197     Granting an Editing Request 199     Relinquishing Permission 200     Using the Worksharing Monitor 200     Collaborating in the Cloud 201     A360 Collaboration for Revit 203     The Bottom Line 203     Chapter 6     Working with Consultants 205     Preparing for Collaboration 205     Managing the Coordination Process 206     Using Linked Models in Revit 209     Shared Positioning 210     Using Project Base Point and Survey Point 213     Using Worksets to Organize Linked Models 219     Summarizing the Benefits and Limitations of Linked Models 221     Using Linked Models   Exercises 222     Using the Coordination Tools 225     Using the Copy/Monitor Command 226     Using the Copy/Monitor Command   An Exercise 228     Using the Coordination Review Tool 230     Using the Coordination Review Tool   An Exercise 232     Using Interference Checking in 3D Coordination 233     The Bottom Line 236     Chapter 7     Interoperability: Working Multiplatform 237     Examining Interoperability on a BIM Curve 237     Inserting CAD Data 238     Using Predefi ned Settings for Inserted CAD Data 238     Importing vs Linking 240     Using Options During Importing/Linking 240     Manipulating Inserted CAD Data 242     Using Inserted 2D Data 245     Setting Options for BIM Conversion 246     Using CAD Data for Coordination 247     Linking Details 247     Using Inserted 3D Data 250     Using CAD Data as a Mass 250     Using CAD Data as a Face 251     Using CAD Data as an Object 254     Exporting CAD Data 256     Preparing a List of Views for Exporting 257     Settings for DWG Exports 259     Exporting 2D CAD Data 264     Exporting 3D Model Data 266     Exporting to SketchUp 266     Using IFC Interoperability 269     The Bottom Line 276     Part 3     Modeling and Massing for Design 277     Chapter 8     Advanced Modeling and Massing 279     The Massing User Interface and Functionality 279     Creating Mass Geometry 282     Creating an In-Place Mass 283     Placing a Mass 289     Creating Mass Floors 290     Scheduling Masses 291     Massing Surfaces 293     Using Free-form Building Massing 298     Dissolving and Rebuilding 305     Creating Formula-driven Massing 313     Creating a Generic Model Mass Family 313     Creating a Complex Mass Family 326     The Bottom Line 334     Chapter 9     Conceptual Design and Design Analysis 335     Analysis for Sustainability 335     Creating a Conceptual Mass 336     Modeling an Adaptive Component 337     Building the Massing Framework 344     Energy Modeling 350     Conceptual Energy Analysis 351     Energy Analysis Setup 352     Running Energy Analysis Simulations 357     Refining the Conceptual Analysis 360     Detailed Energy Modeling 367     Exporting to gbXML 368     The Bottom Line 374     Chapter 10     Working with Phasing, Groups, and Design Options 375     Using Phasing 375     What Can You Phase? 378     Implementing Phase Settings 379     Illustrating the Geometry Phase 385     Using the View Phase 388     Creating and Using Groups 394     Creating Groups 394     Modifying Groups 396     Creating New Groups 398     Excluding Elements within Groups 400     Saving and Loading Groups 402     Creating Groups from Links 404     Using Best Practices for Groups 406     Making Design Options for Design Iteration 407     Creating Design Options 408     Editing Design Options 411     Viewing and Scheduling Design Options 412     Removing Design Options and Option Sets 412     Combining Phasing, Groups, and Design Options 416     Phase 1: Demolition 417     Phase 1: Proposed 419     Phase 2: Demolition 420     Phase 2: Proposed 422     Scheduling 423     Using the Design Option Tool 427     The Bottom Line 430     Chapter 11     Visualization 431     Explaining the Role of Visualization 431     Understanding View Controls 432     Setting the Detail Level 433     Working with Graphic Display Options 435     Working with the Section Box 446     Understanding Analytic Visualization 448     Project Parameters 449     Setting User-defined Parameters 452     Identifying Design Elements 455     Setting Solar and Shadow Studies 456     Understanding Photorealistic Visualization 458     Rendering Sequence and Workflow 459     Creating Perspective Views 459     Locking Your View 