What Revit Wants
Revit legend Chris Price (cofounder of Xrev) has released a full Revit knowledge base over at this link:
https://xrev.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KNOW/overview
It includes a lot of awesome + detailed sections – check out the How To Guides.
Thanks for sharing Chris!
Back in 2016 I put this simple, messy sketch together to describe some basic terminology around Revit models and how they are structured:
Revit Model:
May be hosted by:
May belong to:
These files are from a presentation I did in May 2017 called:
Filters Always Win, and Other Ways to Be Better at Revit
In the handout especially you will find a lot of Revit tips… check it out!
Files:
S1_2_Hand_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit
S1_2_Pres_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit
S1_2_Ques_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit
S1_2_TipsTricks_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit
This site usually focuses on intermediate to advanced workflows and topics, but here I just wanted to mention a couple of getting started resources that you may find useful. There is a new and comprehensive video playlist on the BIMscape channel, and I have embedded it here:
And don’t forget about the Autodesk Design Academy. For example, the link below will take you to a Revit and Architecture Fundamentals online training course. All for free, of course.
https://academy.autodesk.com/curriculum/fundamentals-architecture
