Tutorials

The Link on the Left take you to the English Autodesk web page where you can download the complete documentation set for Revit® Structure 2008. From the User’s Guide to metric and imperial tutorials, here’s where you’ll find everything you need to get started.

Revit Structure Imperial Tutorials (exe - 10607 kbytes)

Revit Structure Metric Tutorials (exe - 10468 kbytes)

        Revit Structure Imperial Datasets 1 of 3 (exe - 108415Kb)

        Revit Structure Imperial Datasets 2 of 3 (exe - 92119Kb)

        Revit Structure Imperial Datasets 3 of 3 (exe - 78950Kb)

        Revit Structure Metric Datasets 1 of 3 (exe - 110945Kb)

        Revit Structure Metric Datasets 2 of 3 (exe - 92586Kb)

        Revit Structure Metric Datasets 3 of 3 (exe - 59943Kb)

        Revit Structure Common Datasets 1 of 1 (exe - 79653Kb)

Revit Architecture 2008 Curriculum for High School and University Students

 Students can download Revit for free @ http://students.autodesk.com.

Instructor Lecture Notes

Instructor Lecture Notes

Contains exercises divided into twenty units that cover the basic principles of Revit Architecture software and the building information modeling (BIM) approach. The exercises cover product features and functionality with an emphasis on workflow.

Metric Student Workbook

Metric Extra RFA Files (1.14 MB)

 

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Reviews

AEC Magazine

 Revit Structure 2008 review written by Greg Corke Thursday 07 June 2007

Revit Structure 2008 Product Review (September 30, 2007)

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New Users Blog Pages

Revit Structure

Learning Curve

Everyone is always on the learning curve; it’s just that some are further up that learning curve than others.

I have been using CAD since 1974. Between 1988 and May 2005 I took on the duties of CAD Manager and supported up to 70 CAD users within a multi-discipline Construction Consultancy. I’m a Structural Engineer who started life as a draughtsman, who has always done his own drawings and is a CAD-A-HOLIC.

I’m a “Power-User” when it comes to AutoCAD, IntelliCAD, Cadvance and Generic CADD, but a complete REVIT newbie and virgin.

I thought that it may be useful to other new REVIT users to document my struggle up the learning curve, perhaps like leaving breadcrumbs for them to follow and notice of dead-end paths, and learning perils for them to avoid.

The photo of me as a kid takes you to my blog page. I hope it helps (That's the Blog Page not the picture of me as a kid ;0) ).

If I do create any notes or helpful guides in the future I will post them here but don't expect a great quantitiy very quickly.

SHORTCUTS

There are many predefined keyboard shortcuts for Revit Structure commands.

This document lists the shortcuts by Menu Item - I have printed out two copies, placed them back to back, then encapsulated them in plastic using the a laminating machine to keep nearby as a reference card.

I have also found that you can also configure your own keyboard shortcut key combinations that appear in the Revit Structure interface next to their corresponding menu item.

You can create multiple shortcuts for one menu command. In the menu, the shortcut that displays in the menu is the first shortcut listed in the KeyboardShortcuts.txt file. A job for when I'm more proficient with the package I think!