Autodesk Architectural Desktop: An Advanced Implementation Guide

Autodesk® Architectural Desktop: An Advanced Implementation Guide is a concise manual focused squarely on making Architectural Desktop (ADT) a success in your organization. This manual delves deep into advanced techniques and proven strategies to deploy ADT throughout your entire organization and make it a success. The book follows a logical progression through issues of installation, setup, configuration, training, customization and standardization. Beginning with a thorough look at your firm's work style and project types, the reader is guided through how to mesh existing practices with the ADT "Building Model" concept. Giving you the tools required to assess your current CAD standards you will build a checklist of action items useful throughout the deployment process. A large collection of topics critical to successful implementation is dealt with both philosophically and in numerous hands-on exercises. Many of the tutorials in this book reference both Imperial and Metric Units! (Additional Metric-based exercises are provided in the online companion.) Topics like Layering Standards, the Display System, optimal use of Color, building a Content Library, Interoperability with Autodesk VIZ and sharing files with consultants are just some of those covered. At the conclusion of this manual, you will be armed with all the necessary tools to build a successful implementation plan uniquely suited to your practice.

Explains how to deploy and configure the Architectural Desktop (ADT) program to design a virtual model of a building under construction and after construction for ongoing maintenance. Written for experienced architects and designers, the guide covers layering standards, the display system, building a content library, creating details, and sharing files with consultants. Short tutorials with screenshots walk through the procedures for performing many of the tasks. The CD-ROM contains files for the tutorials.
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Digging deep into the advanced techniques and deployment strategies of Autodesk Architectural Desktop (ADT), this comprehensive guide, applicable to both the 2007 and 2008 release, and co-authored by best-selling ADT author Paul F. Aubin-- emphasizes the process of creating projects with ADT while equipping readers with the tools both to assess current CAD standards and to build checklists for use throughout the deployment process. Focusing squarely on architectural production, the presentation progresses through installation, setup, configuration, training, customization, and standardization, arms readers with all the tools necessary to build a successful implementation plan uniquely suited to their needs.

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'Paul F. Aubin is an independent architectural consultant who travels the country lecturing and providing Revit« Architecture and AutoCAD« Architecture implementation, training and support services. Mr. Aubin currently serves as Moderator for Cadalyst magazine\'s online CAD Questions Forum, is an active member of the Autodesk user community and has been a top rated speaker at Autodesk University (Autodesk\'s annual user convention) for many years. He is also an associate member of the AIA. Paul Aubin has been involved in the architectural profession for nearly twenty years, with experience that includes design, production, CAD management, mentoring, coaching and training. He is the author of many CAD and BIM titles, including the widely acclaimed MASTERING AUTOCAD ARCHITECTURE and PAUL F. AUBIN\'S MASTERING REVIT ARCHITECTURE. Mr. Aubin\'s diverse experience in architectural firms, as a CAD manager and as an educator gives his writing and his classroom instruction a fresh and credible focus.Matt Dillon is a registered architect with more than 20 years of experience using, teaching, and consulting on Autodesks architectural products. He is currently Vice President of Technical Services for an Autodesk reseller and Authorized Training Center, spending much of his time helping customers throughout the U.S. implement Architectural Desktop. Matt is also a regular, top-rated instructor at Autodesk University, who, like Paul, has trained hundreds of architectural professionals in Architectural Desktop.'

Introduction. PLANNING. Installation and Configuration. Project and Building Model Structure. CAD Standards Assessment. DISPLAY. Layers. Display System. CONTENT. Schedule Tables. Dimensioning and Annotation. Content Library. STYLES. ADT Object Styles. Area Objects and Area Groups. Sections and Elevations. INTEROPERABILITY. Using ADT Models in Autodesk VIZ. Sharing Files with Consultants. CONCLUSION. Pulling it all together