2. The Revit Workflow
by James Vandezande, Phil Read, Eddy Krygiel
Mastering: Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011
- Copyright
- Dear Reader,
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Fundamentals
- 1. Beyond Basic Documentation
- 2. Principles of Revit
- 3. The Basics of the Revit Toolbox
- 3.1. Selecting, Modifying, and Replacing Elements
- 3.2. Editing Elements Interactively
- 3.2.1. Moving Elements
- 3.2.2. Copying Elements
- 3.2.3. Rotating and Mirroring Elements
- 3.2.4. Arraying Elements
- 3.2.5. Scaling Elements
- 3.2.6. Aligning Elements
- 3.2.7. Trimming or Extending Lines and Walls
- 3.2.8. Splitting Lines and Walls
- 3.2.9. Offsetting Lines and Walls
- 3.2.10. Keeping Elements from Moving
- 3.3. Exploring Other Editing Tools
- 3.4. Modeling Site Context
- 3.5. The Bottom Line
- 2. The Revit Workflow
- 4. Configuring Templates and Standards
- 4.1. Introducing Project Templates
- 4.2. Customizing Project Settings for Graphic Quality
- 4.3. Efficient View Management
- 4.4. Creating Custom Annotations
- 4.5. Starting a Project with a Custom Template
- 4.6. Strategies for Managing Templates
- 4.7. The Bottom Line
- 5. Managing a Revit Project
- 6. Understanding Worksharing
- 7. Working with Consultants
- 7.1. Preparing for Collaboration
- 7.2. Coordination in Revit
- 7.2.1. Linked Models
- 7.2.1.1. Shared Positioning
- 7.2.1.2. Acquiring or Publishing Coordinates
- 7.2.1.3. Using Project Base Point and Survey Point
- 7.2.1.4. Attachment vs. Overlay
- 7.2.1.5. Links with Worksharing
- 7.2.1.6. Benefits and Limitations
- 7.2.1.7. Exercise: Using Linked Models
- 7.2.1.8. Modifying Element Visibility in Linked Files
- 7.2.2. Coordination Tools
- 7.2.3. Interference Checking
- 7.2.1. Linked Models
- 7.3. The Bottom Line
- 8. Interoperability: Working Multiplatform
- 4. Configuring Templates and Standards
- 3. Modeling and Massing for Design
- 9. Advanced Modeling and Massing
- 10. Conceptual Design and Sustainability
- 11. Phasing, Groups, and Design Options
- 12. Visualization
- 4. Extended Modeling Techniques
- 13. Walls and Curtain Walls
- 13.1. Using Extended Modeling Techniques for Basic Walls
- 13.2. Creating Stacked Walls
- 13.3. Creating Simple Curtain Walls
- 13.4. Creating Complex Curtain Walls
- 13.4.1. Dividing the Surface
- 13.4.2. Dividing the Surface with Intersects
- 13.4.3. Applying Patterns
- 13.4.4. Editing the Pattern Surface
- 13.4.5. Surface Representation
- 13.4.6. Adding Definition
- 13.4.7. Creating Custom Patterns
- 13.4.8. Limiting the Size of Pattern-Based Families
- 13.4.9. Using the Adaptive Component Family
- 13.4.10. Scheduling Pattern-Based Panels
- 13.5. The Bottom Line
- 14. Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs
- 15. Family Editor
- 16. Stairs and Railings
- 13. Walls and Curtain Walls
- 5. Documentation
- 17. Detailing Your Design
- 18. Documenting Your Design
- 19. Annotating Your Design
- 20. Presenting Your Design
- 6. Construction and Beyond
- 21. Revit in Construction
- 22. Revit in the Classroom
- 23. Revit and Virtualization
- 24. Under the Hood of Revit
- 24.1. Introducing the Revit API
- 24.2. What's New in the Revit 2011 API
- 24.3. Building a Batch Family Extractor
- 24.4. Additional API Resources
- 24.5. Using Revit Journals
- 24.6. The Bottom Line
- 25. Direct to Fabrication
- 26. Revit for Film and Stage
- 27. Revit in the Cloud
- 27.1. Business Benefits of a High-Performance Workstation Cloud
- 27.1.1. Growing Desktop Computing Needs
- 27.1.2. Collaborating Over Wide Area Geography
- 27.1.3. Collaborating with Outside Firms on the Same Model
- 27.1.4. IT Infrastructure Cost Consolidation
- 27.1.5. Regional Office IT Infrastructure Cost Consolidation
- 27.1.6. General-Purpose Business Applications
- 27.1.7. Full Mobility
- 27.1.8. IT Automation and Support Reduction
- 27.1.9. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Security
- 27.1.10. Locked Down Corporate Desktops, Unlocked Personal Laptops
- 27.1.11. Rendering an Animation Farm
- 27.2. Implementing a High-Performance Workstation Cloud
- 27.2.1. Virtualizing Your Servers and Storage
- 27.2.2. Virtualizing Your High-Performance Graphics Workstations
- 27.2.3. Software Licensing
- 27.2.4. Implementing a Dual-Purpose BIM Cloud and Render Farm
- 27.2.5. CPU-Constrained Rendering
- 27.2.6. Memory-Constrained Rendering
- 27.2.7. Disk-Constrained Rendering
- 27.2.8. Lessons Learned
- 27.3. Desktop Cloud Computing Technologies to Watch
- 27.4. The Bottom Line
- 27.1. Business Benefits of a High-Performance Workstation Cloud
- 7. Appendices
- A. The Bottom Line
- A.1. Chapter 1: Beyond Basic Documentation
- A.2. Chapter 2: Principles of Revit
- A.3. Chapter 3: The Basics of the Revit Toolbox
- A.4. Chapter 4: Configuring Templates and Standards
- A.5. Chapter 5: Managing a Revit Project
- A.6. Chapter 6: Understanding Worksharing
- A.7. Chapter 7: Working with Consultants
- A.8. Chapter 8: Interoperability: Working Multiplatform
- A.9. Chapter 9: Advanced Modeling and Massing
- A.10. Chapter 10: Conceptual Design and Sustainability
- A.11. Chapter 11: Phasing, Groups, and Design Options
- A.12. Chapter 12: Visualization
- A.13. Chapter 13: Walls and Curtain Walls
- A.14. Chapter 14: Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs
- A.15. Chapter 15: Family Editor
- A.16. Chapter 16: Stairs and Railings
- A.17. Chapter 17: Detailing Your Design
- A.18. Chapter 18: Documenting Your Design
- A.19. Chapter 19: Annotating Your Design
- A.20. Chapter 20: Presenting Your Design
- A.21. Chapter 21: Revit in Construction
- A.22. Chapter 22: Revit in the Classroom
- A.23. Chapter 23: Revit and Virtualization
- A.24. Chapter 24: Under the Hood of Revit
- A.25. Chapter 25: Direct to Fabrication
- A.26. Chapter 26: Revit for Film and Stage
- A.27. Chapter 27: Revit in the Cloud
- B. Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
- C. The Autodesk Certification Exams
- A. The Bottom Line
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