Book Purpose and Objectives | xix |
Preface | xxi |
On the Companion Files | xxiii |
Introduction to Revit 2025 | 1 |
CAD vs. EIM | 1 |
Revit Architecture | 2 |
Starting Revit 2025 | 3 |
Understanding the Revit 2025 Interface | 5 |
File Menu | 6 |
Quick Access Toolbar | 6 |
Ribbons | 8 |
Info Center | 10 |
View Area | 11 |
Properties | 12 |
Project Browser | 13 |
View Control Bar | 13 |
Status Bar | 14 |
Options Bar | 14 |
Zooming in Revit | 15 |
3D and Camera in Revit | 16 |
Steering Wheel | 17 |
Zoom | 18 |
Orbit | 18 |
Pan | 18 |
Rewind | 19 |
Center | 19 |
Look | 19 |
Up/Down | 19 |
Walk | 19 |
Create New Project | 20 |
Open Existing Project | 21 |
Closing File(s) | 22 |
Exercise 1-1 Introducing Revit 2025 | 23 |
Chapter Review | 25 |
Chapter Review Answers | 25 |
How to Draw and Modify in Revit | 27 |
Introduction | 27 |
Drawing in Revit 2025 | 28 |
Temporary Dimensions | 28 |
Alignment lines | 29 |
Snaps | 29 |
Draw Context Panel | 30 |
Selecting in Revit | 31 |
Delete Command | 33 |
Exercise 2-1 Drawing and Selecting | 33 |
Some Modifying Commands | 35 |
Move Command | 36 |
Copy Command | 37 |
Rotate Command | 37 |
Mirror Command | 38 |
Array Command | 39 |
Linear Array | 39 |
Radial Array | 41 |
Exercise 2-2 Some Modifying Commands | 41 |
Chapter Review | 45 |
Chapter Review Answers | 45 |
Project Preparation | 47 |
Introduction | 47 |
Project Information and Project Units | 47 |
Project Information | 48 |
Project Units | 49 |
Creating Levels | 50 |
Exercise 3-1 Project Information, Units, and Adding Levels | 54 |
Importing a CAD File | 55 |
Creating Gridlines | 57 |
Creating Columns | 59 |
Exercise 3-2 Import CAD, Gridlines, and Columns | 60 |
Chapter Review | 63 |
Chapter Review Answers | 63 |
All You Need to Know About Walls | 65 |
Introduction | 65 |
Wall Families | 66 |
System Families | 66 |
Component Families | 66 |
Inputting Walls | 67 |
Wall Controls and Temporary Dimensions | 70 |
Exercise 4-1 Inputting the Outside Wall | 72 |
Additional Modifying Commands | 73 |
Align Command | 74 |
Trim/Extend to Corner | 74 |
Trim/Extend Single Element and Trim/Extend Multiple Elements | 75 |
Split Element | 75 |
Split with Gap | 76 |
Match Type Properties | 77 |
Create Similar | 79 |
Cut Profile | 80 |
Underlay | 81 |
Exercise 4-2 Additional Modifying Commands | 82 |
Wall Profile | 84 |
Hide and Unhide Elements | 85 |
Exercise 4-3 Wall Profile | 86 |
Slanted Walls | 88 |
Snap Between 2 Points | 88 |
Exercise 4-4 Slanted Wall | 89 |
Tapered Walls | 90 |
Exercise 4-5 Tapered Wall | 92 |
Chapter Review | 94 |
Chapter Review Answers | 95 |
Inserting Doors and Windows | 97 |
Introduction | 97 |
Inserting Doors and Windows Using Pre-Loaded Families | 98 |
Loading Door and Window Families | 99 |
Customizing Door and Window Sizes | 101 |
Special Techniques for Doors and Windows | 103 |
Reveal Constraint | 105 |
Exercise 5-1 Inserting Doors and Windows | 107 |
Chapter Review | 112 |
Chapter Review Answers | 112 |
Creating and Controlling Curtain Walls | 113 |
Introduction | 113 |
All You Need to Know about Curtain Walls | 114 |
Controlling Curtain Gridlines | 115 |
Moving Existing Curtain Gridlines | 115 |
Adding New Curtain Grid Lines | 115 |
Deleting Curtain Grid Lines | 116 |
