Mastering Revit Structure 2010 1st Edition

by Thomas S. Weir (Author), Jamie D. Richardson (Author), David J. Harrington (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0470521414

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Mastering Revit Structure 2010 covers both the basics and the advanced features and functions. Written by a team of authors who are deeply involved with the Revit community, Mastering Revit Structure 2010 explains the tools and functionality in the context of professional, real-world tasks and workflows. With hands-on tutorials to demonstrate the concepts, Mastering Revit Structure 2010 is perfect for anyone who needs to learn Revit Structure 2010 quickly and thoroughly. Additionally, there is a companion Web site offers before-and-after tutorial files for downloading.

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From the Back Cover

These three authors are a virtual “dream team” of Revit Structure expertise and industry knowledge.
—From the Foreword by Nicolas Mangon, Building Industry Director, Autodesk, Inc.

Structure Your Designs the Revit Way

Whether you're a structural engineer, designer, or draftsperson, now you can become quickly productive in Revit Structure 2010 with this comprehensive guide. The expert author team combines years of engineering and Revit experience to give you detailed instruction in basic concepts and professional techniques, while also revealing Revit tricks, tips, and workarounds not well documented elsewhere.

Learn how to model structural elements, then delve into advanced family creation, standards development, modeling, visualizing, and analytics. Explore Revit Structure 2010's enhanced worksharing capabilities, the newly updated user interface, and improved interoperability with other programs. Packed with real-world solutions and striking examples in full color, this is your indispensable guide to Revit Structure.

Coverage includes:

Understanding how parametric modeling frees you to focus on your designs
Exploring the broad array of tools in Revit Structure's user interface
Viewing and referencing plan, section, elevation, and model views—simultaneously—while you design
Applying scheduling, annotation, and dimensioning info as you go, for speedier workflows
Creating and presenting 3D visualizations that bring your designs to life
Using analytical tools to test and simulate, then refine your designs
Adding custom content and building your own component libraries

About the Author

About the Authors

Thomas S. Weir is Director of BIM and CAD operations at Brandow & Johnston in Los Angeles. He is co-chairman and founder of the L.A. Revit Users Group, moderates the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Revit Structural forum, teaches Revit Structure at Autodesk University, and wrote the first Autodesk Official Training Courseware for Revit Structure. Jamie D. Richardson is an associate and CAD/BIM Manager for Ericksen Roed & Associates in the Twin Cities area. He speaks at Autodesk University, is active in his local Revit User Group, and mentors students at local technical colleges. David J. Harrington, former president and former board member of AUGI, is currently a structural designer for Walter P. Moore. He writes for industry publications, is the technical editor for AUGIWorld magazine, teaches at Autodesk University, and maintains a popular blog (caddhelp.blogspot.com).

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Product details

Publisher : Sybex; 1st edition (September 28, 2009)
Language : English
Paperback : 912 pages
ISBN-10 : 0470521414
ISBN-13 : 978-0470521410
Item Weight : 3.96 pounds
Dimensions : 7.4 x 1.58 x 9.2 inches

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cwm9

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Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018

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Easy to read, covers most of what you want to know.

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Romolo Saporito

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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013

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Javier Rodriguez

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Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2015

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FERNANDO HEREDIA

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Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2013

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first of all thanks to amazon for send me this book in less time that I expected.
second, I start reading it quite slow because I have no time left, anyway I found it very friendly and with useful topics just as if you are in a classroom with this guys giving you all this advice.
I hope I still enjoy it till it's last page. thks again. FH

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M. J. Ballou

MAstering Revit Structure 2010

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2009

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The book appears to be a very thorough introduction to the subject. I am glad I purchased the book, and have read about 110 pages or so. I would recommend this as a good introduction to the Revit program and its capabilities for production of structural engineering designs.

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Piotr

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014

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Excellent book!

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Mark K.

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2009

When I first opened this book the information it leaped off the page. The presentation of the data was well laid out and I notice things like that. The font selection was great and the good use of white space was impressive. Illustrations and screen shots were on just about every page.

The wonderful thing was the joy did not stop there. This book does not disappoint. Scattered throughout the book are "Real World Scenarios". Little vignettes of information that came from the practical minds of the authors. Things that they wanted to share apart from the systematic presentation of the topic. Also mixed in are questions that you should ponder - like "how much should I model?" that encourage you to think beyond the basics.

The book is also filled with step by step exercises. Each starts from a data set that can be downloaded from a companion website listed on page 51 (may be hard to find).

Insider tips and tricks are placed in the book to assist with the problems that you may encounter or to give you options. One that I found refreshing was the trick of using a wall to represent a column. They caution you that this may give the proper appearance but lack the property data you might need.

Each chapter ends with "the Bottom Line". A collection of reminders and questions that recall the content of the chapter and press you on to find new ways to use these tools. Clever idea.

One of the best chapters or sections is on worksharing and worksets. This presentation of the work flow and concepts is one of the best I have seen.

Just when you thought that the book was jammed with just about everything you could think of, there is a multi-page full color section on real projects. If you thought that structural work was all about square boxes, you need to look again. Seeing the bones of a facility in color is fascinating. No longer can you say "Revit can't do that" (well almost). There are small projects and very large projects shown.

Now you know that I am big on standards, so Chapter 17 is of great interest to me. Imagine a whole chapter on standards - GREAT!! Anyway, you can tell it is written by industry experts with many years of background in the trenches of CAD and BIM. Included in this chapter are tips on what to do and not do, how to make small changes that impact the whole team for the good and how to tweak Revit Structure to perform better.

To top it all off the Appendix is an escorted tour of the color gallery I mentioned above. These authors give you a personal guided tour of the projects they have worked on. Zooming in on details and explaining the nuances of the design and how they modeled it. What a value.

All in all, this book is a very valuable addition to your library. I would recommend it to novice and expert alike. The reward of digging into the meat of this book is that your Revit knowledge will expand and your ability to muscle the software into submission will increase.

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Ray

An old dog learning new tricks

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2012

Started using AutoCAD release 10 back in day. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? The learnig curve has been tough but with this book I'm finally getting the hang of it.

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