Revit Architecture 2008

Autodesk Revit Tutorials, Revit Families, BIM Revit

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Home CHAPTER 1 Intrduction What to expect from BIM Where can you go from here The bottom ine CHAPTER 2 Introduction Working with Revit Parametric Elements The Revit User Interface Using the Project Browser The Bottom Line CHAPTER 3 Introduction Selecting, Changing, and Replacing Elements Editing Elements Interactively Other Useful Tools The Bottom Line CHAPTER 4 Introduction Starting a Project with a Custom Template Settings for Graphic Consistency Creating Custom Annotation Tags Creating Custom Title Blocks Creating a Custom Title Block with the Family Editor The Bottom Line CHAPTER 5 Introduction Wall Types Floor and Roof Types Ceiling Types Door and Window Types Stair Types Types and Type Catalogs Graphic Overrides of Host Objects with Complex Structure Additional Global Project Settings The Bottom Line CHAPTER 6 Introduction Modeling with Revit Principles of Modeling in Revit Where Can You Go From Here? The Bottom Line CHAPTER 7 Introduction Massing Studies The Bottom Line CHAPTER 8 Introduction Conceptual Design and Early Studies The Bottom Line CHAPTER 9 Introduction Revit Design Options The Bottom Line CHAPTER 10 Introduction Modeling Parametric 3D Families Choosing the Right Family Template Types of Families Smart Workflow: Nesting One Family into Another Parametric Arrays in the Family Editor Encoding Design Rules Building a Parametric 3D Family The Bottom Line CHAPTER 11 Introduction Basic Walls: Advanced Modeling Techniques Curtain Walls: Advanced Design Techniques Roofs Roofs and Slabs: Advanced Shape Editing Railings and Fences The Bottom Line CHAPTER 12 Introduction Drawings with Shadows Color-Coded Plans and Sections Elevations That Convey Depth Working with Perspective Views Rendering Creating Animated Walkthroughs Exporting to Other Formats The Bottom Line CHAPTER 13 Introduction Preliminary Design Tools Calculating Areas Schedules Using Schedules for Preliminary Cost Estimates The Bottom Line CHAPTER 14 Introduction Sustainability in Architecture Preliminary Design Tools Tracking Recycled Materials Window Surface Percentage vs. Room Area Energy Analysis The Bottom Line CHAPTER 15 Introduction Annotating Your Views Displaying Information about Rooms Schedule Keys Tags Shared Parameters Text and Keynotes The Bottom Line

Preliminary Design Tools

In the preceding chapter, we introduced the Foundation model by working with the preliminary design and verifying program and area information by creating area plans and schedules. We will be building upon the same model in this chapter to investigate sustainable strategies. Since we have a digital building model, we can also rapidly iterate different variations of the design using sustainable strategies. When designing for sustainability, the important thing is to understand which questions to ask—and to ask them early enough in the process that you can make appropriate changes. There are five simple things you can do to help make any project more sustainable:
Optimize the building mass. Create good site orientation by maximizing north/south exposure and minimizing east/west exposure. Optimize the use of daylight and sun shading. Optimize the building envelope assembly. Optimize the use of “free" resources such as sunlight, wind, and rain
Although it’s not designed primarily as a sustainable design tool, Revit does provide an inte-grated 3D model that can be consumed by other applications for the purpose of running analysis. This saves you the time of having to remodel geometry in these applications and thus reduces the amount of time and money spent on analytical modeling. With Revit, you are building a 3D model by default—so testing a number of simple but effective sustainable strategies early on only makes sense and will not require you to remodel anything.
The LEED Rating System Sun Studies