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by Greg Demchak, Eddy Krygiel, Tatjana Dzambazova
Introducing Revit® Architecture 2010: BIM for Beginners
Copyright
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Foreword
The Revit Guy and Blogger
The Book
The Team
Tatjana
Eddy
Greg
Enjoy!
Introduction
1. Understanding BIM
1.1. A Brief History of Architectural Documentation
1.2. Advantages of a BIM Approach
1.3. How BIM Is Different from CAD
1.3.1. Potential Hazards
1.4. Why Revit?
1.5. Revit Concepts
1.5.1. Parametric Objects and Parametric Relationships
1.5.2. Bidirectional Associativity
1.5.3. Embedded Relationships
1.5.4. User-Defined Rules
1.6. Types of Elements in Revit
1.6.1. How Revit Organizes Data
1.6.1.1. Model Categories
1.6.1.2. Annotation Categories
1.6.1.3. Subcategories
1.6.1.4. Controlling the Visibility of Elements in Revit
1.6.2. Families in Revit
1.6.2.1. System Families
1.6.2.2. Component Families
1.6.2.3. In-Place Families
1.7. Tips for Getting Started in Revit
2. Getting Acquainted with the Revit Interface and File Types
2.1. Overview of the Revit User Interface
2.1.1. Starting Revit
2.1.2. The Basic Screen
2.1.2.1. Application Frame Overview
2.2. Modifying and Personalizing the Interface
2.2.1. Customizing the Ribbon
2.2.1.1. Project Browser
2.2.2. Keyboard Shortcuts
2.2.3. Keytips
2.2.4. Other Important Tools
2.2.4.1. Element Properties
2.2.4.2. Type Selector
2.2.5. Options Bar
2.2.6. Status Bar
2.2.7. Count Selection Tool
2.2.8. Project Browser
2.2.8.1. Views
2.2.8.2. Families
2.2.8.3. Revit Links
2.2.9. Navigating Through a Project
2.2.9.1. Organization of the Project Browser
2.2.10. View Window
2.2.11. View Control Bar
2.2.11.1. Scale
2.2.11.2. Detail Level
2.2.11.3. Model Graphic Style
2.2.11.4. Graphic Display Options
2.2.11.5. Crop Region
2.2.11.6. Hide and Isolate
2.2.11.7. Reveal Hidden Elements Mode
2.3. Selecting Objects and Navigating Views
2.3.1. Using the Mouse
2.3.1.1. Left Mouse Button
2.3.1.2. Right Mouse Button
2.3.2. Zooming, Panning, and Scrolling in a View
2.3.2.1. Mouse Scroll Wheel
2.3.2.2. SteeringWheels
2.3.2.3. Rewind
2.3.2.4. Navigation in 3D views
2.3.2.5. ViewCube
2.3.3. Selecting Objects
2.3.4. Manipulating Objects
2.3.4.1. Grip Editing
2.3.4.2. Move
2.3.4.3. Smart Constraints
2.3.4.4. Flip Controls
2.3.4.5. Manipulating Objects Using Dimensions
2.3.4.6. Constraints (locks)
2.3.4.7. Setting Constraints with the Pin
2.3.4.8. Moving with Nearby Elements
2.3.4.9. Using Instance Parameters to Change Size
2.4. Using Keyboard Shortcuts
2.5. Setting Up Your Project Environment
2.5.1. Project Units
2.5.1.1. Slope
2.5.1.2. Currency
2.5.1.3. Additional Formatting
2.5.2. Snaps
2.5.3. Close
2.5.4. Line Weights
2.5.5. Object Styles
2.5.6. Options
2.6. Revit File Formats
2.6.1. RVT: Revit File
2.6.2. RFA: Revit Family
2.6.3. RVG: Revit Group
2.6.4. RFT: Family Template
2.6.5. RTE: Revit Template
3. Views
3.1. Visualizing a Revit Model
3.2. Creating Views
3.2.1. Navigating Between Views
3.3. Working with Views
3.3.1. Creating New Plan Views with Levels
3.3.1.1. Creating Levels
3.3.2. Adding a Plan View
3.3.3. Duplicating Views
