Autodesk Official Training Guide Essentials Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 Learning Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010, Volume 1 Hands-on exercises guide new users through the concepts of building information modeling and tools for parametric building design and documentation. Autodesk Certification Preparation 240B1-050000-CM00A June 2009
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Introduction... vii Chapter 1: Building Information Modeling... 1 Lesson: Building Information Modeling for Architectural Design... 2 About Building Information Modeling... 3 About Bidirectional Associativity... 7 Chapter 2: Revit Architecture Basics... 11 Lesson: Exploring the User Interface... 12 The Revit Architecture User Interface... 13 The Ribbon Framework... 17 Guidelines for Using the User Interface... 20 Exercise: Explore the Revit Architecture User Interface... 21 Lesson: Working with Revit Elements and Families... 28 About Building Elements... 29 About Families... 32 Guidelines for Working with Revit Elements and Families... 35 Exercise: Work with Revit Elements and Families... 36 Lesson: Starting a Project... 40 About Projects... 41 About Project Templates... 45 About the Default Project Template... 47 About Revit File Types... 49 About Vector and Raster Data... 50 About Toposurfaces... 52 Guidelines for Starting a New Project... 53 Exercise: Create a New Project Template... 54 Optional Exercise: Use Imported CAD Data to Start a Project... 57 Chapter Summary... 60 iii
Chapter 3: Starting a Design... 61 Lesson: Creating and Modifying Levels... 62 About Levels... 63 Creating and Modifying Levels... 65 Guidelines for Creating and Modifying Levels... 66 Exercise: Create and Modify Levels... 67 Lesson: Creating and Modifying Grids... 70 About Grids... 71 Process of Creating and Modifying Column Grids... 73 Guidelines for Creating and Modifying Grids... 74 Exercise: Create Column Grids... 75 Chapter Summary... 81 Chapter 4: The Basics of the Building Model... 83 Lesson: Creating a Basic Floor Plan... 84 Creating Walls in a Floor Plan... 85 About Temporary Dimensions... 86 About Drawing Aids... 88 Guidelines for Placing Walls... 89 Exercise: Add Walls in a Floor Plan View... 91 Lesson: Adding and Modifying Walls... 94 About Walls... 96 About Wall Properties... 97 Modifying Walls... 100 About Joins... 101 Editing and Preventing Wall Joins... 103 About Structural Walls and Foundations... 104 Guidelines for Adding and Modifying Walls... 105 Exercise: Add and Modify Walls... 108 Optional Exercise: Add Structural Walls and Footings... 119 Lesson: Working with Compound Walls... 123 About Compound Walls... 124 About Modifying Compound Walls... 128 Setting Layer Wrapping in Compound Walls... 129 About Vertically Compound Walls... 130 Guidelines for Working with Compound Walls... 134 Exercise: Create and Modify Compound Walls... 135 Lesson: Using Editing Tools... 143 Create and Modify Tools... 144 Edit Tools... 147 Clipboard Tools... 148 Guidelines for Using Editing Tools... 150 Exercise: Add and Modify Walls Using Editing Tools... 151 iv
Lesson: Adding and Modifying Doors... 157 About Doors... 158 Process of Adding and Modifying Doors... 159 Creating a New Door Type... 160 Guidelines for Working with Doors... 160 Exercise: Add Doors... 161 Lesson: Adding and Modifying Windows... 164 About Windows... 165 Process of Adding and Modifying Windows... 166 Guidelines for Adding and Modifying Windows... 167 Exercise: Add Windows to a Building Model... 169 Chapter Summary... 173 Chapter 5: Loading Additional Building Components... 175 Lesson: Working with Component Families... 176 About Component Families... 177 Process of Adding Components... 180 About Modifying Component Families... 181 Working with Component Families... 183 Guidelines for Adding and Modifying Component Families... 185 Exercise: Load Component Families and Add Components... 186 Chapter Summary... 192 Chapter 6: Viewing the Building Model... 193 Lesson: Managing Views... 194 About Views... 195 Creating and Editing Views... 198 View Properties... 201 View Templates... 208 Guidelines for Working with Views... 209 Exercise: Explore Views and Modify View Properties... 210 Lesson: Controlling Object Visibility... 215 Object Visibility Settings... 216 Modifying Line Styles... 219 About User Defined Filters... 220 Creating and Using Filters... 221 Guidelines for Controlling Object Visibility... 222 Exercise: Control Object Visibility... 223 Lesson: Working with Section and Elevation Views... 225 About Section Views... 226 About Elevation Views... 231 Guidelines for Creating Section and Elevation Views... 235 Exercise: Create and Modify Section and Elevation Views... 236 v
Lesson: Creating and Modifying 3D Views... 240 About 3D Views... 241 About Cameras... 247 Creating and Modifying Camera Views... 251 Guidelines for Creating and Modifying 3D Views... 252 Exercise: Create 3D Perspective and 3D Orthographic Views... 254 Optional Exercise: Create a Section Box 3D View... 257 Chapter Summary... 258 vi
