Mastering Revit Architecture 2008 -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- What You Will Learn -- Chapter 1: Understanding BIM: From the Basics to Advanced Realities -- The Advantages of Building Information Modeling -- What to Expect from BIM -- Where Can You Go From Here? -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2: Revit Fundamentals -- Working with Revit Parametric Elements -- The Revit User Interface -- Using the Project Browser -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3: Know Your Editing Tools -- Selecting, Changing, and Replacing Elements -- Editing Elements Interactively -- Other Useful Tools -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4: Setting up your templates and Office Standards -- Starting a Project with a Custom Template -- Settings for Graphic Consistency -- Creating Custom Annotation Tags -- Creating Custom Title Blocks -- Creating a Custom Title Block with the Family Editor -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5: Customizing System Families and Project Settings in Your Template -- Wall Types -- Floor and Roof Types -- Ceiling Types -- Door and Window Types -- Stair Types -- Types and Type Catalogs -- Graphic Overrides of Host Objects with Complex Structure -- Additional Global Project Settings -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6: Modeling Principles in Revit -- Modeling with Revit -- Principles of Modeling in Revit -- Where Can You Go From Here? -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7: Concept Massing Studies -- Massing Studies -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8: From Conceptual Mass to a Real Building -- Conceptual Design and Early Studies -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9: Working with Design Options -- Revit Design Options -- Chapter 10: Creating Custom 3D Content -- Modeling Parametric 3D Families -- Choosing the Right Family Template -- Types of Families.

Smart Workflow: Nesting One Family into Another -- Parametric Arrays in the Family Editor -- Encoding Design Rules -- Building a Parametric 3D Family -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 11: Extended Modeling Techniques -- Basic Walls: Advanced Modeling Techniques -- Curtain Walls: Advanced Design Techniques -- Roofs -- Roofs and Slabs: Advanced Shape Editing -- Railings and Fences -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 12: Presenting Your Design -- Drawings with Shadows -- Color-Coded Plans and Sections -- Elevations That Convey Depth -- Working with Perspective Views -- Rendering -- Creating Animated Walkthroughs -- Exporting to Other Formats -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 13: Fine-Tuning Your Preliminary Design -- Preliminary Design Tools -- Calculating Areas -- Schedules -- Using Schedules for Preliminary Cost Estimates -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 14: Evaluating Your Preliminary Design: Sustainability -- Sustainability in Architecture -- Preliminary Design Tools -- Tracking Recycled Materials -- Window Surface Percentage vs. Room Area -- Energy Analysis -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 15: Annotating Your Model -- Annotating Your Views -- Displaying Information about Rooms -- Schedule Keys -- Tags -- Shared Parameters -- Text and Keynotes -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 16: Developing the Design with Smart Workflows -- Working with Repetitive Elements -- Groups -- Links -- Groups, Links, or Both? -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 17: Moving from Design to Detailed Documentation -- Advancing the Design -- Creating Drafting Views -- Importing and Linking -- Detail Groups -- Detail Components -- Masking Regions -- Creating a Repeating Detail Element -- Miscellaneous Line Tools -- Linework -- Using Callouts -- Adding Information to Your Details -- General Tips for Detailing -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 18: Advanced Detailing Techniques -- Creating 3D Details.

Embedding Details within Families -- Visibility Settings -- Adding Additional Information Using Symbolic Lines -- Reusing Details from Other Revit Projects -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 19: Tracking Changes in Your Model -- Adding Revisions to Your Project -- Parametric Modeling and Supplemental Drawings -- Using Autodesk Design Review -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 20: Worksharing -- Worksharing Using the Workset Methodology -- Workflow -- Saving Shared Work -- Element Ownership -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 21: Troubleshooting and Optimizing Tips -- Performance -- Best Practices -- File Corruption -- Tips for Getting Started in Revit -- Additional Resources -- The Bottom Line -- Appendix A: The Bottom Line -- Chapter 1: Understanding BIM: From the Basics to Advanced Realities -- Chapter 2: Revit Fundamentals -- Chapter 3: Know Your Editing Tools -- Chapter 4: Setting up Your Templates and Office Standards -- Chapter 5: Customizing System Families and Project Settings in Your Template -- Chapter 6: Modeling Principles in Revit -- Chapter 7: Concept Massing Studies -- Chapter 8: From Conceptual Mass to a Real Building -- Chapter 9: Working with Design Options -- Chapter 10: Creating Custom 3D Content -- Chapter 11: Extended Modeling Techniques -- Chapter 12: Presenting Your Design -- Chapter 13: Fine-Tuning Your Preliminary Design -- Chapter 14: Evaluating Your Preliminary Design: Sustainability -- Chapter 15: Annotating Your Model -- Chapter 16: Developing the Design with Smart Workflows -- Chapter 17: Moving from Design to Detailed Documentation -- Chapter 18: Advanced Detailing Techniques -- Chapter 19: Tracking Changes in Your Model -- Chapter 20: Worksharing -- Chapter 21: Troubleshooting and Optimizing Tips -- Index.