Controlling Curtain Grid Lines Using Properties | 116 |
Add/Remove Segments | 117 |
Adding and Controlling Mullions | 117 |
Selecting a Group of Mullions | 118 |
Adding Storefronts | 119 |
Curtain Panels | 119 |
Replacing Panels | 120 |
Panel Material | 120 |
Hiding and Isolating Elements | 121 |
Curtain Walls Inside Slanted Walls | 122 |
Exercise 6-1 Creating and Manipulating Curtain Walls | 122 |
Chapter Review | 129 |
Chapter Review Answers | 130 |
Creating Floors | 131 |
Introduction | 131 |
Creating Floors by Selecting Walls or Sketching | 132 |
Joining Geometry | 134 |
How to Create a Shaft Opening in Floors | 135 |
Creating a Floor with Slopes | 136 |
One-Direction Slope | 137 |
Slope for Drainage | 138 |
Underlay and Linework | 139 |
Exercise 7-1 Creating Floors | 140 |
Chapter Review | 143 |
Chapter Review Answers | 143 |
Creating Roofs | 145 |
Introduction | 145 |
Roof by Footprint | 146 |
Slope Arrow | 148 |
Attach the Top or Base of the Wall to the Roof | 150 |
Exercise 8-1 Creating a Roof by Footprint | 151 |
Roof by Extrusion | 154 |
Reference Plane | 154 |
Exercise 8-2 Creating a Roof by Extrusion | 158 |
Chapter Review | 165 |
Chapter Review Answers | 165 |
Components and Ceiling | 167 |
Introduction | 167 |
Placing Components | 168 |
Exercise 9-1 Placing Components | 171 |
Creating a Ceiling - Introduction | 173 |
Creating a Ceiling - Automatic | 173 |
Creating a Ceiling - Sketch | 175 |
Creating a Ceiling - Ceiling Soffit | 175 |
Exercise 9-2 Creating Ceiling | 176 |
Chapter Review | 179 |
Chapter Review Answers | 179 |
Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings | 181 |
Introduction | 181 |
Creating Stairs - First Look | 181 |
Creating Stairs - Standard Stairs | 182 |
Creating Stairs - Sketching Stairs | 186 |
Creating Stairs - Connect Levels | 186 |
Editing Stairs | 187 |
Editing Sketched Stairs | 189 |
Creating Ramps | 190 |
Creating Railings | 192 |
Modify Existing Railing | 192 |
Create New Railing | 193 |
Exercise 10-1 Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings | 194 |
Chapter Review | 202 |
Chapter Review Answers | 202 |
Creating and Manipulating Views | 203 |
Introduction | 203 |
Creating Duplicates | 204 |
Duplicate | 204 |
Duplicate with Detailing | 205 |
Duplicate as a Dependent | 205 |
Renaming View | 205 |
Crop Region | 206 |
Annotation Crop | 206 |
Creating Callouts | 207 |
Rectangular Shape | 208 |
Sketch | 209 |
For Both Types | 210 |
Control Visibility / Graphics | 210 |
Exercise 11-1 Views - Part 1 | 211 |
Creating Elevations | 212 |
Creating Sections | 214 |
3D Section Box | 216 |
Orient to View | 217 |
Selection Box | 218 |
View Range | 219 |
Plan Region | 221 |
Exercise 11-2 Views - Part 2 | 222 |
Depth Cueing | 224 |
Exercise 11-3 Depth Cueing | 226 |
Chapter Review | 229 |
Chapter Review Answers | 229 |
Annotation and Legends | 231 |
Introduction | 231 |
Creating Dimensions | 232 |
Aligned | 232 |
Linear | 233 |
Angular | 234 |
Radial and Diameter | 234 |
Arc Length | 235 |
Spot Elevation | 235 |
Spot Slope | 235 |
Measure Command | 236 |
Writing Text | 237 |
Annotation Text | 237 |
Annotation Text Family | 237 |
Model Text | 239 |
Editing Dimensions and Annotation Text | 241 |
Delete Single Aligned Dimension | 242 |
Text Multiple Align | 244 |
