Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013

Acknowledgments

Ah, acknowledgments. While all the glory of writing a book is consumed by the authoring team, it takes so many more people than the three of us to actually make this happen. Just like building design, the process of writing and publishing a book is truly a team sport — and without the hard work, dedication, and willingness to put up with the authoring team, this book would have never have happened.

First of all, we'd like to thank the staff at Autodesk^® Revit^®. Without their fine work, this would be a very empty book. With that, we'd also like to thank Phil Bernstein for taking the time to write such an inspiring foreword and helping to mold the software that helps to reshape our industry.

Second, a big thanks to our technical team. They dot our i's, cross our t's, and belittle us every time we turn in something late. Their work and effort ensures that we as authors can produce something that you the reader can actually comprehend. So thank you to Dick Margulis, duke of content and baron of flow; to copyeditor Judy Flynn for taking our broken grammar and slang sentences and making them into something readable; and to production editor Christine O'Connor for putting all the pieces together and keeping the project going. Thanks also to Pete Gaughan for watching the schedule. We're so very grateful for using you as an excuse for not visiting our in-laws on Sundays. To Tony DiMartino, the technical editor, who checks all of our Revit work and lives solely off of meat, ...