Background I got Revit Architecture 2011 "dropped in my lap" last year as a free promotion. I'm and engineer, not an architect, and I work for myself. My main interest is in heating systems, and I wanted to do it in 3-D CAD, so I gave it a try. I thought I'd get a working knowledge in a few weeks - NOT! It took me a couple of months just to find out how the documentation worked (online tutorials, which are GREAT, but I didn't know that at the start, because the "Help" links in my defective DVD didn't work after installation (?!).
Well, about 7 months later, I had a working knowledge of Revit Architecture, but I needed to do heating systems, so I bought the Aubin 2012 MEP book. Even with Revit Arch under my belt, it was slow going at first, but I got the hang of it after a few days, and the exercises in the book were excellent in getting me to understand the concepts. You have to start at the beginning and work your way through, for the most part. Not so easy to just "jump into the middle of the book", at least not when you first open it. As I say in my intro title, it's NOT A REFERENCE BOOK. It's a tutorial book, and a good one.
I had a further difficulty in that I have MEP 2013, but at time, Aubin only had a Revit MEP 2012 book, so there are minor difficulties in some of the steps he gives in the tutorials. Now there's the MEP 2013 book (which is what I really need), but the 2012 suffices for me.
I do recommend this book for those WITH REVIT BACKGROUND to break into MEP. NOT for beginners!
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