Exercise 12-1 Dimension and Text | 245 |
Creating Legends | 248 |
How to Create a Legend View | 249 |
Insert Legend Components | 250 |
Insert Symbols | 250 |
Exercise 12-2 Creating Legends | 252 |
Chapter Review | 254 |
Chapter Review Answers | 254 |
Visualize in Revit and Printing | 255 |
Dealing with Cameras | 255 |
How to Create a Camera | 256 |
View Size | 258 |
Reset Target | 258 |
Exercise 13-1 Perspectives | 259 |
Creating Walkthroughs | 260 |
How to Create a Walktlirough | 260 |
How to View and Modify a Walkthrough | 261 |
How to Set Walkthrough Frames | 262 |
How to Export a Walkthrough | 263 |
Exercise 13-2 Creating Walkthroughs | 264 |
Solar Studies: Introduction | 265 |
Solar Study Types | 268 |
How to Create Still Solar Studies | 268 |
How to Create Single Day Solar Studies | 269 |
How to Create Multi-Day Solar Studies | 270 |
Exercise 13-3 Solar Studies | 271 |
Rendering in Revit - Introduction | 272 |
Render Command in Revit | 273 |
Quality | 274 |
Output Settings | 274 |
Lighting | 274 |
Background | 274 |
Image | 275 |
Display | 276 |
Render and Render Region | 276 |
Render and Lights | 276 |
Setting Up Light Groups | 276 |
Adding Trees and People | 278 |
Exercise 13-4 Rendering in Revit | 281 |
Creating Sheets | 282 |
Sheet Collections | 290 |
Printing | 291 |
Exercise 13-5 Creating Sheets | 292 |
Chapter Review | 294 |
Chapter Review Answers | 294 |
Creating Schedules | 295 |
Creating Schedules | 295 |
Fields | 298 |
Filter | 299 |
Sorting/Grouping | 300 |
Formatting | 301 |
Appearance | 303 |
Modifying Schedules | 304 |
Including an Image in Your Schedule | 305 |
Calculated Value | 306 |
Exercise 14-1 Creating and Modifying Schedules | 308 |
Schedule Key Styles | 310 |
Reusing Schedules | 312 |
Exercise 14-2 Scheduling Key Styles & Reusing Schedules | 313 |
Creating Project Parameters | 314 |
Creating Fields From Formulas | 316 |
Conditional Formatting | 317 |
Creating Material Takeoff Schedules | 318 |
Split Schedule Across Sheets | 318 |
CSV Export for Schedule | 319 |
Exercise 14-3 Creating Material Takeoff Schedules | 320 |
Chapter Review | 324 |
Chapter Review Answers | 324 |
Project Phasing, Design Options, and Path of Travel | 325 |
Project Phasing | 325 |
Phases and Elements | 326 |
How to Demolish Elements | 326 |
Creating Phases | 327 |
Exercise 15-1 Using Phases | 329 |
Design Options | 331 |
How to Set Up Design Options | 332 |
How to Add Existing Elements to Design Options | 332 |
How to Add New Elements to a Design Option | 334 |
How to View Design Options | 334 |
Delete Design Options | 335 |
Exercise 15-2 Design Options | 335 |
Path of Travel | 338 |
Tagging | 341 |
Scheduling Path of Travel | 342 |
Reveal Obstacles | 343 |
Add/Delete Waypoint | 343 |
Multiple Paths | 344 |
One Way Indicator | 345 |
People Content | 346 |
Spatial Grid | 346 |
Exercise 15-3 Path of Travel | 347 |
Chapter Review | 350 |
Chapter Review Answers | 350 |
Toposolids in Revit | 351 |
Introduction | 351 |
Project Base Point and Survey Point | 352 |
Project Base Point | 352 |
Survey Point | 353 |
Creating Toposolids | 353 |
From Sketch | 354 |
From CAD Import | 356 |
From CSV File Import | 358 |
Editing Toposurfaces | 359 |
Contour Display | 359 |
Creating Property Lines | 361 |