463     Creating a Walkthrough 464     Exporting a Walkthrough 468     Rendering Settings 469     Using Monochromatic Views to Examine Context and Lighting 472     Adjusting Lighting and Interior Renderings 477     Placing Artificial Lighting 478     Manipulating Light Groups 479     Assigning Materials 485     Rendering in the Cloud 486     The Bottom Line 488     Part 4     Extended Modeling Techniques 489     Chapter 12     Creating Walls and Curtain Walls 491     Using Extended Modeling Techniques for Basic Walls 491     Creating Basic Wall Types 492     Adding Wall Articulation 501     Modeling Techniques for Basic Walls 508     Creating Custom In-Place Walls 515     Creating Stacked Walls 516     Creating Simple Curtain Walls 519     Designing a Curtain Wall 521     Customizing Curtain Wall Types 529     Creating Complex Curtain Walls 534     Dividing the Surface 535     Dividing the Surface with Intersects 538     Applying Patterns 539     Editing the Pattern Surface 539     Editing a Surface Representation 540     Adding Definition 542     Creating Custom Patterns 551     Limiting the Size of Pattern-based Families 552     Using the Adaptive Component Family 554     Scheduling Pattern-based Panels 556     The Bottom Line 557     Chapter 13     Modeling Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs 559     Understanding Floor Types 559     Modeling a Floor 559     Creating a Structural Floor 562     Modeling Floor by Face 566     Defining a Pad 566     Sketching for Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs 567     Modeling Slab Edges 568     Creating a Custom Floor Edge 569     Modeling Floor Finishes 572     Using a Split Face for Thin Finishes 572     Modeling Thick Finishes 574     Creating Ceilings 575     Understanding Roof Modeling Methods 576     Constructing a Roof by Footprint 579     Applying a Roof by Extrusion 582     Roof In-place 583     Creating a Roof by Face 584     Creating a Sloped Glazing 585     Using Slope Arrows 585     Using Additional Roof Tools 586     Using Advanced Shape Editing with Floors and Roofs 589     Creating a Roof with a Sloped Topping 590     Applying a Variable Thickness to a Roof Layer 592     The Bottom Line 593     Chapter 14     Designing with the Family Editor 595     Getting Started with a Family 595     Understanding In-place Families 596     Choosing the Right Family Template and Category 597     Choosing Between Hosted and Nonhosted Family Types 600     Creating Other Types of Families in the Family Editor 601     Understanding the Family Editor 604     Developing the Framework for a Family Component 605     Creating the Necessary Reference Planes, Lines, and Points 606     Using Dimensions to Control Geometric Parameters 610     Reviewing the Differences Between Type and Instance Parameters 614     Organizing Solids and Lines in a Family Editor 618     Modeling Techniques in the Family Editor 622     Creating an Extrusion 623     Creating a Sweep 625     Creating a Revolve 629     Creating a Blend and Swept Blend 630     Nesting Families 634     Troubleshooting Techniques 637     Doing a Visibility Check 637     Applying Parametric Arrays and Family Type Parameters 639     The Bottom Line 642     Chapter 15     Creating Stairs and Railings 645     Designing Stairs and Railings 645     Reviewing the Key Components of Stairs and Railings 647     Reviewing the Basic Rules of Stairs 647     Working with Stair Components 649     Reviewing the Components of Railings 650     Creating Stairs 657     Understanding the Stair Tools 658     Using the Components for Customizing Stairs 663     Creating Stairs with Other Tools 677     Annotating Stairs 684     Creating Railings 686     Creating a Custom Railing 689     Creating Glass Railings with the Curtain Wall Tool 693     Using the Railing Tool for Other Objects 696     The Bottom Line 700     Part 5     Documentation 701     Chapter 16     Detailing Your Design 703     Creating Details 703     View Types for Detailing 703     Working with the Detailing Process 705     Detailing Tools 707     Using the Detail Line Tool 707     Using the Linework Tool 708     Using Filled Regions and Masking Regions 709     Adding Detail Components 715     Repeating Detail Component 719     