Revit Architecture 2011 Essentials

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files

1. Core Concepts
Introducing building information modeling (BIM)
Working in one model with many views
Understanding Revit element hierarchy

2. Getting Comfortable with the Revit Environment
Using the Recent Files screen and the Application menu
Using the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
Understanding context ribbons
Using the Project Browser and navigating views
Using the Properties palette
Selection and modification basics
Accessing Revit options

3. Starting a Project
Creating a new project
Understanding the importance of template files
Understanding project settings
Opening and saving projects
Adding levels
Adding grids
Adding columns

4. Modeling Basics
Adding walls
Using snaps
Understanding wall properties and wall types
Locating walls
Using the modify tools
Adding doors and windows
Using constraints
Adding plumbing fixtures and other components
Using Autodesk Seek

5. Links, Imports, and Groups
Working with DWG files
Creating topography from a DWG link
Understanding CAD inserts
Using import tips
Creating a group
Working with Revit links
Managing links
Understanding file formats

6. Sketch-Based Modeling Components
Working with floors
Working with footprint roofs
Working with extrusion roofs
Roof modifications and examples
Working with slope arrows
Adding openings
Working with stairs
Working with railings
Working with ceilings

7. Complex Walls
Creating a custom basic wall type
Understanding stacked walls
Adding curtain walls
Adding curtain grids, mullions, and panels
Creating wall sweeps

8. Visibility and Graphic Controls
Using object styles
Working with visibility/graphic overrides
Using Hide/Isolate
Understanding view range
Using the Linework tool
Using cutaway views

9. Rooms
Adding rooms
Controlling room numbering
Understanding room bounding elements

10. Schedules and Tags
Understanding tags
Adding schedules
Modifying schedules
Creating a key schedule

11. Annotation and Details
Adding text
Adding dimensions
Adding symbols
Adding legend views
Creating a detail callout
Using detail components
Adding filled and masking regions

12. The Basics of Families
Understanding families
Using reference planes, parameters, and constraints
Adding solid geometry
Adding void geometry
Completing the family

13. Sheets, Plotting, and Publishing
Adding sheets
Working with placeholder sheets
Outputting sheets to a DWF file
Exporting to AutoCAD
Plotting and creating a PDF

Conclusion
Goodbye