Autodesk REVIT ARCHITECTURE 2010 User manual

Design without compromise.

Autodesk®

Revit®

Architecture 

BIM—Simply a Better Way of Working

Deliver projects faster, more economically, and with

enhanced potential for reduced environmental impact.

Autodesk Revit Architecture is purpose-built for

building information modeling (BIM). BIM is an

integrated process built on coordinated, reliable

information about a project from design through

construction and into operations. By adopting

BIM, architecture ﬁrms can use this consistent

BIM helps architects stay competitive in an increasingly complex business climate by giving them the ability to better predict

the outcome of a building before it is built. BIM enables architects to create more sustainable, accurate designs with fewer errors

and less waste, which can result in higher proﬁts and more satisﬁed clients. BIM also optimizes team collaboration because it

enables architects to more clearly and reliably communicate design intent to engineers, contractors, fabricators, and owners.

AutoCAD®Revit®

Architecture Suite—

For Maximum Flexibility

and Advantage

Combining AutoCAD®,

AutoCAD®Architecture, and

Autodesk®Revit®Architecture

software applications into

a single, comprehensive

package, this suite allows

you to transition to building

information modeling (BIM),

while protecting your legacy software,

training, and design data investments.

Purpose-built for BIM, Autodesk Revit

Architecture delivers a powerful competitive

advantage by speeding creative design work,

facilitating analysis for sustainable design,

and automatically delivering coordinated,

consistent documentation. Support ongoing

work in either AutoCAD or AutoCAD

Architecture while you make the switch to

BIM with Autodesk Revit Architecture, at

your own pace.

information throughout the process to design and

document innovative projects, accurately visualize

appearance for better communication, and simulate

real-world performance for better understanding of

cost, scheduling, and environmental impact.

Deﬁnitive Design

From conception to construction documentation,

design projects within an intuitive environment.

Authoritative Decisions, Sooner

Autodesk Revit Architecture software supports

early analysis of your building forms so your team

can make better informed decisions at the earliest

stages of your project. Use this capability to

comprehensively clarify areas and volumes, perform

daylighting and energy analysis, and gain insight

into manufacturing viability and early construction

material takeos.

Functional Forms

The Building Maker feature in Autodesk Revit

Architecture helps you transform your conceptual

forms into fully functional building designs.

Select and add faces to design walls, roofs,

ﬂoors, and curtain systems. Extract important

building information, including gross area per

ﬂoor. Bring conceptual massing concepts from

applications such as AutoCAD®software and

Autodesk®Maya®software, as well as AutoDesSys

form•Z®, McNeel Rhinoceros®, Google™

SketchUp®, or other ACIS®- or NURBS-based

applications into Autodesk Revit Architecture

as mass objects and begin schematic design.

Building information

modeling and Autodesk

Revit Architecture are

key components of our

larger strategy to

provide a much more

comprehensive and

integrated service to

our clients.

—Riaan de Beer

Senior Project Manager

Reno C. Negrin Architects

Autodesk®Revit®Architecture software helps

you explore your most innovative design concepts

and forms at the earliest possible stages of

your project, and maintain your vision through

construction documentation. Purpose-built for

building information modeling (BIM), Autodesk

Revit Architecture provides superior support for

sustainable design, clash detection, construction

planning, and fabrication, while helping you work

collaboratively with engineers, contractors, and

owners. Any and all design changes along the way

are automatically updated throughout your evolving

design and documentation, making for more

coordinated processes and reliable documentation.

Complete Projects, One Environment

New and innovative Autodesk Revit Architecture

conceptual design features provide easy-to-use

tools for free-form modeling and parametric design,

and the ability to support the earliest design

analyses. Sketch freely, create D forms quickly,

and manipulate forms interactively. Prepare your

models for fabrication and construction with built-in

tools for conception and clariﬁcation of complex

forms. Autodesk Revit Architecture automatically

builds a parametric framework around your most

complex forms as you continue to design, oering

you greater levels of creative control, accuracy, and

ﬂexibility. Take your design from concept model all

the way to construction documents, all within one

intuitive environment and user interface.

Coordinated, Accurate Design Information

Autodesk Revit Architecture software is built to

work the way architects and designers think about

buildings. Work naturally, design freely, and deliver

eciently within one environment.

Autodesk Revit Architecture provides and presents

every schedule, drawing sheet, D view, and D view

from a single foundational database, automatically

coordinating changes across all facets and

presentations as your project develops and evolves.

