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Part 1 * Fundamentals 1
Chapter 1 * Introduction: The Principles of BIM 3 The Fundamentals of a BIM Approach 3 The Management People Inside a BIM Project Team 4 Staffing for BIM 4 Understanding Project Roles Establishing a BIM Execution Plan 9 The Optimization of BIM Processes 10 Identifying and Planning BIM Uses 12 Gather 13 Generate 14 Analyze 15 Communicate 16 Realize 20 The Integration of Tools Inside a BIM Workflow 21 What Is Revit? 22 The Bottom Line 22
Chapter 2 * Applying the Principles of the User Interface and Project Organization 25 Understanding the User Interface 25 Accessing and Using the Application Menu 26 Using the Quick Access Toolbar 27 Using the InfoCenter 27 Getting to Know the Ribbon 28 Using Other Aspects of the UI 31 Navigation Methods 39 Defining Project Organization 41 Introducing Datum Objects 41 Using Content 53 Working with Views 55 Managing Your Project Model 70 The Bottom Line70
Chapter 3 * The Basics of the Toolbox 71 Selecting, Modifying, and Replacing Elements 71 Selecting Elements 71 Selection Options 73 Filtering Your Selection 73 Using Selection-Based Filters 74 Selecting All Instances 74 Using the Properties Palette 75 Matching Properties 76 Using the Context Menu 77 Editing Elements Interactively 78 Moving Elements 78 Copying Elements 81 Rotating and Mirroring Elements 82 Arraying Elements 84 Scaling Elements 87 Aligning Elements 87 Trimming or Extending Lines and Walls 88 Splitting Lines and Walls 89 Offsetting Lines and Walls 90 Preventing Elements from Moving 90 Exploring Other Editing Tools 93 Using the Join Geometry Tool 93 Using the Split Face and Paint Tools 93 Copying and Pasting from the Clipboard 94 Using the Create Similar Tool 96 Using Keyboard Shortcuts (Accelerators) 96 Double-click to Edit 97 Modeling Site Context 97 Using a Toposurface 98 Creating a Toposurface from a Points File 101 Creating a Building Pad 105 Generating Property Lines 107 Cut/Fill Schedules 109 The Bottom Line 111
Chapter 4 * Configuring Templates and Standards 113 Introducing Project Templates 113 Customizing Project Settings for Graphic Quality 114 Discovering Object Styles 115 Using Line Settings 117 Defining Materials 121 Defining Fill Patterns 130 Preconfiguring Color Schemes 136 Increasing Efficient View Management 138 Organizing Views 138 Creating and Assigning Filters 141 Using View Templates 144 Creating Custom Annotations 147 Introducing Tag Family Fundamentals 148 Creating a Custom Door Tag 149 Customizing View Tags 151 Starting a Project with a Custom Template 156 Strategies for Managing Templates 157 Aggregating Template Data 157 The Bottom Line 161
Part 2 * Collaboration and Teamwork 163
Chapter 5 * Working in a Team 165 Understanding Worksharing Basics 165 Enabling Worksharing on Your Project 167 Types of Worksets 169 Creating a Central File 169 Selecting a Starting View 172 Creating a Local File 173 Using Worksharing Usernames 175 Organizing Worksets 177 Moving Elements between Worksets 179 Managing Workflow with Worksets 182 Saving Work 184 Saving at Intervals 186 Loading Work from Other Team Members 186 Using Worksharing Visualization 187 Managing Workset Visibility in View Templates 189 Closing Revit 190 Disabling Worksharing 191 Understanding Element Ownership in Worksets 192 Understanding Editing Requests 193 Placing an Editing Request 194 Granting an Editing Request 196 Relinquishing Permission 197 Using the Worksharing Monitor 197 Collaborating in the Cloud 198 A360 Collaboration for Revit 199 The Bottom Line 199
Chapter 6 * Working with Consultants 201 Preparing for Collaboration 201 Managing the Coordination Process 202 Using Linked Models in Revit 206 Shared Positioning 207 Using Project Base Point and Survey Point 210 Using Worksets to Organize Linked Models 216 Summarizing the Benefi ts and Limitations of Linked Models 217 Using Linked Models--Exercises 218 Using the Coordination Tools 221 Using the Copy/Monitor Command 222 Using the Copy/Monitor Command--An Exercise 225 Using the Coordination Review Tool 227 Using the Coordination Review Tool--An Exercise 229 Using Interference Checking in 3D Coordination 230 The Bottom Line 234
