Synopses & Reviews
The expert authors relied on their years of experience to develop this exhaustive reference and tutorial. This perfectly paced book covers all the core concepts and functionality of Revit Structure, including interface, BIM, project setup and templates, view use and management, structural elements, structural analysis, drafting, detailing and annotations, phasing, collaborating, printing and publishing, and creating custom content. Mastering Revit Structure has been updated from the 2009 version to cover all of 2010's exciting new interface, modeling, interoperability, and worksharing features. The detailed book also features tips, tricks, and real-world exercises that only authors who use the software daily in a professional environment can know and explain.
Part I explores the basics of the modeling environment, including the interface, simple modeling, and data import. Part II delves into the structural model, exploring structural walls and framing, slabs and decks, roofs, frames, foundations, plus stairs, elevators, and ramps. Part III explains how to document the structural model. Annotations and dimensioning, creating schedules, using sheets, and details and drafting views are explained in depth. Part IV discusses how to share your model and includes chapters on collaboration, plotting and exporting data, coordinating with other disciplines, visualizing, and using the analytical model. Part V looks at advanced features and functions, including families, groups, various project phases and design options, and use-specific modeling techniques.
The book will also feature a beautiful color insert with examples from the book and other inspirational models. Readers will be invited to download before-and-after tutorial files from the supporting web site so that they can jump into any tutorial and compare their finished work to the pros'.
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The only book to cover Autodesk's fast-growing 3D structural software
Revit Structure is a BIM structural software package that is rapidly gaining market share. Written by a team of authors who are deeply involved with the Revit community, Mastering Revit Structure 2010 explains the tools and functionality in the context of professional, real-world tasks and workflows.
With hands-on tutorials to demonstrate the concepts, Mastering Revit Structure 2010 is perfect for anyone who needs to learn Revit Structure 2010 quickly and thoroughly. Revit Structure 2010 is BIM structural software that is rapidly gaining popularity This reference and tutorial thoroughly covers all the core concepts and functionality, including the new interface, modeling, interoperability, and worksharing features Covers BIM, project setup and templates, view use and management, structural elements, and structural analysis Examines drafting, detailing and annotations, phasing, collaborating, printing and publishing, and creating custom content Shows how to document the structural model and how to share your model through collaboration, plotting and exporting data, coordinating with other disciplines, and visualizing Demonstrates the concepts with hands-on tutorials Companion Web site offers before-and-after tutorial files for downloading
Mastering Revit Structure 2010 covers Revit Structure from the basics to the advanced features and functions.
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Mastering Revit Structure 2010 covers both the basics and the advanced features and functions. Written by a team of authors who are deeply involved with the Revit community, Mastering Revit Structure 2010 explains the tools and functionality in the context of professional, real-world tasks and workflows. With hands-on tutorials to demonstrate the concepts, Mastering Revit Structure 2010 is perfect for anyone who needs to learn Revit Structure 2010 quickly and thoroughly. Additionally, there is a companion Web site offers before-and-after tutorial files for downloading.
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These three authors are a virtual “dream team” of Revit Structure expertise and industry knowledge.
—From the Foreword by Nicolas Mangon, Building Industry Director, Autodesk, Inc.
Structure Your Designs the Revit Way
Whether you're a structural engineer, designer, or draftsperson, now you can become quickly productive in Revit Structure 2010 with this comprehensive guide. The expert author team combines years of engineering and Revit experience to give you detailed instruction in basic concepts and professional techniques, while also revealing Revit tricks, tips, and workarounds not well documented elsewhere.
Learn how to model structural elements, then delve into advanced family creation, standards development, modeling, visualizing, and analytics. Explore Revit Structure 2010's enhanced worksharing capabilities, the newly updated user interface, and improved interoperability with other programs. Packed with real-world solutions and striking examples in full color, this is your indispensable guide to Revit Structure.
Coverage includes:
- Understanding how parametric modeling frees you to focus on your designs
- Exploring the broad array of tools in Revit Structure's user interface
- Viewing and referencing plan, section, elevation, and model views—simultaneously—while you design
- Applying scheduling, annotation, and dimensioning info as you go, for speedier workflows
- Creating and presenting 3D visualizations that bring your designs to life
- Using analytical tools to test and simulate, then refine your designs
- Adding custom content and building your own component libraries
About the Author
About the Authors
Thomas S. Weir is Director of BIM and CAD operations at Brandow & Johnston in Los Angeles. He is co-chairman and founder of the L.A. Revit Users Group, moderates the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Revit Structural forum, teaches Revit Structure at Autodesk University, and wrote the first Autodesk Official Training Courseware for Revit Structure. Jamie D. Richardson is an associate and CAD/BIM Manager for Ericksen Roed & Associates in the Twin Cities area. He speaks at Autodesk University, is active in his local Revit User Group, and mentors students at local technical colleges. David J. Harrington, former president and former board member of AUGI, is currently a structural designer for Walter P. Moore. He writes for industry publications, is the technical editor for AUGIWorld magazine, teaches at Autodesk University, and maintains a popular blog (caddhelp.blogspot.com).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Inside Revit Structure.
Chapter 2: Setting the Project Environment.
Chapter 3: Starting to Model Your Project.
Chapter 4: Structural Columns.
Chapter 5: Floor Slabs and Roof Decks.
Chapter 6: Walls.
Chapter 7: Structural Framing.
Chapter 8: Foundations.
Chapter 9: Model Documentation.
Chapter 10: Modeling Rebar.
Chapter 11: Schedules and Quantities.
Chapter 12: Working with Sheets.
Chapter 13: Worksharing.
Chapter 14: Visualization.
Chapter 15: Revit Structural Analysis.
Chapter 16: Project Phases and Design Options.
Chapter 17: Standards: Increasing Revit Productivity.
Chapter 18: Family Creation: Beyond the Built-In Libraries.
Chapter 19: Advanced Structural Families.