Additional Resources

A number of resources are available to help you along the way and improve your Revit use, help you solve problems, or create new content. In our digital age, there is a wealth of information online to help you learn or communicate with users far and wide. So, before you spend hours trying to solve a particularly challenging problem on your own, you might check some of these tools:

Revit Help Menu Open the Revit Help menu by clicking the question mark icon in the upper-right corner of the application. This tool will give you a basic synopsis of all the tools, buttons, and commands available in the application.

Subscription Support If you have purchased Revit on subscription, Revit Subscription Support offers web-based support. Their responses are speedy, their advice top-notch, and chances are they've seen your problem before. Subscription Support can be accessed online at subscription.autodesk.com.

AUGI Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) is a source for tips and tricks as well as excellent user forums. The forums are free to participate in, and it's a great place where you can ask questions, find answers, or discuss project workflows. AUGI is located online at www.augi.com. Once you're there, look for Revit Architecture.

Revit City Looking for content or families? RevitCity offers another free online resource and has a growing database of families posted by users. See www.revitcity.com.

YouTube Here's a great reason to tell your IT department you need access to YouTube. Autodesk has its own channel that has some great content, it's free, and it has hundreds of short videos showing you how to perform specific tasks in Revit. See www.youtube.com/user/autodesk.

AECbytes AECbytes is a website dedicated to following the trends in the AEC industry, with a strong focus on BIM, technology, and the direction of the industry, put together by Lachmi Khemlani. See www.aecbytes.com.

What Revit Wants Revit Professionals is an online resource put together by Luke Johnson that is peppered with great tips and workflows with everything from tips on creating graphics to dealing with crashes. See www.whatrevitwants.blogspot.com.