Chapter 7: Using Dimensions and Constraints... 1 Lesson: Working with Dimensions... 2 About Temporary Dimensions... 3 About Permanent Dimensions... 6 Guidelines for Working with Dimensions... 14 Exercise: Work with Dimensions... 15 Lesson: Applying and Removing Constraints... 20 About Constraints... 21 Applying and Removing Constraints... 24 Guidelines for Applying Constraints... 26 Exercise: Apply Constraints... 27 Chapter Summary... 32 Chapter 8: Developing the Building Model... 33 Lesson: Creating and Modifying Floors... 34 About Floors... 35 Modifying Floors... 37 Guidelines for Creating and Modifying Floors... 40 Exercise: Create and Modify Floors... 41 Exercise: Create and Modify a Structural Floor... 45 Lesson: Working with Ceilings... 50 About Ceilings... 51 Modifying Ceilings... 53 Guidelines for Creating and Modifying Ceilings... 55 Exercise: Create and Modify Ceilings and Ceiling Components... 56 Lesson: Adding and Modifying Roofs... 61 About Roofs... 62 Process of Sketching Roofs... 65 Guidelines for Adding and Modifying Roofs... 67 Exercise: Add and Modify Roofs... 68 Lesson: Creating Curtain Walls... 75 About Curtain Walls... 76 About Curtain Grids and Mullions... 78 Creating Curtain Walls and Modifying Curtain Grids... 81 Guidelines for Creating Curtain Walls, Grids, and Mullions... 83 Exercise: Create Curtain Walls, Curtain Grids, and Mullions... 85 iii
Lesson: Adding Stairs and Railings... 93 About Stairs and Railings... 94 Creating Stairs and Railings... 96 Guidelines for Adding Stairs and Railings... 98 Exercise: Create and Modify Stairs and Railings... 99 Chapter Summary... 103 Chapter 9: Detailing and Drafting... 105 Lesson: Creating Callout Views... 106 About Callouts... 107 Creating Reference Callouts... 109 Guidelines for Creating Callouts... 110 Exercise: Create a Callout View of a Section... 111 Lesson: Working with Text and Tags... 113 About Text... 114 About Tags... 115 Guidelines for Working with Text and Tags... 118 Exercise: Work with Text and Tags... 119 Lesson: Working with Detail Views... 123 About Detail Views... 124 Creating Detail Views... 130 Process of Saving and Reusing a Detail View... 131 Guidelines for Saving and Reusing a Detail View... 132 Exercise: Add Construction Details to a Detail View... 133 Lesson: Working with Drafting Views... 139 About Drafting Views... 140 Process of Creating and Reusing Drafting Views... 142 Guidelines for Reusing Drafting Views... 143 Exercise: Create Drafting Views... 144 Exercise: Import a View and a CAD File... 150 Chapter Summary... 152 Chapter 10: Construction Documentation... 153 Lesson: Creating and Modifying Schedules... 154 About Schedules... 155 About Schedule Properties... 158 Exporting Schedules... 160 Modifying Schedule Fields... 160 Guidelines for Creating and Modifying Schedules... 161 Exercise: Create and Modify Schedules... 162 iv
Lesson: Creating Rooms and Room Schedules... 169 About Rooms... 170 About Room Schedules... 172 Adding Room Tags... 175 Modifying Room Area and Volume... 176 About Material Takeoffs... 177 Guidelines for Creating Rooms and Room Schedules... 178 Exercise: Create a Room and Room Schedule... 179 Lesson: Creating Legends and Keynotes... 184 About Legends... 186 Controlling Legend Visibility... 188 About Keynoting... 189 Linking Keynote Files and Adding Keynotes... 192 Guidelines for Creating Legends and Keynotes... 193 Exercise: Create Legends and Keynotes... 194 Chapter Summary... 201 Chapter 11: Presenting the Building Model... 203 Lesson: Working with Drawing Sheets... 204 About Drawing Sheets... 205 Process of Previewing and Printing Sheets and Views... 208 Guidelines for Working with Drawing Sheets... 209 Exercise: Work with Drawing Sheets... 211 Lesson: Working with Titleblocks... 215 About Titleblocks... 216 Creating and Updating Titleblocks... 218 Guidelines for Creating and Updating Titleblocks... 220 Exercise: Work with Titleblocks... 221 Lesson: Managing Revisions... 224 About Revision Tracking... 225 Creating Revision Clouds... 229 Process of Creating and Linking DWF Files... 229 Guidelines for Managing Revisions... 231 Exercise: Revise a Drawing and Publish a DWF File... 232 Lesson: Creating Renderings... 236 About Renderings... 237 Settings for Creating Renderings... 240 Guidelines for Creating Renderings... 243 Exercise: Create a Rendering... 244 v
Lesson: Using Walkthroughs... 246 About Walkthroughs... 247 Guidelines for Using Walkthroughs... 249 Exercise: Create and Export a Walkthrough... 251 Lesson: Using Sun and Shadow Settings... 255 Sun and Shadow Settings... 256 Guidelines for Using Sun and Shadow Settings... 258 Exercise: Use Sun and Shadow Settings... 259 Chapter Summary... 263 Appendix... 265 vi
