Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Autodesk Revit World

The Revit Architecture Interface

The Revit Workflow

Using the Ribbon

The View Window

Object Selection

Modifying and Mirroring

Building on Existing Geometry

View Control and Object Display

The Project Browser

Windows

File Types and Families

System and Hosted Families (.rfa)

Using Revit Template Files (.rte)

Using Revit Family Files (.rft)

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Chapter 2: Creating a Model

Placing Walls

Adding Exterior Walls

Using Reference Planes

Adding More Walls

Adding Interior Walls

Using Temporary Dimensions to Gain Control of Your Model

Editing Wall Joins

Displaying Wall Joins

Disallowing Wall Join

Placing Doors and Windows

Adding Doors

Placing Openings in Your Walls

Adding Windows

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Chapter 3: Creating Views

Creating Levels

Adding Levels

Understanding the Composition of a Level

Making Other Level Adjustments

Creating and Modifying Building Sections

Adding a Building Section

Making Building Modifications in a Section

Adding Wall Sections

Creating Detail Sections

Using Crop Regions

Splitting a Section Segment

Creating Callouts

Creating and Modifying a Camera View

Adding a Camera View

Modifying the Camera

Creating an Elevation

Interior Elevations

Elevation Properties

Annotation Properties

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Chapter 4: Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools

The Basic Edit Commands

The Move Command

The Copy Command

The Rotate Command

The Array Command

Radial Array ...

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