Creating Building Pad Uing Excavate and Shaft | 363 |
Excavate Command | 363 |
Shaft Command | 363 |
Exercise 16-1A Creating Toposolid Using CAD Import | 364 |
Exercise 16-1B Creating Toposolid Using Sketching | 367 |
Editing Toposolids | 368 |
Creating Subdivision | 368 |
Grading a Site | 369 |
Annotating Toposolids | 371 |
Spot Elevations and Spot Coordinates | 371 |
Site and Parking Components | 372 |
Exercise 16-2 Modifying Toposolids | 373 |
Chapter Review | 376 |
Chapter Review Answers | 376 |
Creating Rooms and Areas | 377 |
Introduction to Creating Rooms | 377 |
Create and Modifying Rooms | 378 |
To Create Rooms One by One | 378 |
To Create All Rooms in One Step | 379 |
Room Separation Lines | 379 |
Modifying Rooms | 380 |
Adding Room Tags | 381 |
Room Schedule | 382 |
Room Settings | 382 |
Exercise 17-1 Creating Rooms | 383 |
Creating Areas | 385 |
Creating Area Plan | 386 |
Placing Area Boundaries | 387 |
Adding Areas | 387 |
Tagging Areas | 388 |
Exercise 17-2 Creating Areas | 389 |
Creating Color Schemes | 390 |
Creating a New Color Scheme | 391 |
Color Scheme By Value | 393 |
Color Scheme By Range | 394 |
Exercise 17-3 Creating Color Schemes | 395 |
Chapter Review | 398 |
Chapter Review Answers | 398 |
Tagging and Detailing | 399 |
Introduction | 399 |
How to Add Tags in Revit | 399 |
Tag by Category | 400 |
Material Tag | 402 |
Exercise 18-1 Adding Tags | 404 |
Creating Details | 407 |
Creating a Detail View From Scratch | 407 |
Callout or Section as Starring Point | 409 |
Starting With an AutoCAD File | 411 |
Exercise 18-2 Creating Details | 413 |
Chapter Review | 417 |
Chapter Review Answers | 417 |
Creating Groups and Revit Links | 419 |
Creating Groups | 419 |
How to Create a Group - Method One | 420 |
How to Create a Group - Method Two | 421 |
Adding Groups | 421 |
How to Add Groups from Project Browser | 422 |
Add Groups from Ribbon | 422 |
How to Attach Detail Group to Model Group | 423 |
Modifying Groups | 423 |
Editing Groups | 425 |
Groups in Other Projects | 425 |
How to Open a File as a Group in Another Open File | 427 |
Exercise 19-1 Using Groups | 427 |
Linking Models - Introduction | 429 |
Linking Models | 429 |
Managing Links | 430 |
Visibility / Graphics Overrides in Linked Models | 432 |
Display Settings in Linked Model | 432 |
Linked Model Conversion | 434 |
How to Copy Individual Items in a Linked File to the Host File | 435 |
Exercise 19-2 Linking Models | 435 |
Coordinating Across Disciplines | 436 |
Copying and Monitoring Elements | 437 |
Coordinating Monitored Elements | 438 |
Interference Checking | 439 |
Linking Other File Types | 442 |
Exercise 19-3 Coordinating Across Disciplines | 442 |
Chapter Review | 445 |
Chapter Review Answers | 445 |
Importing and Exporting Files in Revit | 447 |
Importing/Linking CAD Files | 447 |
How to Import or Link a Vector File | 448 |
Importing Lineweight | 448 |
Manipulating Imported CAD Files | 449 |
Query Imported CAD Files | 449 |
Deleting Layers | 450 |
Exploding Imported Files | 451 |
Modifying the Visibility of Imported Files | 452 |
Importing Raster Image Files | 452 |
Editing Raster Files | 453 |
Importing PDF Files | 454 |
Exercise 20-1 Working With Imported Files | 456 |
Exporting Files | 458 |
Exporting CAD Format Files | 458 |
