Mastering Autodesk℗ʼ Revit℗ʼ Architecture 2015; Copyright; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Contents; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; What You Will Learn; The Mastering Series; What's New?; What to Expect; Part 1: Fundamentals; Part 2: Collaboration and Teamwork; Part 3: Modeling and Massing for Design; Part 4: Extended Modeling Techniques; Part 5: Documentation; Part 6: Construction and Beyond; Appendices; Contacting the Authors; Part 1: Fundamentals; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Basics of BIM; What Is Revit?; Understanding a BIM Workflow; Leveraging BIM Processes; Visualizing.

AnalyzingStrategizing; Focusing Your Investment in BIM; Staffing for BIM; Understanding Project Roles; Establishing a BIM Execution Plan; The Bottom Line; Chapter 2: Applying the Principles of the User Interface and Project Organization; Understanding the User Interface; Accessing and Using the Application Menu; Using the Quick Access Toolbar; Using the InfoCenter; Getting to Know the Ribbon; Using Other Aspects of the UI; Defining Project Organization; Introducing Datum Objects (Relationships); Using Content; Working with Views; Highlighting Project Management; The Bottom Line.

Chapter 3: The Basics of the ToolboxSelecting, Modifying, and Replacing Elements; Selecting Elements; Selection Options; Filtering Your Selection; Using Selection-based Filters; Selecting All Instances; Using the Properties Palette; Matching Properties; Using the Context Menu; Editing Elements Interactively; Moving Elements; Copying Elements; Rotating and Mirroring Elements; Arraying Elements; Scaling Elements; Aligning Elements; Trimming or Extending Lines and Walls; Splitting Lines and Walls; Offsetting Lines and Walls; Keeping Elements from Moving; Exploring Other Editing Tools.

Using the Join Geometry ToolUsing the Split Face and Paint Tools; Copying and Pasting from the Clipboard; Using the Create Similar Tool; Using Keyboard Shortcuts (Accelerators); Double-click to Edit; Modeling Site Context; Using a Toposurface; Creating a Building Pad; Generating Property Lines; Cut/Fill Schedules; The Bottom Line; Chapter 4: Configuring Templates and Standards; Introducing Project Templates; Customizing Project Settings for Graphic Quality; Discovering Object Styles; Using Line Settings; Defining Materials; Defining Fill Patterns; Preconfiguring Color Schemes.

Increasing Efficient View ManagementOrganizing Views; Creating and Assigning Filters; Using View Templates; Creating Custom Annotations; Introducing Tag Family Fundamentals; Creating a Custom Door Tag; Customizing View Tags; Starting a Project with a Custom Template; Strategies for Managing Templates; Aggregating Template Data; The Bottom Line; Part 2: Collaboration and Teamwork; Chapter 5: Working in a Team; Understanding Worksharing Basics; Enabling Worksharing on Your Project; Describing the Types of Worksets; Creating a Central File; Selecting a Starting View; Creating a Local File.

The Ultimate Guide to Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Responding to reader and instructor feedback, the expert author team updated and refreshed the book's content to make it even more useful, complete, and approachable. Mastering Revit Architecture is organized by real-world workflows and features detailed explanations, interesting real-world examples, and practical tutorials to help readers understand Revit and BIM concepts so that they can quickly start accomplishing vital Revit tasks. Part I discusses key BIM and Revit concepts before giving readers a hands-on look.