Revit 2024 for Architecture

Eric Wing lives in Syracuse NY where he is the Director of BIM Services for C&S Companies, and is a popular speaker at events around the world speaking on many topics. Eric is also an author for LinkedIn Learning where he has authored over 70 full courses. Eric has truly been a leader in the AEC industry for over 25 years, and works on multi-scale multi-disciplinary projects daily. He is also currently a Professor at Syracuse University teaching BIM and Advanced BIM at the School of Architecture, and at the School of Engineering.

• Introduction xxiiiChapter 1 The Autodesk Revit World 1The Revit Interface 1The Revit Workflow 4Using the Ribbon 6The View Window 12Object Selection 16Modifying and Mirroring 17Building on Existing Geometry 20View Control and Object Display 22The Project Browser 31Views 33File Types and Families 36System and Hosted Families (.rfa) 37Using Revit Template Files (.rte) 42Using Revit Family Files (.rft) 43Are You Experienced? 44Now you can 44Chapter 2 Creating a Model 45Placing Walls 45Adding Exterior Walls 45Using Reference Planes 46Adding More Walls 49Adding Interior Walls 60Using Temporary Dimensions to Gain Control of Your Model 62Editing Wall Joins 82Displaying Wall Joins 87Disallowing Wall Joins 89Adding Doors and Windows 94Adding Doors 94Placing Openings in Your Walls 100Adding Windows 103Are You Experienced? 110Now you can 110Chapter 3 Creating Views 111Creating Levels 111Adding Levels 114Understanding the Composition of a Level 117Making Other Level Adjustments 122Creating and Modifying Building Sections 130Adding a Building Section 130Making Building Modifications in a Section 137Adding Wall Sections 144Creating Detail Sections 146Using Crop Regions 149Splitting a Section Segment 151Creating Callouts 153Creating and Modifying a Camera View 160Adding a Camera View 160Modifying the Camera 163Creating an Elevation 164Interior Elevations 168Elevation Properties 172Annotation Properties 174Are You Experienced? 175Now you can 175Chapter 4 Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 177The Basic Edit Commands 178The Move Command 178The Copy Command 180The Rotate Command 182The Array Command 187Radial Array 187Linear Array 191The Mirror Command 197The Align Tool 201The Split Element Command 205The Trim/Extend Command 213The Offset Command 216Copy/Paste 219Creating the Plans 221Are You Experienced? 226Now you can 226Chapter 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 229Dimensioning 229Aligned Dimensions 230Linear Dimensions 241Angular Dimensions 243Radial Dimensions 244Arc Length Dimensions 246Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool 248Constraining the Model 253Using Dimensions to Move Objects 257Using Dimension Text Overrides 260Placing Text and Annotations 264Adding Leader Text 267Changing the Leader Type 268Modifying the Text Placement 269Are You Experienced? 271Now you can 271Chapter 6 Floors 273Placing a Floor Slab 273Creating the Slab 274Sketching the Slab 278Building a Floor by Layers 287Adding Materials 288Adding a Layer 290Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain 299Using the Shape Editing tools 309Creating Shaft Openings 315Are You Experienced? 320Now you can 320Chapter 7 Roofs 323Placing Roofs by Footprint 323Flat Roofs by Footprint 324Pitched Roofs by Footprint 340Creating a Sloping Roof 352Creating Roofs by Extrusion 357Adding a Roof Dormer 368Are You Experienced? 372Now you can 372Chapter 8 Structural Items 375Adding Structural Grids 375Placing a Grid 376Adding Structural Columns 388Using Structural Framing 395Adding a Beam System 400Adding Bracing 403Understanding Foundation Systems 410Adding Structural Footings 414Structural Slabs 416Piers and Spread Footings 420Are You Experienced? 