3.3.4. Types of Views in Revit
3.3.4.1. Plans
3.3.4.2. Understanding View Range
3.3.4.3. Callouts
3.3.4.4. Elevations
3.3.4.5. Sections
3.3.4.6. Drafting Views
3.3.5. Legends
3.3.6. 3D View — Axonometric Views
3.3.7. 3D View — Perspective (Camera) Views
3.3.8. Walkthroughs
3.4. Schedules
3.4.1. Uses of Schedules
3.4.1.1. Creating Schedules
3.4.1.2. Making a Simple Schedule
4. Modeling Basics
4.1. Levels and Grids
4.1.1. Creating Levels and Grids
4.1.1.1. Graphical Editing Controls
4.1.2. Grids and Structural Elements
4.2. Basic Walls
4.2.1. Curtain Walls
4.2.2. Creating Walls
4.3. Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings
4.3.1. Creating Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings
4.4. Doors and Windows
4.4.1. Creating Doors and Windows
4.5. Components
4.6. Stairs and Railings
4.7. Getting Started with a Project
4.7.1. The Place Wall Tab and Options Bar
4.7.2. Exterior Walls: Drawing Exterior Walls
4.7.3. Drawing the Fireplace Walls
4.7.4. Changing Wall Types
4.7.5. Exterior Walls: Level 2
4.7.6. Interior Walls: Level 1
4.7.7. Wall Join and Face Resolution
4.7.8. Interior Walls: Level 2
4.7.9. Adding a Floor to Level 1
4.7.10. Copying Floors from Level 1 to Level 2
4.7.11. Adding the Main Roof
4.7.12. Creating Additional Roofs
4.7.12.1. Modifying an Existing Roof
4.7.13. Attaching Interior Walls to the Roof
4.7.14. Making Curtain Walls
4.7.14.1. Adding Curtain Walls to the North Façade
4.7.14.2. Changing the Grid Pattern
4.7.15. Adding Doors and Windows
4.7.16. Adding Doors to Level 2
4.7.17. Placing Windows
4.7.17.1. Resizing Windows Dynamically
4.7.18. Getting Additional Content Online
4.7.19. Placing Components
4.7.19.1. Placing Furniture
4.7.19.2. Placing Plumbing Fixtures
4.7.20. Adding Stairs
4.7.20.1. Creating a Stair
4.7.20.2. 3D Sectional View of the Stair
4.7.21. Adding Railings
4.7.21.1. Creating a Railing in the Model
4.7.21.2. Modifying Existing Railings
4.7.21.3. Setting Hosts for Railings
4.7.22. Your Model Is Started...Now Have Some Fun!
5. Modifying Elements
5.1. Standard Editing Tools
5.1.1. Copy, Paste, and Cut
5.1.1.1. Paste Aligned
5.1.2. Move
5.1.2.1. Nudge
5.1.3. Copy
5.1.4. Rotate
5.1.4.1. Rotate Tool
5.1.4.2. Spacebar
5.1.5. Array
5.1.6. Mirror
5.1.7. Scale
5.2. Additional Editing Tools
5.2.1. Aligning Elements
5.2.1.1. Auto-alignment
5.2.1.2. Manual Alignment
5.2.2. Split
5.2.3. Trim and Extend
5.3. Graphic and Visual Overrides
5.3.1.
5.3.1.1. Categories
5.3.1.2. Visibility
5.3.1.3. Line and Pattern Overrides
5.3.1.4. Halftone and Transparent
5.3.1.5. Detail Level
5.3.1.6. Override Host Layers
5.3.2. Element Overrides
5.3.3. Unhiding Elements and Categories
6. Extended Modeling
6.1. Walls: Advanced Modeling Features
6.1.1. Layer Join Cleanup
6.1.1.1. Editing Wall Joins
6.1.1.2. Disjoining Walls
6.1.2. Stacked Walls
6.1.3. Walls with Integrated Sweeps and Reveals
6.1.3.1. Sweeps and Reveals
6.1.3.2. Extending Wall Material Components
6.1.3.3. Reveals
6.1.3.4. Wall Sweep Returns
6.1.4. Creating Special Walls Using the Create Tool (Walls In-Place)
6.2. Curtain Walls: Advanced Design Techniques
6.2.1.
