Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Revit Architecture Interface -- Chapter 1: The Autodesk Revit World -- The Project Browser -- File Types and Families -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 2: Creating a Model -- Placing Walls -- Using Reference Planes -- Adding Interior Walls -- Editing Wall Joins -- Placing Doors and Windows -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 3: Creating Views -- Creating Levels -- Creating and Modifying Building Sections -- Adding Wall Sections -- Creating Detail Sections -- Creating Callouts -- Creating and Modifying a Camera View -- Creating an Elevation -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 4: Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools -- The Basic Edit Commands -- The Array Command -- The Mirror Command -- The Align Tool -- The Split Element Command -- The Trim Command -- The Offset Command -- Copy/Paste -- Creating the Plans -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 5: Dimensioning and Annotating -- Dimensioning -- Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool -- Placing Text and Annotations -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 6: Floors -- Placing a Floor Slab -- Building a Floor by Layers -- Splitting the Floor Materials -- Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain -- Creating Shaft Openings -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 7: Roofs -- Placing Roofs by Footprint -- Creating a Sloping Roof -- Creating Roofs by Extrusion -- Adding a Roof Dormer -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 8: Structural Items -- Adding Structural Grids -- Adding Structural Columns -- Using Structural Framing -- Understanding Foundation Systems -- Adding Structural Footings -- Using Structural Views -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 9: Ceilings and Interiors -- Creating Ceilings -- Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits -- Adding Interior Design -- Adding Alternate Floor Materials -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 10: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings.

Creating Stairs by Using the Rise/Run Function -- Creating a Winding Staircase -- Creating a Custom Railing System -- Creating Custom Stairs -- Adding Ramps -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 11: Schedules and Tags -- Creating Schedules -- Creating Material Takeoffs -- Creating Key Legends and Importing CAD Legends -- Adding Tags -- Creating Custom Tags -- Keynoting -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 12: Detailing -- Working with Line Weights -- Drafting on Top of the Detail -- Adding Notes -- Creating Blank Drafting Views -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 13: Creating Specific Views and Match Lines -- Duplicating Views -- Creating Dependent Views -- Adding Match Lines -- Using View Templates -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 14: Creating Sheets and Printing -- Creating and Populating Sheets -- Modifying a Viewport -- Adding Revisions to a Sheet -- Addressing Project Parameters -- Generating a Cover Sheet -- Printing from Revit Architecture -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 15: Creating Rooms and Area Plans -- Creating Rooms -- Adding a Room Schedule -- Adding a Color-Fill Plan -- Adding Room Separators -- Creating an Area Plan -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 16: Advanced Wall Topics -- Creating Compound Walls -- Adding Wall Sweeps -- Creating Stacked Walls -- Creating Curtain Walls -- Adding a Wall to a Massing Object -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 17: Creating Families -- Creating a Basic Family -- Using a Complex Family to Create an Arched Door -- Creating an In-Place Family -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 18: Site and Topography -- Adding a Site Within Revit -- Splitting the Surface -- Creating Subregions -- Adding Site Components -- Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth -- Adding a Property Line -- Creating a Toposurface by Instance -- Creating a Graded Region -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 19: Rendering and Presentation.

Creating an Exterior Rendering -- Creating an Interior Rendering -- Creating Walkthroughs -- Creating a Solar Study -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 20: Importing and Coordinating Models -- Linking a Revit Structure Model -- Activating Copy/Monitor -- Running Interference Detection -- Importing and Exporting CAD Formats -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 21: Phasing and Design Options -- Managing Project Phasing -- Examining Graphic Overrides -- Creating Design Options -- Are You Experienced? -- Chapter 22: Project Collaboration -- Enabling and Utilizing Worksharing -- Working in the Revit Shared Environment -- Are You Experienced? -- Index.