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Chapter 1 Introduction to Revit 2021 |
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Understanding the Revit 2021 Interface |
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3D and Camera in Revit 2021 |
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Customized Revit Workspace |
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Exercise 1-1 Introducing Revit 2021 |
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Chapter 2 How to Draw and Modify in Revit |
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Exercise 2-1 Drawing and Selecting |
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Exercise 2-2 Some Modifying Commands |
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Chapter 3 Project Preparation |
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Project Information and Project Units |
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Exercise 3-1 Project Information, Units, and Adding Levels |
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Exercise 3-2 Import CAD, Gridlines, and Columns |
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Chapter 4 All you Need to Know about Walls |
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Wall Controls and Temporary Dimensions |
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Exercise 4-1 Inputting the Outside Wall |
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Additional Modifying Commands |
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Trim/Extend Single Element and Trim/Extend Multiple Elements |
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Exercise 4-2 Additional Modifying Commands |
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Exercise 4-3 Wall Profile |
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Exercise 4-4 Slanted Wall |
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Chapter 5 Inserting Doors and Windows |
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Inserting Doors and Windows Using Pre-Loaded Families |
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Loading Door and Window Families |
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Customizing Door and Window Sizes |
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Special Techniques for Doors and Windows |
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Exercise 5-1 Inserting Doors and Windows |
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Chapter 6 Creating and Controlling Curtain Walls |
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All You Need to Know about Curtain Walls |
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Controlling Curtain Gridlines |
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Moving Existing Curtain Gridlines |
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Adding New Curtain Grid Lines |
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Deleting Curtain Grid Lines |
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Controlling Curtain Grid Lines Using Properties |
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Adding and Controlling Mullions |
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Selecting a Group of Mullions |
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Hiding and Isolating Elements |
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Curtain Walls inside Slanted Walls |
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Exercise 6-1 Creating and Manipulating Curtain Walls |
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Chapter 7 Creating Floors |
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Creating Floors by Selecting Walls or Sketching |
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How to Create a Shaft Opening in Floors |
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Creating a Floor with Slopes |
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Exercise 7-1 Creating Floors |
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Attach the Top or Base of the Wall to the Roof |
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Exercise 8-1 Creating a Roof by Footprint |
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Exercise 8-2 Creating a Roof by Extrusion |
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Chapter 9 Components and Ceiling |
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Exercise 9-1 Placing Components |
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Creating a Ceiling --- Introduction |
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Creating a Ceiling --- Automatic |
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Creating a Ceiling --- Sketch |
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Creating a Ceiling --- Ceiling Soffit |
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Exercise 9-2 Creating Ceiling |
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Chapter 10 Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings |
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Creating Stairs --- First Look |
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Creating Stairs --- Standard Stairs |
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Creating Stairs --- Sketching Stairs |
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Creating Stairs --- Connect Levels |
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Exercise 10-1 Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings |
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Chapter 11 Creating and Manipulating Views |
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Control Visibility / Graphics |
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Exercise 11-1 Views --- Part 1 |
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Exercise 11-2 Views --- Part 2 |
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Exercise 11-3 Depth Cueing |
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Chapter 12 Annotation and Legends |
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Editing Dimensions and Annotation Text |
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Delete Single Aligned Dimension |
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Exercise 12-1 Dimension and Text |
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How to Create a Legend View? |
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Exercise 12-2 Creating Legends |
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Chapter 13 Visualize in Revit and Printing |
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Exercise 13-1 Perspectives |
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How to Create a Walkthrough |
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How to View and Modify a Walkthrough |
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How to Set Walkthrough Frames |
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How to Export a Walkthrough |
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Exercise 13-2 Creating Walkthroughs |
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Solar Studies: Introduction |
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How to Create Still Solar Studies |
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How to Create Single Day Solar Studies |
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How to Create Multi-Day Solar Studies |
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Exercise 13-3 Solar Studies |
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Rendering in Revit --- Introduction |
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Exercise 13-4 Rendering in Revit |
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Exercise 13-5 Creating Sheets |
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Chapter 14 Creating Schedules |
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Including an Image in Your Schedule |
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Exercise 14-1 Creating and Modifying Schedules |
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Exercise 14-2 Scheduling Key Styles & Reusing Schedules |
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Creating Project Parameters |
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Creating Fields from Formulas |
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Creating Material Takeoff Schedules |
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Exercise 14-3 Creating Material Takeoff Schedules |
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Chapter 15 Project Phasing, Design Options, and Path of Travel |
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Exercise 15-1 Using Phases |
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How to Set Up Design Options |
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How to Add Existing Elements to Design Options |
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How to Add New Elements to a Design Option |
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How to View Design Options |
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Exercise 15-2 Design Options |
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Scheduling Path of Travel |
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Exercise 15-3 Path of Travel |
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Chapter 16 Toposurfaces in Revit |
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327 | (22) |
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327 | (1) |
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Project Base Point and Survey Point |
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328 | (1) |
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Inputting Points Manually |
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How to Create a Toposurface Using an Imported File |
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How to Create a Toposurface from a Points File |
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Exercise 16-1 Creating Topographical Surfaces |
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Site and Parking Components |
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344 | (1) |