426Now you can 426Chapter 9 Ceilings and Interiors 427Creating Ceilings 427Modifying Ceiling Grids 432Setting Ceiling Element Properties 433Creating a Plan Region 438Creating a Custom Ceiling 440Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 446Creating a Ceiling Opening 446Creating a Soffit 447Adding Light Fixtures to Ceilings 456Adding Interior Design 460Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture 461Adding Parabolic Troffers 468Adding Casework and Furniture 472Adding Additional Floor Materials 483Cutting and Adding the Floor 483Creating a Tile Material 485Are You Experienced? 490Now you can 490Chapter 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 493Creating Stairs by Using the Rise/Run Function 493Modifying Boundaries 498Configuring Railings 506Creating a Winding Staircase 517Stair and Railing Families 532Creating a Custom Railing System 537Creating Custom Stairs 542Adding a Custom Landing 547Adding a Gooseneck 548Adding Ramps 556Are You Experienced? 563Now you can 563Chapter 11 Detailing 565Working with Line Weights 565Drafting on Top of the Detail 569Using Predefined Detail Components 569Materials 571Repeating Details 573Modifying a Detail Component 577Modifying Filled Regions 579Specifying Drafting Line Weights 598Adding Notes 600Adding Textual Notations 600Creating Blank Drafting Views 602Creating a Detail Group 611Adding a Section to Another View 617Importing AutoCAD Files into a Drafting View 619Adding 2D and 3D Lines to the Model 620Are You Experienced? 622Now you can 622Chapter 12 Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 625Duplicating Views 625Creating Dependent Views 628Adjusting the Crop Regions 630Adjusting the Annotation Crop Region 633Adding Match Lines 635Match- Line Appearance 635Adding View References to a Match Line 636Using View Templates 640Are You Experienced? 640Now you can 640Chapter 13 Creating Sheets and Printing 643Creating and Populating Sheets 643Sheet Organization 646Modifying a Viewport 654Viewport Properties 660Adding Revisions to a Sheet 661Addressing Project Information 665Generating a Cover Sheet 667Printing from Revit Architecture 674Are You Experienced? 679Now you can 679Chapter 14 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 681Creating Rooms 681Configuring Properties 686Placing and Manipulating Room Tags 690Adding a Room Schedule 692Adding a Color- Fill Plan 697Adding Room Separators 700Creating an Area Plan 701Are You Experienced? 706Now you can 706Chapter 15 Advanced Wall Topics 707Creating Compound Walls 707Adding Layers to the Compound Wall 710Adding Wall Sweeps 716Modifying a Wall’s Profile in Place 722Manually Adding Host Sweeps 727Creating Stacked Walls 733Creating Curtain Walls 738Adding a Predefined Curtain Wall 738Adding a Blank Curtain Wall 741Creating Curtain Grids 744Are You Experienced? 752Now you can 752Chapter 16 Schedules and Tags 755Creating Schedules 755Adding Fields to a Schedule 756Sorting and Grouping 759Controlling Headers 761Modifying Elements in a Schedule 763Modifying the Schedule’s Appearance 765Creating Material Takeoffs 770Creating a Calculated Value Field 774Creating Key Legends 780Adding Legend Components 780Adding Tags 783Adding Tags Individually 784Using the Tag All Command 786Tagging by Material 788Using Multi- Category Tags 791Keynoting 794Keynoting by Element 794Are You Experienced? 798Now you can 798Chapter 17 Rendering and Presentation 799Creating an Interior Rendering 799Creating Lighting Groups 806Creating Walkthroughs 810Exporting an Animation 817Creating a Solar Study 818Are You Experienced? 820Now you can 820Chapter 18 Creating Families 821Creating a Basic Family 821Adding Reference Planes to a Family 822Adding Dimensions and Parameters to a Family 825The Type Properties Dialog 830Using Mathematical Expressions to Create an Arched Door 838Creating 3D Sweeps in a Family 846Creating a Casing Sweep 855Creating an In- Place Family 869Are You Experienced? 872Now you can 872Chapter 19 Project Management 873Managing Project Phasing 873Examining Graphic Overrides 878Activating and Explaining Worksharing 879Creating a Central Model 882Creating a Local File 887Loading or Not Loading a Workset during Open 889Are You Experienced? 890Now you can 890Index 891