Revit 2017 For Architecture Ner

Get this if you want to learn basic revit

I took a Revit class a few years ago and still felt comfortable with the interface, but had forgotten a lot of the ins and outs of the commands. I think this book is great, the chapters are a little long, but they are well written and provide plenty of snapshots to make sure you are doing what you are supposed to. It's written in a way where someone brand new or a professional using it as a reference for specific commands can benefit greatly.

This book is a great tutorial book, but I couldn't give it 5 stars for a few reasons. The most frustrating is that you need to download some files from the book's website in order to complete some of the tutorial sections, and those files are not included on the downloads available for this version of the book. For example, the steel angle in the detailing chapter is missing. Upon realizing that a lot of the included files are saved in previous versions (due to Revit upgrading the files when they are loaded in) I went hunting for the webpages for previous versions of the book and found the file I was missing in the version for 2015, and had to find the corresponding chapter in 2015 that applied to that section (because they reorganized), to get the detail needed. Not cool. Instead finishing my tutorial section in the 30 minutes I had alotted I just got to hunt down a file and be prompted to write this review.The second reason is although the tutorials are easy to follow, it's not a great reference book. Starting on my first project after going through the book I found it a little hard to go back and find some of the things I knew I needed to be doing. Ideally, it would serve as a good reference too, but it looks like another book or the internet will have to do.Also, some of the things included as "Bonus Chapters" are essential in my opinion, like site features and wall types. I think they were trying to keep the book length reasonable, and they were included for download, so I can forgive this.That said, I went from knowing nothing about Revit to feeling fairly confident I can start putting some simple projects together. The instructions were easy to follow and the included figures were appropriate for each section. All in all, would recommend for anyone starting out in Revit.

I expected more. Nothing is mentioned about how to draw 3D parts or how to insert objects. Drawing walls in Revit is no big secret. Spend your money on a book that shows y'all how to work with families and objects instead. 23 dollars of donut money shot to hell.

The title says it all. You really don't need much CAD experience to use this book. True, REVIT is much more use-friendly than AutoCAD. Still, the software can be intimidating because it assumes you are an architect or an engineer. The book goes through a logical sequence. Like a real building, the book takes you on a journey from simple floorplan to a sophisticated building with doors, windows, and roofs. It even helps you create custom stairs. Fantastic job!

The best tutorial book I have used thus far. Anyone who can turn on a computer can use this book and learn Revit.

I was so disappointed with this book. First of all the pictures of the examples are so small you cannot read the details that you need to complete the project in the book. It was not just me. The whole class had difficulty. I ordered the kindle version just so I could enlarge the pictures of the examples. That was useless as they were such poor quality (very blurry) when you enlarged them that I still could not read the dimensions. Very frustrating. Then there were errors in the book where they told you the completely wrong thing. Whoever edited this book was not very good. My professor said it used to be worse but there are still many examples of incorrect instructions. Lastly, it is written very poorly. It is hard to follow along in some chapters with what they want you to do, especially in the more difficult chapter on roofs and stairs. Horrible!

Fast shipping using revit 2018 so there are slight variations as to be expected. Overall great step by step intro.

First class tutorial book which I've already recommended to many people who have gone out and bought it. With over 700 pages, I had it completed in about a week in my spare time. There were the odd instance of a few typing mistakes (imperial to metric conversion gone wring) which held me up for a few minutes until I realise but I soon converted myself and got back in to it. Overall very please with results and I now have a new string to my bow. Only thing I would say that has nothing to do with this book, is that like everything else in life you learn, you need to keep doing it on a regular basis otherwise you start to forgot it. This is where this book has the edge over others, it's a great reference book to look back at!

good

Perfect for me, working with it, take time to past on completely..for now it is what I need.

A very good book for learning REVIT.

A brilliant book even for a complete beginner. It explains everything in a simple way, step by step, I am almost half way through the book and cannot wait for the next new chapter.