Using Line-based Detail Components 723     Drafting Insulation 723     Creating Detail Groups 724     Adding Detail Components to Families 726     Reusing Details from Other Files 729     Using CAD Details 729     Using Details from Other Revit Projects 730     The Bottom Line 734     Chapter 17     Documenting Your Design 737     Documenting Plans 737     Calculating Space Using Room Objects 737     Creating Area Plans 740     Adding Area Objects 744     Modifying Area Plans 747     Creating Schedules and Legends 748     Creating Schedules 748     Using Legends 761     Laying Out Sheets 763     Adding the Area Plan 763     Activating a View 763     Using Guide Grids 765     Adding the Schedule 766     Finishing the Sheet 768     The Bottom Line 769     Chapter 18     Annotating Your Design 771     Annotating with Text and Keynotes 771     Using Text 771     Using Keynotes 776     Annotating with Tags 788     Inserting Tags 789     Using the Tag Toolset 790     Adding Dimensions 794     Using Dimension Equality 797     Customizing Dimension Text 798     Editing Dimension Strings 800     Using Alternate Units 802     Annotating with Project and Shared Parameters 803     Creating Project Parameters 804     Creating Shared Parameters 808     The Bottom Line 816     Part 6     Construction and Beyond 819     Chapter 19     Working in the Construction Phase 821     Using Revisions in Your Project 821     Creating a Revision Cloud 821     Placing Revision Clouds 824     Tagging a Revision Cloud 826     Disabling the Leader 827     Using Digital Markups 827     Publishing to Design Review 828     Modeling for Construction 833     Creating Parts 834     Modifying Parts 835     Scheduling Parts 842     Creating Assemblies 843     Creating Assembly Views 844     The Bottom Line 846     Chapter 20     Presenting Your Design 847     Understanding Color Fill Legends 847     Making a Color Fill Legend for Rooms 848     Customizing a Color Fill Legend 852     Modifying Other Settings 855     Using Numerical Ranges for Color Schemes 856     Presenting with 3D Views 859     Orienting to Other Views 859     Annotating 3D Views 861     Editing Viewport Types 862     Creating    Exploded    Axonometric Views 864     The Bottom Line 871     Chapter 21     Working with Point Clouds 873     Understanding LiDAR R 873     Hardware 874     Benefits of LiDAR 875     Collecting Existing Conditions 875     Planning for a LiDAR Survey 879     Exterior or Interior 879     Level of Detail 880     Imagery and Color 880     Schedule 880     Using the Scan in a Project 882     Getting Started with a Point Cloud 884     Modeling with a Point Cloud 889     Manipulating a Point Cloud 892     The Bottom Line 894     Appendices 895     Appendix A     The Bottom Line 897     Chapter 1: Introduction: The Basics of BIM 897     Chapter 2: Applying the Principles of the User Interface and Project Organization 898     Chapter 3: The Basics of the Toolbox 898     Chapter 4: Configuring Templates and Standards 899     Chapter 5: Working in a Team 900     Chapter 6: Working with Consultants 901     Chapter 7: Interoperability: Working Multiplatform 902     Chapter 8: Modeling and Massing for Design 903     Chapter 9: Conceptual Design and Design Analysis 904     Chapter 10: Working with Phasing, Groups, and Design Options 905     Chapter 11: Visualization 906     Chapter 12: Creating Walls and Curtain Walls 907     Chapter 13: Modeling Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs 908     Chapter 14: Designing with the Family Editor 909     Chapter 15: Creating Stairs and Railings 910     Chapter 16: Detailing Your Design 911     Chapter 17: Documenting Your Design 912     Chapter 18: Annotating Your Design 913     Chapter 19: Working in the Construction Phase 914     Chapter 20: Presenting Your Design 915     Chapter 21: Working with Point Clouds 916     Appendix B     Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting 917     Optimizing Performance 917     Use Best Practices 920     Quality Control 927     Keeping an Eye on File Size 927     Using Schedules 932     Reviewing Warnings 937     Other Tips and Shortcuts 939     Additional Resources 942     Appendix C     Autodesk Revit Architecture Certification 945     Index 953