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I've been an avid AutoCAD user for over 15 years. I would consider myself at an expert level. Now I am with a small design firm doing one off designs. They don't see the benefit of Revit... just yet.
I've downloaded the trail version and are set out to "teach" myself what I can in the 30 days without much $$ invested upfront for training. Where is the best place to go to learn the basics? Are there any free tutorials out there?
Any information would be helpful..Thanks-
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Your HELP menu is a great resource, Autodesk training tutorials too (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/autoindex?siteID=123112&id=3640745&linkID=9243097)
Also, check in Youtube, there are lots of free videos about Revit
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Run through one of the tutorial projects!
Another thing that's good for teaching yourself is to build a building... like your house. Something that exists, something you can go measure, and something which will force you to use tools you haven't learned yet.
One of the greatest failures in learning revit I've ever seen was someone in the office who decided he was going to build an imaginary house in revit, to teach himself. Instead, it turned into a castle. A castle made entirely out of 8" walls. If you ever become satisfied with a limited toolbox in revit, you'll be wasting your time. So a project with challenges, rooted in reality, is a good bet. Forcing you to ask questions about soffits, columns and beams, unique reception desks, doors with funny frames, a roof with mismatched eaves and 4 slopes--these are not challenges a person would seek.
And then revitcity is a great resource, because we have tons of archived topics along the lines of "what is the best way to do _____"
Also! You seem very open-minded, by seeking out a new skill despite having so much CAD experience. But be warned -- it can be a frustrating transition, and avoiding the comparisons between revit and cad would be wise. As you're learning, you'll see lots of things that are frustrating in revit, and you could do quickly in cad. Don't let it get to you. There are tons of threads on here that are just loaded questions that end in "*sigh*, just ANOTHER thing to be frustrated with and is easier to do in AutoCAD." They are usually not grasping fundemental differences between drawing lines, and BUIDLING a model.
Revit it simply better for designing buildings, and the process of building a model is much different than drawing beautiful floorplans first, then elevations, then sections, etc. In revit, all views evolve at the same time, and while you may have rough, ugly plans at first, your true progress is much farther along than it looks. Controlling the beauty of your views is a learning process. It is also often a subtractive process: Removing what you do not WANT to see.
Attached is an isometric wireframe view of one of my projects nearing 50%, with consultant models linked in too. See how many -lines- revit has drawn? Compare this to CAD. It looks like a mess, but the BIM aspect of Revit is the ability to categorize and control these objects/lines in a sensible manner, to be used selectively in any type of view--details, sections, elevations and plans, and it saves so much time in the end.
hope that helps.
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"Also! You seem very open-minded, by seeking out a new skill despite having so much CAD experience. But be warned -- it can be a frustrating transition, and avoiding the comparisons between revit and cad would be wise. As you're learning, you'll see lots of things that are frustrating in revit, and you could do quickly in cad. Don't let it get to you. There are tons of threads on here that are just loaded questions that end in "*sigh*, just ANOTHER thing to be frustrated with and is easier to do in AutoCAD." They are usually not grasping fundemental differences between drawing lines, and BUIDLING a model."
The only frustrating part is getting good at Revit and wondering why you started working in the industry before it was invented!
P.S. How do I quote someone without commenting in the same box as their quote?
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"Also! You seem very open-minded, by seeking out a new skill despite having so much CAD experience. But be warned -- it can be a frustrating transition, and avoiding the comparisons between revit and cad would be wise. As you're learning, you'll see lots of things that are frustrating in revit, and you could do quickly in cad. Don't let it get to you. There are tons of threads on here that are just loaded questions that end in "*sigh*, just ANOTHER thing to be frustrated with and is easier to do in AutoCAD." They are usually not grasping fundemental differences between drawing lines, and BUIDLING a model."
The only frustrating part is getting good at Revit and wondering why you started working in the industry before it was invented!
P.S. How do I quote someone without commenting in the same box as their quote?
Edited on: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:34:49 AM"
Click outside the box, then write
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Go thru the ribbons one button at a time and learn all you can about that one button this will give you the basics of each tool, that is what I did, the rest is a basic CAD application approch to drafting.
The more advanced stuff comes with time, experiance and a lot of head scratching. (visibility was my big hurdle, WHY CAN'T I SEE MY ELEMENTS!!!!) but it all comes with time.
This forum is a good place to ask questions, YouTube is a good place to see hands on turtorials, and the help menu will explain the tools. Revit (IMO) is not that far off from AutoCAD in mind set, don't stress and enjoy.
Families are basicly the same as dynamic blocks (smart blocks) in concept (IMO), Catagories are what the families are well catagorized under, ObjectStyles, SubCatagories and LineStyles can be thought of a layers, just try to associate a Revit tool to an ACAD concept and the transition should not be to difficult.
Of course we all learn differently but for me I had to find the similarties in Revit to ACAD and the rest came naturaly. After all drafting is still drafting. But Revit is a Modeling software not a drafting software so you have to keep this in mind because what you put into the Model is what you get out of the model.
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