Bidirectional Associativity

A change anywhere is a change everywhere. In

Autodesk Revit Architecture, all model information

is stored in a single, coordinated database. Revisions

and alterations to information is automatically

updated throughout the model, and signiﬁcantly

reducing errors and omissions.

Schedules

Schedules provide another view of the

comprehensive Autodesk Revit Architecture

model. Changes to a schedule view are

automatically reﬂected in all other views.

Functionality includes associative split-schedule

sections and selectable design elements via

schedule views, formulas, and ﬁltering.

Detailing

The extensive detail library and detailing tools

provided within Autodesk Revit Architecture enable

extensive presorting, easing alignment with the CSI

format. Detail libraries can be created, shared, and

tailored to accommodate your oce standards.

Parametric Components

A change anywhere is a change everywhere.

Parametric components, also known as families,

are the basis for all building components designed

in Autodesk Revit Architecture. These components

oer an open, graphical system for design

thinking and form making, while providing the

opportunity to adjust and express design intent

at increasingly detailed levels. Use parametric

components for the most elaborate assemblies,

such as cabinetry and equipment, as well as for

the most elementary building parts, such as

walls and columns. Best of all, no programming

language or coding is necessary or required.

Material Takeo

Calculate detailed material quantities with Material

Takeo. Ideal for use on sustainable design projects

and for precise veriﬁcation of material quantities

in cost estimates, Material Takeo signiﬁcantly

smooths the material quantity tracking process. As

projects evolve, the Autodesk Revit Architecture

parametric change engine helps ensure material

takeos are always up to date.

Interference Check

Use interference checking to scan your model for

collisions between elements.

Intuitive User Interface

Autodesk Revit Architecture features a streamlined

user interface. Find your favorite tools and

commands faster, locate lesser-used tools more

eciently, and discover relevant new features more

easily. The result is less time searching through

menus and toolbars, and more time getting your

work done.

Exceed and Succeed

Design Visualization

Create and capture fully photoreal design ideas

and contextual environments to experience your

project, even before it is built. Integrated mental

ray®rendering software is easy to use and delivers

high-quality output, faster render times, and a

superior design presentation.

Interoperability

Interoperability enhancements enable you to work

more eciently with members of your extended

project team. Now you can export your building

model or site, complete with critical metadata,

to AutoCAD®Civil D®software. You can also

import accurate, data-rich models from Autodesk®

Inventor®software, eciently speeding time

to fabrication.

Native 64-bit Support

New native -bit support enhances Autodesk

Revit Architecture software’s ability to handle

large projects and helps improve performance

and stability for memory-intensive tasks such as

rendering, printing, model upgrading, and ﬁle

importing and exporting.

Support Sustainable Design

Autodesk Revit Architecture supports sustainable

design processes from the earliest stages. Export

building information, including materials and room

volumes, to green building extensible markup

language (gbXML). Perform energy analysis using

Autodesk®Green Building Studio®web-based

services, and study building performance employing

Autodesk®Ecotect™ software. Use Autodesk®

ds Max®Design software to evaluate indoor

environmental quality in support of LEED®

. certiﬁcation.

Streamline individual and team processes. Deliver

more complete documents and higher-quality designs.

Most importantly, win more business with clear and

complete presentations.

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Worksharing Monitor

Manage team collaboration by gaining crucial

visibility into the Revit®model sharing

and synchronization process. The Revit

worksharing monitor helps bring remote

model instances back into the central ﬁle,

enabling project teams to choose the optimal

method for synchronization and collaboration

to exceed project requirements.

Batch Print

Deliver printed document sets with greater

ease and avoid costly, time-consuming

printing errors. Autodesk Revit Architecture

software’s new batch printing utility oers

better management and improved document

control to help ensure that your information

is published on time, as expected.

Globe Link

Globe Link for Revit® platform

products helps users streamline preliminary

project planning processes by allowing them

to present to clients conceptual designs

in context with information about the

project site.

With Globe Link, users can publish D

building information models directly from

Revit®Architecture software into Google

Earth™ mapping service. Users can also

acquire site information from Google Earth

mapping service and import it into Revit®

 software applications for building and

site layout purposes. Globe Link is optimized

for Google Earth version  mapping service.

Architecture is a competitive environment, and

the purpose of any technology is to allow us to

make the best use of the skills and experience of

our professional sta. Autodesk Revit Architecture

eliminates many tedious tasks, and our sta

members are very enthusiastic about using it.

—Rodd Perey

Design Technology Director

Architectus Sydney

Building design by ONL [Oosterhuis-Lénárd].

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