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Autodesk ® Revit ®ARchitectuRe 2011 No ExpEriENcE rEquirEd... Autodesk ® Revit ®ARchitectuRe 2011 No ExpEriENcE rEquirEd Eric Wing... Senior Acquisitions Editor: Willem KnibbeDevelopment

Autodesk ® Revit ®

ARchitectuRe 2011

No ExpEriENcE rEquirEd

Autodesk ® Revit ®

ARchitectuRe 2011

No ExpEriENcE rEquirEd

Eric Wing

Senior Acquisitions Editor: Willem Knibbe

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Autodesk Revit architecture 2011 : no experience required / Eric Wing — 1st ed

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Summary: “Learn Revit Architecture step by step with this project-based tutorial Revit Architecture is the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software for architects and others in related fields Written by renowned Revit trainer Eric Wing, this simple, yet engaging tutorial teaches you the program’s basics You’ll find concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and an engaging hands-on tutorial proj-ect that will take you from an introduction to the interface and Revit conventions right in to modeling a four-story office building Explains views, grids, and the program’s editing capabilities, and then progresses as the building’s design would in the real world Encourages you to work with structural grids, beams, and foundations and shows you how to add text and dimensions, as well as understand how to use dimensions as a design tool Walks you through building floors layer by layer and joining them to exterior and interior walls, and creating and editing roofs and ceilings as well as stairs, ramps, and railings Even with no experience, Revit Architecture and its accompanying Web site will support you as you learn Revit at your own pace.”— Provided by publisher

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To my dad

You would have pretended to understand what you were reading in this book just to make me feel good

I miss that.

A c k nowl ed gm ents

B efore I ever even pondered writing a technical book such as this one, I was

the guy who bought them and studied them from front to back This specific page, however, I always thought was somewhat superfluous… bor-dering on self-indulgent As I sit here now, after finishing 23 chapters, I can categorically say that this section only scratches the surface of the list of people close to me who have been tremendously inconvenienced by my unavailability and, conversely, by my temperament during the rare occasions when I was available Of course topping this list is my wife, Jennifer, and the kids, Cassidy and Jacob You guys always come through for me, and there is no way I could have written one single chapter without your support, and yes, you get to go to Disney again, like last year.

Also, I’d like to thank Grandma and Baci for constantly watching and being with the kids.

On the technical side, thanks to Willem Knibbe for acquiring the book and working with me on my manuscript and for his constant patience as I lumbered through each chapter To Jon McFarland for his complete thoroughness in the technical editing of the book I’d also like to thank Stephanie Barton for her great developmental editing, Dassi Zeidel for helping get the book to the printer, and copy editor Liz Welch for making sure I made sense I’d also like to thank Nick Cerro at C&S Companies for setting the stage for me and for getting me high-profile speaking engagements in support of my previous books One more thanks goes to Franco Zavaglia for providing me with a great cover rendering for the book.

A bou t th e A u thor

Eric Wing lives in Syracuse, New York, with his family He is the BIM Services Manager for C&S Companies, which is a full-service engineering/architectural firm headquartered in Syracuse Eric obtained his degree in architectural

engineer-ing from Delhi University In addition to writengineer-ing this book, Eric has written Revit

Architecture No Experienced Required 2010 and Revit Structure Fundamentals,

and he co-authored Mastering Revit Structure Also, Eric is the manager of the

Autodesk Usergroup training program (ATP), and is a columnist for the AUGIWorld magazine publication He also writes a monthly Revit column for AUGI’s HotNews

In addition to writing, Eric is a nationally recognized speaker, consultant, and trainer He is also a bass player in a Syracuse band called Jemba when time allows.