6.2.1.1. Selecting the Elements within the Curtain Wall
6.2.2. Designing a Curtain Wall
6.2.3. Curtain Panels
6.2.3.1. Doors and Windows in Curtain Walls
6.2.4. Parametric Behavior
6.2.4.1. Attaching the Curtain Wall to a Roof
6.2.5. Complex Curtain-Wall Panel Possibilities
6.3. Roofs and Floors: Advanced Shape Editing
6.3.1. Sloped Roofs
6.3.2. Warped Surfaces
7. Working with Other Applications
7.1. Exporting Your Data
7.1.1. CAD Formats
7.1.1.1. DWG
7.1.1.2. DXF
7.1.1.3. DGN
7.1.1.4. SAT
7.1.2. DWF
7.1.3. Building Site
7.1.4. Images and Animations
7.1.4.1. Exporting Images
7.1.5. Exporting Animations
7.1.6. ODBC Database Tables
7.1.7. Reports
7.1.7.1. Schedules
7.1.7.2. Room/Area Report
7.1.8. FBX
7.1.9. gbXML
7.1.10. Industry Foundation Class (IFC)
7.2. Exporting DWG Drawings
7.2.1. The View/Sheet Set tab
7.2.2. DWG Properties
7.3. Importing and Linking
7.3.1. Linking
7.3.1.1. Linking CAD Formats
7.3.1.2. Linking Other Revit Models
7.3.1.3. Editing a Linked File
7.3.2. How to Link Files in Revit
7.3.2.1. Positioning
7.3.2.2. Open Worksets
7.3.3. Importing or Linking CAD Formats
7.3.3.1. Import or Link – Pros and Cons
7.3.4. Importing Images
7.4. Working with Imported Files
7.4.1. Managing Layers
7.4.2. Modifying a CAD File
7.4.2.1. Delete Layers
7.4.2.2. Explode
7.4.2.3. Query
7.5. Working with Civil Engineering DWG Files
7.5.1. Transforming DWG Site Info into Topography
7.5.2. Other Ways to Create Topography
7.5.2.1. Importing a Points File
7.5.2.2. Creating Topography from Scratch: Drawing Points
7.6. Converting 2D Drawings into a 3D BIM Model
7.7. Starting a New Project
7.7.1. Converting DWG Gridlines into Smart Revit Gridlines
7.7.2. Working with Scope Boxes
7.7.2.1. Using DWG Lines to Create Revit Walls
7.7.2.2. Using DWG Lines as a Reference to Create Revit Floors
7.7.3. Working with Imported Library Components in DWG Format
7.7.4. Importing Library Components in SketchUp (.skp) Format
7.8. Starting a Model from a Scanned Drawing
8. Preparing Documents for Clients
8.1. Color-Coded Drawings
8.1.1. Defining a Color Scheme
8.1.1.1. Adding a Color Scheme to a View
8.1.2. Area Plans
8.1.3. Color-Coded Section Views
8.2. Creating Presentation Graphics
8.2.1. Floor Plans: Accentuating Walls
8.2.2. Making Elevation Graphics
8.2.3. Using Gradient Backgrounds
8.2.4. Using Images in Elevation Views
8.3. Shadows and Solar Studies
8.3.1. Creating a Solar Study
8.3.2. 3D Views
8.4. Rendering a Perspective
8.4.1. The Camera
8.4.2. Quality Settings
8.4.3. Output Size
8.4.4. Lighting
8.4.5. Foreground and Background
8.4.5.1. Saving Your Image
8.4.6. Materials
9. Sheets
9.1. Documentation Trends
9.2. Preparing Views
9.2.1. View Properties
9.2.2. View Templates
9.2.2.1. Creating and Applying a View Template
9.3. The Sheet
9.3.1. Adding a Title Block to a Sheet
9.3.1.1. Adding a Revision Schedule to a Title Block
9.3.2. View Titles
9.3.3. Placing Views on Sheets
9.3.3.1. Splitting Views across Multiple Sheets
9.3.3.2. Use Case Scenario
9.3.3.3. Match Lines and View Tags
9.3.3.4. View References
10. Annotations
10.1. Annotating Your Project
10.2. Tags
10.2.1. Loading Tags
10.2.2. Placing Tags
10.2.3. Changing a Tag Value
10.2.4. The Tag All Not Tagged Tool
10.3. Dimensions
10.3.1. Dimensioning Your Model
10.3.2. Baseline and Ordinate Dimensions
10.3.2.1. Baseline Dimensions
10.3.2.2. Creating a Baseline or Ordinate Dimension Style
10.3.2.3. Ordinate Dimensions
10.3.3. Modifying Dimension Appearance
10.3.4. Dimensioning a Floor Plan
10.4. Text and Keynotes
10.4.1. Text
10.4.1.1. Text Properties
10.4.1.2. Model Text
10.4.2. Keynotes
10.4.2.1. Keynote Behavior and Editing
