Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Essentials 1st Edition

by Phil Read (Author), Eddy Krygiel (Author), James Vandezande (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1118016831

ISBN-10: 9781118016831

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Get the Essentials on Autodesk's fastest-growing software package!

The new Essentials series from Sybex helps you quickly learn and use Autodesk software. This beautiful, task-based, full-color Autodesk Official Training Guide thoroughly covers the fundamentals of Revit Architecture, teaching readers what they need to become quickly productive with this popular building information modeling (BIM) architectural design software.

By following the book's clear explanations, practical tutorials, and step-by-step exercises, you'll cover all the essentials of a typical design workflow. Topics include how to best use the interface, creating floor plans, adding walls and curtain walls, generating color fill plans, preparing documentation, as well as annotating, collaborating, and more. This four-color Essentials guide provides you with the fast and thorough grounding you need in Revit Architecture.

Covers Revit Architecture 2012 fundamentals, so you become quickly productive with the software
Prepares you for the Revit Architecture Associate and Professional certification exams
Uses straightforward explanations and real-world, hands-on exercises and tutorials to teach the software's core features and functions
Helps you quickly develop the skills needed throughout a project, whether you're a beginner or a more experienced user brushing up on the basics

Go from concepts to complete construction documents with this essential, full-color guide.

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Learn Revit Architecture Quickly and Easily

This unique new Autodesk Official Training Guide thoroughly covers the fundamentals of Revit Architecture and teaches you everything you need to become quickly productive with the software. Learn how to best use the interface, create floor plans, add content, prepare documentation, annotate, and more. Whether you're an aspiring BIM professional or just brushing up on the basics, this is the fast and thorough grounding you need in Revit Architecture.

Learn these Revit Architecture essentials—and more:

Visualizing and documenting your design
Adding and modifying content
Working with walls and curtain walls
Modeling, massing, and "sketching" your best ideas
Tagging rooms and generating color fill plans
Preparing documentation with views and phases
Annotating and scheduling efficiently
Enabling worksharing and collaborating effectively

Easily create accurate takeoffs and attractive presentation documents.

Learn how to design beautiful stairs and railings.

This striking Essentials book features:

Chapter-opening learning objectives
Step-by-step tutorials
Four-color screenshots and illustrations
Concise chapter summaries and suggested practice exercises
Downloadable exercise files

Product details

ASIN : 1118016831
Publisher : Sybex; 1st edition (May 10, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781118016831
ISBN-13 : 978-1118016831
Item Weight : 2.04 pounds
Dimensions : 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches

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Good Intro Product

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2012

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If you are looking for a basic introduction to REVIT, stop here. This is well written, easy to understand, and it is good introduction to REVIT; it covers all of the items generally introduced in a REVIT level one class. It doesn't get into nitty gritty details, and is a QUICK read.

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YuliaV

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2012

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The book is a very good for people who is starting to learn Revit.
It is easy and very detailed in terms of the step by step explanations.
Highly recommend!

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Norma OBrien

Revit 2012 Essentials

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2013

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not very useful don't waste your money
Jumps all over the place
hard to follow
a lot of mistakes
not good for beginners

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Bob

Revit Architecture 2012 Essentials

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2011

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Do not waste your money. If I did not already have a basic understanding of Revit Architecture I would not be able to follow the text. There are very few illustrations to demonstrate what the author is talking about.

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sachin

nice book and look like new.

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2011

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i really like this book. it is new , i dont feel like it is used ever. really a good book and helping me a lot, resourceful.

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Tomer

The book gives a very cursory overview

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2011

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The book gives a very cursory overview and is not built in that lets you work the program. Excellent as an appendix and not as a basis for study software.

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Reviting Along

Horrible - Shame this is mislabeled "Official Training Guide"

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2011

I attended Autodesk University and decided to attempt the certification test. Took the test and did not pass, needed 10 points. went to the study area and borrowed the official training guide, Revit Architecture Essentials.

First, the book is so poorly written. Exercises are not complete, topics not explained, etc. (I was not doing the exercises in the computer, so I don;t know if the datasets were included or not. IO struggled thru the material. Took the test again, and did worse.

I own Intro Revit Architecture, but did not bring it. So I purchased a copy in the Expo Hall. Studied the areas I needed help with and I passed with a 95%. Took the Professional test and passed after second try. Thought I would need to purchase the Mastering Revit book, but the Intro book worked. If you are looking for a good book to learn Revit or take the Certification test, DO NOT buy Revit Architecture Essentials, you will be throwing your money way. I don't own the Mastering book, but noticed it was written by the same authors of the Essentials book. Won't be buying the Essentials book.

If you need help with learning Revit, get the Introducing Revit Architecture 2012 book. Those authors respond to emails if you have questions and the information presented in the book is correct.

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Rosey

Don't waste your money

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2012

I got this book as part of a training workshop with our local Autodesk reseller. We followed some of the exercises in the book but not all so after the class I decided go through the book on my own. Note, if you just read the book you will not catch the mistakes. The book is filled with errors which made following the exercises extremely frustrating; i.e. author incorrectly described steps or did not accurately describe where to find menu/ commands. I found that some of the exercises did not make sense or were so poorly written that they were impossible to follow. Other exercises where had no description at all. I felt like I wasted to much time getting stuck on exercises that did not make sense.

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Michael

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2015

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great service & product thanks!

Jean-Yves Mesnil

un gros défaut, en anglais :-)

Reviewed in France on February 26, 2012

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c'est en anglais, mais un bon ouvrage pour démarrer sur Revit avec les fichiers à télécharger. On peut se former à Revit en s'enregistrant sur Autodesk Students et ainsi avoir tout le temps pour se former sur les logiciels Autodesk avec une limitation qui porte sur un filigrane à l'impression.

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