Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012

Chapter 2: Principles of Revit

Understand Revit project organization. Revit has been available for about 10 years, and yet, after a decade, it remains unique in its approach to “whole-building BIM.” The compelling advantage of being able to design, document, and manage your project across multiple disciplines—the architect, structural, and mechanical disciplines—is something that you can only do in Revit, and understanding project workflow in Revit is key to getting off on the right foot.

Master It Thinking back to the Revit organization chart shown in Figure 2.1, what are the main components of a Revit project, and how can you apply them to your design process? How do these categories directly affect your design workflow?

Solution The top-level ...