Introduction Welcome to the Learning Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 Autodesk Official Training Guide, a training guide for use in Authorized Training Center (ATC ) locations, corporate training settings, and other classroom settings. Although this guide is designed for instructor led courses, you can also use it for self paced learning. The guide encourages self learning through the use of the Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 Help system. This introduction covers the following topics: Course objectives Prerequisites Using this guide CD contents Completing the Exercises Installing the exercise data files from the CD Imperial and metric datasets Notes, tips, and warnings Feedback This guide is complementary to the software documentation. For detailed explanations of features and functionality, refer to the Help in the software. Course Objectives After completing this course, you will be able to: Describe building information modeling, bidirectional associativity, and parametric relationships in Revit. Understand the user interface, parametric objects, and families, and start projects using templates. Create and modify levels and grids. Create a basic floor plan, add and modify walls and compound walls, use editing tools, and work with doors and windows. Work with component families. Duplicate and manage views, control object visibility in views, and create elevation, section, and 3D views. Learn how to use dimensions and constraints. Create floors and ceilings, add roofs and curtain walls, and work with stairs and railings in a building model. Learn how to create callout views and work with text and tags, detail views, and drafting views. Create schedules, rooms and room schedules, and legends and keynotes. Work with drawing sheets and titleblocks, manage revisions, and present the building model using rendering, walkthroughs, and sun and shadow settings. vii
Prerequisites This guide is designed for new users of Revit Architecture. No previous CAD experience is necessary. It is recommended that you have: Architectural design, drafting, or engineering experience. Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows Vista. Using This Guide The lessons are independent of each other. However, it is recommended that you complete these lessons in the order that they are presented unless you are familiar with the concepts and functionality described in those lessons. Each chapter contains: Lessons Usually two or more lessons in each chapter. Exercises Practical, real world examples for you to practice using the functionality you have just learned. Each exercise contains step by step procedures and graphics to help you complete the exercise successfully. CD The CD attached to the back cover of this book contains all the data and drawings you need to complete the exercises in this guide. Completing the Exercises You can complete the exercise in two ways, using the book or on screen. Using the book Follow the step by step exercises in the book. On screen Click the Learning Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 icon on your desktop, installed from the CD, and follow the step by step exercises on screen. The onscreen exercises are the same as those in the book. The onscreen version has the advantage that you can concentrate on the screen without having to glance down at your book. viii Introduction
After launching the onscreen exercises, you might need to alter the size of your application window to align both windows. Installing the Exercise Data Files from the CD To install the data files for the exercises: 1. Insert the CD. 2. When the setup wizard begins, follow the instructions on screen to install the data. 3. If the wizard does not start automatically, browse to the root directory of the CD and double click setup.exe. Unless you specify a different folder, the exercise files are installed in the following folder: C:\Autodesk Learning\Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010\Learning\ After you install the data from the CD, this folder contains all the files necessary to complete each exercise in this guide. Introduction ix
Imperial and Metric Datasets In exercises that specify units of measurement, alternative files are provided as shown in the following example: Open i_export_ifc.rvt (imperial) or m_export_ifc.rvt (metric). In the exercise steps, the imperial value is followed by the metric value in parentheses as shown in the following example: For Length, enter 13'2" (4038 mm). For exercises with no specific units of measurement, files are provided as shown in the following example: Open c_boundary_conditions.rvt (common). In the exercise steps, the unitless value is specified as shown in the following example: For Length, enter 400. Notes, Tips, and Warnings Throughout this guide, notes, tips, and warnings are called out for special attention. Notes contain guidelines, constraints, and other explanatory information. Tips provide information to enhance your productivity. Warnings provide information about actions that might result in the loss of data, system failures, or other serious consequences. Feedback We always welcome feedback on Autodesk Official Training Guides. After completing this course, if you have suggestions for improvements or if you want to report an error in the book or on the CD, please send your comments to learningtools@autodesk.com. x Introduction