Mastering Revit^® Structure 2009

by Thomas S. Weir; Eric Wing; Jamie D. Richardson; David J. Harrington

• ISBN13: 9780470384404
• ISBN10: 0470384409
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

With Revit Structure gaining popularity, a hands-on tutorial is needed to explain the core concepts and functionality of Revit; this book fills that gap An expert author team combines their years of experience to deliver readers a perfectly paced reference that thoroughly covers the interface, project setup and templates, structural elements and analysis, drafting, detailing and annotations, collaborating, and more Tips, tricks, and real-world exercises help explain this building information modeling software for structural engineers and draftsmen so that they can learn to efficiently create one structural model that can then be used for different types of analysis, design modification, and construction documentation

Author Biography

Thomas S. Weir is the Director of BIM and CAD Operations at Brandow & Johnston in Los Angeles. He is President and founder of the L.A. Revit Users Group, moderates the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Revit Structural forum, teaches Revit Structure at Autodesk University, and wrote the first Autodesk Official Training Courseware for Revit Structure. Eric Wing has been in the AEC field for fifteen years and has been managing, teaching, and presenting Autodesk applications for ten of them. Eric is AUGI's Autodesk Training Program Director and is also a columnist for AUGI's HotNews monthly newsletter as well as for AUGIWorld magazine. Jamie D. Richardson is an Associate and a CAD/BIM manager for Ericksen Roed & Associates located in the Twin Cities area. He speaks at Autodesk University, is active in his local Revit User Group, and mentors students at local technical colleges. David J. Harrington, former president and former board member of AUGI, is currently a structural designer for Walter P. Moore. He also writes for industry publications, is the technical editor for AUGIWorld magazine, teaches at Autodesk University, and maintains a popular blog (caddhelp.blogspot.com).

Table of Contents

Inside Revit Structure

Setting the Project Environment

Starting to Model Your Project

Columns

Floors and Roofs

Walls

Framing

Foundations

Model Documentation

Modeling Rebar

Schedules and Quantities

Sheets, Plotting, Exporting

Worksharing

Visualization

Structural Analytical Model

Project Phases

Standards

Families and Groups

Advanced Concepts

Modeling Project Types

Appendix A: Master It solutions

Index

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