Mastering Autodesk® Revit® 2017 for architecture

983 Pages·2016·235.89 MB·English

Mastering
Autodesk® Revit® 2017
for Architecture

Mastering
Autodesk® Revit® 2017
for Architecture
Marcus Kim
Lance Kirby
Eddy Krygiel
Senior Acquisitions Editor: Stephanie McComb
Development Editor: Kelly Talbot
Technical Editor: Eric Bogenschutz
Production Editor: Rebecca Anderson
Copy Editor: Kim Wimpsett
Editorial Manager: Mary Beth Wakefield
Production Manager: Kathleen Wisor
Executive Editor: Jim Minatel
Book Designers: Maureen Forys, Happenstance Type-O-Rama; Judy Fung
Proofreader: Nicole Hirschman
Indexer: Robert Swanson
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Acknowledgments
Ah, acknowledgments. Although all the glory of writing a book is mostly consumed by the
authors, it takes so many more people than just us to actually make this happen. Just like build-
ing design, the process of writing and publishing a book is truly a team sport—and without
the hard work, dedication, and willingness to put up with the authoring team, this book would
have never have happened.
Of all the people to thank, first of all, we’d like to thank the staff at the Revit Factory.
Without their fine work, this would be a very empty book. A special thanks to the three Product
Managers, Harlan Brumm, Sasha Crotty, and Steven Campbell. And a huge thank you to the
rest of the Factory - thank you guys and gals, for your hard work, innovative ideas, and desire to
stay in touch with current design and construction issues.
Finally, a big thanks to our technical team. They dot our i’s, cross our t’s, and chide us every
time we turn in something late. Their work and effort ensure that we as authors can produce
something that you the reader can actually follow. So a thank‐you to our amazing and patient
developmental editor, Kelly Talbot, for putting up with our excuses and typos; to copyeditor
Kim Wimpsett and proofreader Nicole Hirschman for taking our slang and making it readable;
and to production editor Becca Anderson for putting all the pieces together and getting it ready
for print. Thanks also to Mary Beth Wakefield for watching the schedule and allowing us to use
you as an excuse not to visit family on weekends or holidays during “Book Season.” A thank‐
you to Eric Bogenschutz, technical editor, who has given a careful and detailed eye to all of our
Revit workflows, and to our excellent support team at Sybex, who helped us develop all this
foxy content.
The building photograph on the cover was designed by SOM and is the Chicago Public
Library, Chinatown branch. The Chinatown Branch Library is a new civic, educational, and
social hub for Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood, providing a much‐needed public gathering
place geared toward inclusive community activities and driven by technology‐based learning.
An array of vertical shading fins juxtapose an ultra‐transparent, high‐performance glass cur-
tain wall that maximizes visibility for both library patrons and passersby during the day, while
presenting the image of a glowing lantern at night. The building’s south‐facing entrance, soft-
ened triangular shape, and gentle interior circulation reference Feng Shui design principles and
resonate with the values held by the community. Like a traditional Chinese courtyard plan, all
spaces connect to the central atrium room, providing clear orientation and spatial cohesion.
http://www.som.com/projects/chicago_public_library_chinatown_branch

About the Authors
Marcus Kim is a senior business consultant with Autodesk. Marcus
focuses on enterprise adoption of Revit and BIM workflows for AEC
customers and has traveled all over the globe providing BIM services
to domestic and multinational customers. Marcus received his bach-
elor’s degree in architecture studies from the University of Illinois in
Chicago and an associates of arts and sciences degree from the American
Academy of Art in digital media. During the early part of his career,
Marcus pursued design and technical architecture, but he was given the
opportunity to participate in a Revit pilot program where he excelled.
Throughout his career, until his transition over to Autodesk, Marcus
managed the BIM on complex and high‐profile projects such as the NATO World Headquarters
for SOM Chicago, developing and implementing workflows during a time when producing BIM
projects and BIM management was in its infancy. Marcus has used Revit since version 7.0 and
has lectured at Autodesk University on topics such as BIM management, BIM architecture work-
flows on large‐scale projects, and design visualization.
At Autodesk, Marcus provides both technical and business process thought leadership to his
customers, helping them adopt and improve new and existing BIM workflows, training, content,
and standards. He has taken BIM concepts common to AEC and applied them to other indus-
tries ranging from manufacturing to energy to mining.
Marcus is based out of the Chicagoland area and spends much of his spare time chasing after
his toddler and sneaking in moments of relaxation by pursuing his other two passions, digital
art and painting little toy soldiers.
Lance Kirby is a senior AEC business consultant with Autodesk. Lance’s
primary focus is accelerating the adoption of BIM and VDC practices
among owners and their supply chain of designers and contractors. He
received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Mississippi State
University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Design and also studied
at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, coincidentally
alongside the creators of Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD. He spent six years in
various architecture offices helping to produce everything from 400‐
square‐foot fast‐food kiosks in shopping malls to 7,000,000‐square‐foot
federal prisons.
In 2000, he left a prominent architecture firm to join a new tech start-up outside Boston to
help produce a new design tool called Revit. Helping to develop Revit since version 1 and create
its early tutorials, Lance has supported hundreds of BIM projects and trained thousands of its
users over the past 15 years. Coincidentally, he has also supported all the previous and current
authors of this book at some point in his career. Although this is his first published book as an
author, he routinely pens 1,000+ pages in customer reports a year.
Although Lance has been based in Atlanta since 1995, he is often out of town. When he is not
traveling globally in support of Autodesk customers, he may be traveling globally with his flight
attendant wife, Scarlett. He enjoys fiction, analog/digital gaming, gastronomy of the smoked
meat variety, and heavy down‐tuned music.
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Eddy Krygiel is a principal business consultant with the AEC team with
Autodesk Consulting. Eddy focuses on BIM and technology workflows
for AEC clients. He received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from
the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design. He
has almost 20 years of experience in architectural offices and on a range
of projects from single‐family residential to office, federal, civic, and avia-
tion clients. Eddy has helped firms around the United States at both the
firm level and the project level.
His most recent project was the Mexico City International Airport,
where he had the role of BIM manager for the Centro de Integración,
Capacitación y Operación BIM. The BIM role involved supporting and steering stakeholder
workflows from design through construction while not affecting the overall project fee or
schedule. The final deliverable to the airport was a facility management–ready BIM model for
both vertical and horizontal assets. Eddy has also led or been involved in other large‐scale
projects that have taken BIM beyond documentation.
Eddy is the author of more than 16 books on BIM and sustainability including the Mastering
Revit series and Green BIM. He has also taught BIM, construction documents, and architectural
communication at the University of Kansas School of Architecture.