Chapter 7 * Interoperability: Working Multiplatform 235 Examining Interoperability on a BIM Curve 235 Inserting CAD Data 236 Using Predefined Settings for Inserted CAD Data 236 Importing versus Linking 238 Using Options during Importing/Linking 239 Manipulating Inserted CAD Data 240 Using Inserted 2D Data 244 Setting Options for BIM Conversion 244 Using CAD Data for Coordination 245 Linking Details 246 Using Inserted 3D Data 248 Using CAD Data as a Mass 248 Using CAD Data as a Face 250 Using CAD Data as an Object 253 Exporting CAD Data 255 Preparing a List of Views for Exporting 256 Settings for DWG Exports 258 Exporting 2D CAD Data 263 Exporting 3D Model Data 265 Exporting to SketchUp 265 Using IFC Interoperability 268 The Bottom Line 275
Part 3 * Modeling and Massing for Design 277
Chapter 8 * Advanced Modeling and Massing 279 The Massing User Interface and Functionality 279 Creating Mass Geometry 282 Creating an In-Place Mass 283 Placing a Mass 288 Creating Mass Floors 289 Scheduling Masses 290 Massing Surfaces 292 Using Free-form Building Massing 297 Dissolving and Rebuilding 303 Creating Formula-Driven Massing 310 Creating a Generic Model Mass Family 310 Creating a Complex Mass Family 322 The Bottom Line 330
Chapter 9 * Conceptual Design and Design Analysis 331 Analysis for Sustainability 331 Creating a Conceptual Mass 332 Modeling an Adaptive Component 333 Building the Massing Framework 341 Energy Modeling 347 Conceptual Energy Analysis 349 Energy Analysis Setup349 Running Energy Analysis Simulations 355 Detailed Energy Modeling 359 Exporting to gbXML 360 The Bottom Line 366
Chapter 10 * Working with Phasing, Groups, and Design Options 367 Using Phasing 367 What Can You Phase? 369 Implementing Phase Settings 371 Illustrating the Geometry Phase 376 Using the View Phase 379 Creating and Using Groups 384 Creating Groups 385 Modifying Groups 387 Creating New Groups 388 Excluding Elements within Groups 390 Saving and Loading Groups 392 Creating Groups from Links 394 Using Best Practices for Groups 396 Making Design Options for Design Iteration 397 Creating Design Options 398 Editing Design Options 400 Viewing and Scheduling Design Options 401 Removing Design Options and Option Sets 402 Combining Phasing, Groups, and Design Options 405 Phase
1: Demolition 406 Phase
1: Proposed 408 Phase
2: Demolition 409 Phase
2: Proposed 411 Scheduling 412 Using the Design Option Tool 415 The Bottom Line 418
Chapter 11 * Visualization 419 Explaining the Role of Visualization 419 Understanding View Controls 420 Setting the Detail Level 421 Working with Graphic Display Options 422 Working with the Section Box 434 Understanding Analytic Visualization 436 Project Parameters 436 Setting User-Defined Parameters 440 Identifying Design Elements 443 Setting Solar and Shadow Studies 444 Understanding Photorealistic Visualization 446 Rendering Sequence and Workflow 446 Creating Perspective Views 447 Locking Your View 450 Creating a Walkthrough 451 Exporting a Walkthrough 454 Rendering Settings 456 Using Monochromatic Views to Examine Context and Lighting 459 Adjusting Lighting and Interior Renderings 463 Placing Artificial Lighting 465 Manipulating Light Groups 466 Assigning Materials 471 Rendering in the Cloud 472 The Bottom Line 474
Part 4 * Extended Modeling Techniques 475
Chapter 12 * Creating Walls and Curtain Walls 477 Using Extended Modeling Techniques for Basic Walls 477 Creating Basic Wall Types 477 Adding Wall Articulation 487 Modeling Techniques for Basic Walls 495 Creating Custom In-Place Walls 502 Creating Stacked Walls 503 Creating Simple Curtain Walls 506 Designing a Curtain Wall 508 Customizing Curtain Wall Types 517 Creating Complex Curtain Walls 522 Dividing the Surface 523 Dividing the Surface with Intersects 525 Applying Patterns 526 Editing the Pattern Surface 527 Editing a Surface Representation 528 Adding Definition 529 Creating Custom Patterns 538 Limiting the Size of Pattern-Based Families