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As Autodesk’s fastest-growing software package, Revit Architecture offers a new version that will require Revit users of all areas of expertise—architects, project managers, designers, contractors, and building owners—to learn new skills. As the only complete tutorial and reference for the newest version of Revit software, this book provides you with a hands-on look at the Revit interface, explores key modeling principles, looks at design options and features, and shows how to best present designs, and discusses proven workflows and best practices. The in-depth discussions, real-world examples, and detailed tutorials are drawn from the author’s professional experience using the program…. More >>
Mastering Revit Architecture 2010
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#1 by Seppo Peltomaa on February 26, 2010 - 7:24 am
This book is helpful in many respects but on the other hand lacks some features I expected it to have.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by Architect in Boston on February 26, 2010 - 7:36 am
I would not recommend this book, or any of its related titles, to anyone with access to Revit software and tutorials (they install with it) and who wants to start using Revit, and learning the software right away. Why? You’re better off using, at no extra cost, the well written and well organized tutorials.
These books are completely unstructured and disorganized. The discussion is meandering. The authors bury some insights and tips and tricks deep in a muddy discussion about “the changing nature of the construction industry”, which most of them are too young to know much about. (I have electric erasers older than the authors.)
The best examples of these problems are the sexy images placed throughout the book. There is no instruction as to how to achieve these images. There is instruction to follow a path to replicate these accomplishments. There is no step-by-step instruction of any substance. Therefore the books constitute a nice overview with some insights, but they are sold as “Mastering…”
What is clear is that the many of images were created by consultants to the authors, Phil Read among them; he is a presenter at Autodesk University, who offers no instruction on how to achieve these wonders.
Many of the graphics in the book are completely unrelated to the text. The text wanders and never follows a path to achieve the examples shown in the glossy image gallery either.
A much better third party tutorial is Paul Aubin’s book, or if you really want to save money, use the tutorials that come with the software, they’re free!
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by R. Rodpracha on February 26, 2010 - 10:19 am
Very informative with in depth explanations about BIM, the benefits of parametric software & reference guide for Revit Architecture 2010. However, it is not a book for people who want to get started on the software through exercises & tutorials. It talks about a lot of concepts without teaching you how to do any of them!
After buying this book, I decided to move on & get ‘Revit Architecture 2010: No Experience Required, which was exactly what I was looking for in the first place: learning the Revit software through using it!!
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by Mirabela F. Ticu on February 26, 2010 - 11:57 am
Revit is very complex but I found that the authors of this series of books have done an excellent job at coming up with a book that helps with real-life Revit issues. As a BIM Support Specialist I use this book as a reference guide because it is an easy to use instructional manual for Revit and it speeds up production. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by B. Joyce on February 26, 2010 - 1:44 pm
This book is just what you need to go to the next step in your Revit usage.
Rating: 5 / 5