Design Options in Revit 2013

GENERATING MULTIPLE DESIGN OPTIONS The Design Options tool in Revit Architecture provides you with the flexibility of choosing several alternatives for your design. As a designer, you need to come up with multiple design ideas, so that you can select the best option that suits the functional, aesthetical, and economical requirement of your project. Therefore, you need to develop and evaluate several design options and then execute the best possible design option for your project. The Design Options tool helps you speed up your project...

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Rendering Workflow in Revit 2010

Rendering Workfl ow In this blogpost, you will learn about various methods and techniques used in a rendering workfl ow. A rendering workfl ow is a process chart that shows the fl ow of the rendering process to achieve the end result in the form of high quality rendered image. Step 1 - Creating a Three-Dimensional View To start with the rendering process, the fi rst step is to generate a three-dimensional view of the exterior or interior of the building model that you have created. Step 2 - Specifying Render Appearances and Applying Materials A...

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Creating Massing Geometry ------ Revit Architecture 2010

Massing Geometry In Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010, you can create the massing geometry in any of these three environments: Family Editor, Conceptual Design, and Project. To start creating the massing geometry in the Family Editor, choose New > Family from Application Menu; the New Family - Select Template File dialog box will be displayed. In this dialog box, choose the Generic Model.rft fi le (commonly used) from the Imperial Templates folder and then choose Open; a new fi le will open in the Family Editor environment. In the new file,...

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Basic Concepts of BIM

BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Autodesk Revit Architecture enables you to envisage and develop a building model with actual 3D parametric building elements. It provides a new approach to the architectural thought andthe implementation process. In a way, it replicates the way architects conceive a building. Forexample, 2D CAD platforms mostly use lines to represent all elements. However, in Autodesk Revit Architecture, you can create a building model...

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Revit- BIM Booms - Introduction to the power of Revit

INTRODUCTION TO Autodesk Revit Architecture Welcome to the realm of Autodesk Revit Architecture, a powerful building modeler that has changed the outlook of the building industry about computer aided designs. Autodesk Revit Architecture is a design and documentation platform that enables you to use a single, integrated building information model to conceptualize, design, and finally document a project. Its integrated parametric modeling technology...

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