Revit Architecture is a building design and documentation system that works the way architects and designers think. With Autodesk Revit Architecture, architects and designers get back to what they love, designing buildings, without their software getting in the way. You can work in any view that makes sense, quickly and easily making changes to major design elements. You can see your ideas visualized on the fly with 3D views and instant shadows. You can even make late-stage changes without worrying about coordinating your plans, schedules, and construction documents. This course is a collection of step-by-step lessons designed to quickly teach you how to get the most out of this powerful software.
Revit MEP has really matured and found critical mass within the engineering and building design field. This course will give you a foundation for every feature you will need to successfully model the systems of a building and release a set of construction documents. Author Damon Ranieri will first focus on the picks, clicks, and tools most often sought after as a user begins to settle into a Revit workflow. From there, he will explore some of the "back of house" tasks like creating templates, choosing appropriate settings, and dealing with a content library. He will show you how to set up the job before moving on to modeling the building systems. You will explore all the features and techniques needed to produce readable drawings efficiently and profitably. In short, this course will take you through the entire life of a project, allowing you to envision how you'll realistically apply Revit to your work. To begin learning today
Should you use Revit? (Do you have some time?)
I decided many years ago (2001) to join Bilt Middle East in Dubai that I was going to focus on Revit because I believed it held promise and it represented how I preferred to do the work required in this industry. I've since to convince the people I worked with and the companies I worked for to share my convictions, first as a co-worker/employee since 1999 ). Just to clarify, Revit Structure first appeared in 2005 and Revit Systems (now MEP) first appeared in 2006 so it's not possible to claim a decade of support and training, or experience with them for that matter, for those just yet.
Can you do it? (assuming you agree with my convictions)
Absolutely! You can do it. Your firm can. It takes determination and a company must devote time and resources to the task to be successful. This shouldn't be too surprising. It's the same story for everything else your firm does. It IS harder for some companies and for some people as well. It changes after all and it's the same as for other things; the attitude we bring to the task greatly affects the outcome.
Reality Check
I'm sure your firm has talented, creative, and motivated people. They can pick up Revit along the way, no problem. After all, I'm really just chasing another source of income, you can manage on your own. Everyone can stay mostly billable while they figure it all out? Is that realistic? Is every person in your firm a software hotshot? Do they all love figuring out how and why computer software works the way it does? Can they all wring the best out of any software they touch? Your company definitely has someone like that, maybe several, but all of them? Do you expect every person to relate to Revit the same way? Is your work so common and straightforward that however the software works out of the box is good enough for your company?
There ARE firms that have crossed the chasm between knowing nothing and being experts on their own. Some might even tell you it was easy. People have a funny way of forgetting pain afterward. Witness a mother after giving birth to a child and being willing to have another. My wife said exactly that after our first child on the day of his birth. It's my observation that most firms are a bit less tolerant of "pain".
Your firm CAN negotiate the transition between knowing nothing and being experts faster and more directly with informed guidance. People have been using guides, sages, mensches or gurus forever to help them transition between the unknown and known. This is no different.
I welcome a chance to help contribute to your future success too.
Finally, the productivity and efficiency upgrades with Revit 2020 are worth a mention, as include some very highly voted requests on Revit Ideas that serve architects and engineers of all stripes.
The first is related to one of the most voted MEP specific Revit Ideas. For this release, we’ve added Maintain Annotation Orientation support to several additional categories:
- Electrical Equipment
- Generic Model
- Lighting Fixtures
- Mechanical Equipment
- Plumbing Fixtures
- Specialty Equipment
Additionally, we improved the behavior of shared nested families. In prior releases, such shared nested families would not show their annotation symbol, but that has now been resolved.
You probably find yourself here because you searched for information about Revit. If that search was prompted by a need to consider using Revit at your company."There is no easy button for Revit!"
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