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AUTODESK®
REVIT
Basics Training
Manual
Brian W. Clayton
Industrial Press, Inc.
Industrial Press, Inc.
32 Haviland Street, Suite 3
South Norwalk, CT 06854
Phone: 203-956-5593 Toll-Free in USA: 888-528-7852 Fax: 203-354-9391
Email: [email protected]
Author: Brian W. Clayton
Title: Autodesk® REVIT Basics Training Manual, First Edition
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017947360
© 2018 by Industrial Press, Inc.
All rights reserved. Published 2018.
Printed in the United States of America.
ISBN (print): 978-0-8311-3621-5
ISBN (ePDF): 978-0-8311-9458-1
ISBN (ePUB): 978-0-8311-9459-8
ISBN (eMobi): 978-0-8311-9460-4
Editorial Director: Judy Bass
Cover and Interior Designer: Janet Romano-Murray
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Table of Contents
About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 2 Dimensioning in Revit
Chapter 4 Placing Doors and Windows
Chapter 5 Creating Floors
Chapter 6 Creating Ceilings
Chapter 7 Creating Levels or Datum Lines in Revit
Chapter 8 Placing Stairs in Revit
Chapter 9 Placing Kitchen Cabinets, Counter Top Caseworks, and Sinks
Chapter 10 Inserting Bathroom Fixtures, Caseworks, and Sinks
Chapter 11 Placing Air Conditioners and Furnace Units
Chapter 12 Placing Furniture
Chapter 13 Placing Ceiling Lights
Chapter 14 Creating Roof Designs
Chapter 15 Interior and Exterior Camera Views
Chapter 16 Rendering Interior Views
Chapter 17 Inserting Objects from the Revit Library and the Internet
Chapter 18 Modifying Doors and Windows
Chapter 19 Modifying Wall Materials and 3D Layout Visibility
Chapter 20 Revit Modify Commands – Copy, Offset, Trim, Mirror, Move, and Rotate
Acknowledgments
I would like to give thanks to the people who have assisted me along the way in getting my business started, the ones who have helped guide me in my training for my knowledge of the software to pass along to others, and an individual person who advised me along the way in my curriculum advancements and publishing my manual.
Personal thanks to my family, Robert Hughes, Daniel John Stine, CSI, CDT and Thomas R. Gauthier, Ed.D, as well as my college instructors.
Many thanks to Industrial Press, Inc. for making all this possible!
About the Author
Brian W. Clayton is the owner of Clayton Consulting and Design, LLC. located in Greensboro, NC., with over 20 years of AutoCAD experience and 8 years of Autodesk Revit experience. He has an A.A.S. Mechanical Engineering Degree, A.A.S. Mechanical Engineering Degree in CAD Support, and an A.A.S. Architectural Technology Degree, all from Guilford Technical Community College. He currently works as a commercial building space planner/designer, and provides commercial space measuring and upfits for property management companies, along with residential home designs and renovations. He is also an AutoCAD and Revit specialist for architectural and engineering firms, providing corporate training on the latest Revit /BIM and AutoCAD software, along with providing companies with informative ways to improve productivity in the use of the software.
Mr. Clayton is a faculty member at various higher education
