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Mastering Revit Architecture 2009

With Mastering Revit Architecture 2009, you can join the BIM revolution with the new edition of this bestselling guide from a skilled author team of Revit professionals. Using clear explanations, detailed tutorials, and practical examples, they show you how to immediately implement Revit in the real world with spectacular results.

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Author: Eddy Krygiel, Greg Demchak, Tatjana Dzambazova
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 758

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In Revit Architecture 2009, Join the BIM revolution with the new edition of this bestselling guide from a skilled author team of Revit professionals. Using clear explanations, detailed tutorials, and practical examples, they show you how to immediately implement Revit in the real world with spectacular results.

You'll start with a focused look at Revit and Building Information Modeling (BIM) basics and the Revit interface, before quickly moving into setting up and customizing tools preparing templates and settings, and creating a library of components. From there, the book guides you through a wealth of information, from basic to conceptual modeling and using smark workflows to fine-tuning designs and creating rich construction documents. Packed with techniques, tips and sixteen pages of stunning examples in full color, this is the perfect resource to help you unleash your creativity with Revit Architecture 2009.

Coverage Includes:

Customizing system families and project settings to create templates and make Revit match your style and needs.
Creating massing studies and conducting feasibility studies to ensure your designs work.
Mastering modeling principles of Revit.
Understanding smart workflows - the power of groups, links, and design options.
Presenting your designs using the powerful new rendering tools and materials.
Learning practical techniques to achieve rich construction documentation.
Collaborating, tracking changes, and coordinating processes.
Measuring the effects of sun and shadow using animation

From the Introduction
Welcome to the second edition of Mastering Revit Architecture, based on the Revit Architecture 2009 release.

This book follows on the heels of our updated Introducing Revit Architecture 2009 (Wiley, 2008). In preparing the 2009 edition of the Mastering book, we took the opportunity to introduce some of the features new to the 2009 release of the software, to rewrite large portions of the text, and to polish up the rest, taking into consideration comments and suggestions from many readers and friends. Working as a team of three authors, we kept one another in constant check, each of us writing, reviewing, editing, and updating as chapters rolled out. One additional change we made to the previous edition of the book was to break some of the longer chapters into more bite-sized morsels, which hopefully results in chapters that flow better and gives you some breathing room as you move through the book.

Writing books might seem easier than it truly is, but what drives and inspires us is the feeling that we're doing something important: sharing our best knowledge and practices about Revit and Building Information Modeling (BIM) with those who have already been acquainted with its incredible power and feel the need to go deeper and further to fully leverage its abilities and values. We want to help you make better designs, be more efficient in creating correct documentation, learn some new techniques, and put some fun back into using software.

We wanted to write a book that is as much about architectural design and practice as it is about software. We think we've succeeded, because the book follows real-life workflows and scenarios; it's full of real-world examples that show how to use Revit practically and creatively.

Who Should Read this Book
This book is written for architects who have already gotten their feet wet with Revit and are eager to learn more so they can optimize workflow and leverage the full power of this tool. It's for architects of any generation - you don't need to be a high-tech wizard to dive into this book. However, a basic understanding of Revit will make it easier to work through the book. Revit is very rich, and the topics we've selected include those that are most widely used and those least understood. Many more books need to be written to cover the entire world of Revit.

This book is also for the seasoned user who has already received training or has started working on projects with Revit and is looking to discover useful best practices and tips that will make the work on a project smoother and the implementation easier. We've added many timesaving and inspiring concepts to the book, supported with examples from architect friends and colleagues from all around the world, to motivate you and help you on your journey into the new era of building information modeling. The book also offers insights for BIM managers into the best practices for creating good project or office templates; these managers should also take a sneak peek into the powerful world of building content and Revit families.

What You Will Learn
This book will help you take the basics of Revit and BIM that you already know and grow those skills by using real-world examples. It is intended to go beyond an introduction to Revit. Thus, we won't be starting a project from scratch and teaching you how to build a simplified BIM model from the ground up (if you are interested in that approach, please see Introducing Revit Architecture 2009 [Wiley, 2008], which is meant to be complementary to this book). Instead, we show you how to take a preliminary model and add layers of intelligence to help analyze and augment your designs.

Our book begins with a brief overview of the BIM approach. As you are already aware, BIM is more than just a change in software; it's a change in architectural workflow and culture. To leverage the full advantages of both BIM and Revit in your office structure, you will need to make some changes to your practice, and the book is designed around an ideal, integrated workflow to help you make this transition.

Starting with the workflows for conceptual design and feasibility studies, it continues through best practices for design iteration and refinement. You'll learn about powerful modeling techniques, design documentation best practices, how to make compelling presentation graphics, parametric design with the family editor, and some strategies for sustainable design. The book concludes with a chapter on troubleshooting and best practices so you can avoid common pitfalls. But throughout the book we've tried to share our practical experience with you, particularly in the form of Real World Scenario sidebars.

Whether you're studying Revit on your own or in a class or training program, you can use the Master It questions in the Bottom Line section at the end of each chapter to test your mastery of the skills you've learned.

Also featured is a color project gallery containing inspirational Revit projects from friends and colleagues who were generous enough to share their good work with the rest of the world.

Enjoy! Revit has changed our lives. Maybe it will change yours as well.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Understanding BIM: From the Basics to Advanced Realities. Chapter 2: Revit Fundamentals. Chapter 3: Knowing Your Tools. Chapter 4: Setting up Your Templates and Office Standards. Chapter 5: Customizing System Families and Project Settings in Your Template. Chapter 6: Modeling Principles in Revit I. Chapter 7: Modeling Principles in Revit II. Chapter 8: Concept Massing Study: Early Design Phase. Chapter 9: From Conceptual Mass to a Real Building. Chapter 10: Working with Design Options. Chapter 11: Creating Custom 3D Content. Chapter 12: Extended Modeling Techniques - Walls. Chapter 13: Extended Modeling Techniques - Roofs and Slabs. Chapter 14: Extended Modeling Techniques - Railings and Fences. Chapter 15: Presentation Techniques for Plans, Sections, and Elevations. Chapter 16: Presenting Perspective Views. Chapter 17: Areas and Schedules. Chapter 18: Evaluating Your Conceptual Designs: Sustainability. Chapter 19: Annotating Your Model. Chapter 20: Developing the Designs: Smart Workflows Part 1. Chapter 21: Moving from Design to Documentation. Chapter 22: Detailing and Coordination: Adding to Families. Chapter 23: Tracking Changes in Your Model. Chapter 24: Worksharing.

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