How to Create an Export Setup | 459 |
How to Create a New Set of Views/Sheets to Export | 460 |
Exporting PDF Files | 461 |
Exercise 20-2 Exporting Files | 464 |
Chapter Review | 467 |
Chapter Review Answers | 467 |
Creating Masses in Revit | 469 |
Introduction | 469 |
Place Mass Command | 471 |
Exercise 21-1 Basic Mass Elements | 475 |
In-Place Mass & Conceptual Mass | 476 |
Setting Work Planes | 477 |
Creating Mass Forms | 479 |
Creating an Extrusion | 480 |
Creating a Revolve | 480 |
Creating a Sweep | 481 |
Creating a Blend | 482 |
Creating a Swept Blend | 482 |
Creating a Loft | 483 |
Void Forms | 484 |
Manipulating Conceptual Mass | 484 |
X-Ray - Adding Profiles and Edges | 485 |
Edit Profile | 486 |
Add Edge and Profile | 487 |
Divide Surface | 487 |
Exercise 21-2 In-Place Masses | 489 |
Creating Walls, Floors, and Roofs from Masses | 493 |
Exercise 21-3 Creating Walls, Floors, and Roofs from Masses | 495 |
Chapter Review | 497 |
Chapter Review Answers | 497 |
Customizing Walls, Roofs, Floors, and Compound Ceilings | 499 |
Introduction | 499 |
Customizing Basic Wall Types | 499 |
Wrapping (Only for Walls) | 501 |
Auto Join & Auto Join & Lock | 503 |
Using Profiles on Walls, Roofs, and Floors | 504 |
Exercise 22-1 Creating Basic Wall Types | 505 |
Vertically Compound Walls | 508 |
Permanent Wall Sweeps and Reveals | 510 |
Exercise 22-2 Creating Vertically Compound Walls | 511 |
Vertically Stacked Walls | 512 |
Embedding a Wall Inside Another Wall | 513 |
Exercise 22-3 Creating Stacked and Embedded Walls | 513 |
Create Parts | 515 |
Exercise 22-4 Create Parts | 518 |
Chapter Review | 521 |
Chapter Review Answers | 521 |
Creating Families in Revit | 523 |
Introduction to Creating Families | 523 |
Parametric Framework | 525 |
Exercise 23-1 Coffee Table Framework | 529 |
Creating the 3D Elements of the Family | 531 |
Adding Controls | 532 |
Adding Openings | 533 |
Adding Model and Symbolic Lines | 534 |
Exercise 23-2 Creating 3D Elements of the Family | 535 |
Family Types - Sizes and Materials | 538 |
Setting Sizes | 538 |
Assigning Materials | 540 |
Exercise 23-3 Family Types - Sizes and Materials | 542 |
Chapter Review | 545 |
Chapter Review Answers | 545 |
Customizing Doors, Windows, and Railing Families | 547 |
Customizing Existing Doors and Windows | 547 |
Visibility Settings | 548 |
Exercise 24-1 Creating a Custom Door | 548 |
Exercise 24-2 Creating a Custom Window | 553 |
Creating Custom Railings | 554 |
Rail Structure (Non-Continuous) | 556 |
Baluster Placement | 556 |
Exercise 24-3 Creating Custom Railings | 558 |
Chapter Review | 561 |
Chapter Review Answers | 561 |
Worksets and Shared Views | 563 |
Introduction to Worksets | 563 |
How to Create a Central File | 564 |
How to Assign Elements to Worksets | 565 |
Creating a Local File | 566 |
Functions to Help Control Worksets | 567 |
Active Workset | 567 |
Gray Inactive Worksets | 568 |
Synchronize | 569 |
Reload Latest | 569 |
Worksharing Display Options | 570 |
Exercise 25-1 Creating and Controlling Worksets | 571 |
Shared Views-Introduction | 573 |
Shared Views | 574 |
Follow Up on Comments | 577 |
Exercise 25-2 Shared Views | 577 |
Chapter Review | 580 |
Chapter Review Answers | 581 |
Index | 583 |
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