10.4.2.2. Keynote Filenaming Conventions
10.4.2.3. Keynote Settings
10.4.2.4. Adding Keynotes to a View
10.4.2.5. Keynote Legends
10.4.2.6. The Keynote Family
10.4.2.7. Adding Notes to a Wall Section by Material
10.4.2.8. Adding Notes to a Wall Section by Element
10.4.2.9. Predefining Keynotes
11. Construction Documentation
11.1. Formatting Your Documents
11.1.1. Laying Out Sheets
11.2. Schedules
11.2.1. Create and Customize a Schedule
11.2.1.1. Additional Formatting
11.2.2. Finding Elements in the Model
11.2.3. View Templates for Schedules
11.2.4. Placing and Handling Schedules on Sheets
11.3. Using Drafting Views
11.4. Understanding Drafting Tools
11.4.1. Detail Line
11.4.2. Model Line
11.4.3. Detail Groups
11.4.4. Detail Components
11.4.5. Masking Regions
11.4.6. Adding to the Detail
11.4.7. Creating a Repeating Detail
11.4.7.1. Custom Line Types
11.4.8. Insulation
11.4.8.1. Adding Insulation
11.4.9. Filled Region
11.4.9.1. Filled-Region Type Properties
11.4.10. Show/Remove Hidden Lines
11.5. Importing CAD Details
11.6. Reusing Details from Other Projects
11.6.1. Exporting Details from Revit Projects
11.6.1.1. Importing Views into Revit Projects
12. Printing
12.1. Printing Your Documents
12.1.1. Print
12.1.1.1. Print to File
12.1.1.2. Print Range
12.1.2. Print Setup
12.1.2.1. Hidden Lines Views
12.1.2.2. Options
12.2. Revit Printing Tips
12.3. Export Your BIM Data
12.3.1. Design Web Format (DWF)
12.3.1.1. DWF Export Options
12.3.1.2. Exporting to 2D DWF
12.3.1.3. Exporting to 3D DWF
12.3.1.4. Marking Up Drawings with Design Review
12.3.1.5. Marking Up 3D DWF files
12.3.2. Printing to PDF
13. Advanced Topics
13.1. Understanding Families
13.1.1. System Families
13.1.2. In-Place Families (Model In-Place)
13.1.3. Component Families
13.1.4. Family Templates
13.1.5. Parametric and Nonparametric Family Types
13.1.6. Levels of Detail and View Visibility
13.1.7. Family Types and Type Catalogs
13.1.8. Visual Control
13.1.9. Nested Families
13.1.10. Upgrading Families
13.2. Using Design Options
13.2.1. The Design Options Interface
13.2.1.1. Setting Your Views
13.2.1.2. Creating the Elements in the Options
13.3. Worksharing — The Multiuser Environment
13.3.1. Borrowing Elements
13.3.2. Worksharing Using the Worksets Methodology
13.3.2.1. Worksharing Basics
13.3.3. Workset Organization
13.3.3.1. Worksharing Workflow
13.3.4. Saving Shared Work
13.3.5. Loading Work from Other Team Members
14. Conceptual Modeling
14.1. Understanding the Conceptual Design Tools
14.1.1. Massing Workflows
14.1.2. Revit's Conceptual Massing Tools
14.1.2.1. Visibility/Graphics Overrides
14.1.3. Creating a Mass: The Basics
14.1.3.1. Creating Forms
14.1.3.2. Creating Your Initial Lines
14.1.3.3. Finishing the Mass Editing Session
14.1.3.4. Direct Manipulation
14.1.3.5. Joining and Cutting Forms
14.2. Understanding Form Making and Rationalization
14.2.1. Making a Parametric Extrusion
14.2.2. Making a Parametric Material
14.2.3. Making a Revolve
14.2.4. Making a Loft
14.2.5. Making a Sweep
14.3. Rationalization of Surfaces
14.3.1. Divide Surface Tool
14.3.1.1. Applying a Pattern to the Surface
14.4. Applying Building Elements to the Massing Form
14.4.1. Mass Floors
14.4.2. Verifying Your Design and Validating Its Program Fit
14.4.2.1. Model by Face: Walls
14.4.2.2. Model by Face: Floors
14.4.2.3. Model by Face: Roofs
14.4.2.4. Model by Face: Curtain System
15. Tips and Troubleshooting
15.1. Optimizing Performance
15.2. Using Best Practices
15.3. Dealing with File Corruption
15.4. Getting Started in Revit
15.5. Finding Additional Resources
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