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Exercise 16-2 Modifying Toposurfaces |
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Chapter 17 Creating Rooms and Areas |
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349 | (22) |
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Introduction to Creating Rooms |
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349 | (1) |
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Creating and Modifying Rooms |
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350 | (4) |
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361 | (1) |
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Creating a New Color Scheme |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (1) |
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Exercise 17-3 Creating Color Schemes |
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367 | (2) |
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Chapter 18 Tagging and Detailing |
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371 | (18) |
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Exercise 18-1 Adding Tags |
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375 | (2) |
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377 | (6) |
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Creating a Detail View from Scratch |
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377 | (2) |
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Callout or Section as Starting Point |
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379 | (2) |
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381 | (2) |
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Exercise 18-2 Creating Details |
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383 | (4) |
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387 | (1) |
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Chapter 19 Creating Groups and Revit Links |
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389 | (28) |
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How to Create a Group --- Method One |
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390 | (1) |
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How to Create a Group --- Method Two |
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391 | (1) |
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How to Add Groups from Project Browser |
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392 | (1) |
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How to Attach Detail Group to Model Group |
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395 | (1) |
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How to Open a File as a Group in Another Open File |
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397 | (1) |
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Exercise 19-1 Using Groups |
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397 | (2) |
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Linking Models --- Introduction |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (2) |
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Visibility/Graphics Overrides in Linked Models |
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402 | (3) |
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Display Settings in Linked Model |
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403 | (2) |
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How to Copy Individual Items in a Linked File to the Host File |
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405 | (1) |
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Exercise 19-2 Linking Models |
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406 | (1) |
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Coordinating Across Disciplines |
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407 | (5) |
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Copying and Monitoring Elements |
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407 | (1) |
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Coordinating Monitored Elements |
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408 | (2) |
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410 | (2) |
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412 | (1) |
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Exercise 19-3 Coordinating Across Disciplines |
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413 | (3) |
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416 | (1) |
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Chapter 20 Importing and Exporting Files in Revit |
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417 | (18) |
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Importing/Linking CAD Files |
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417 | (2) |
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How to Import or Link a Vector File |
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418 | (1) |
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Manipulating Imported CAD Files |
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419 | (3) |
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420 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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Importing Raster Image Files |
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422 | (2) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (2) |
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Exercise 20-1 Working with Imported Files |
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426 | (2) |
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428 | (4) |
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Exporting CAD Format Files |
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429 | (1) |
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How to Create an Export Setup |
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430 | (1) |
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How to Create a New Set of Views/Sheets to Export |
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431 | (1) |
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Exercise 20-2 Exporting Files |
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432 | (2) |
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434 | (1) |
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Chapter 21 Creating Masses in Revit |
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435 | (28) |
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435 | (2) |
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437 | (4) |
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Exercise 21-1 Basic Mass Elements |
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441 | (1) |
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In-Place Mass & Conceptual Mass |
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441 | (2) |
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449 | (1) |
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449 | (1) |
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Manipulating Conceptual Mass |
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450 | (1) |
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X-Ray --- Adding Profiles and Edges |
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451 | (4) |
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452 | (1) |
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452 | (1) |
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452 | (3) |
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Exercise 21-2 In-Place Masses |
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455 | (3) |
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Creating Walls, Floors, and Roofs from Masses |
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458 | (2) |
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Exercise 21-3 Creating Walls, Floors, and Roofs from Masses |
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460 | (2) |
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462 | (1) |
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462 | (1) |
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Chapter 22 Customizing Walls, Roofs, Floors, and Compound Ceilings |
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463 | (22) |
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463 | (1) |
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Customizing Basic Wall Types |
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463 | (4) |
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Wrapping (Only for Walls) |
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465 | (2) |
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Using Profiles on Walls, Roofs, and Floors |
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467 | (1) |
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Exercise 22-1 Creating Basic Wall Types |
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468 | (3) |
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Vertically Compound Walls |
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471 | (3) |
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Permanent Wall Sweeps and Reveals |
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473 | (1) |
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Exercise 22-2 Creating Vertically Compound Walls |
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474 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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Embedding a Wall Inside Another Wall |
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476 | (1) |
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Exercise 22-3 Creating Stacked and Embedded Walls |
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476 | (2) |
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478 | (3) |
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Exercise 22-4 Create Parts |
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481 | (3) |
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484 | (1) |
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484 | (1) |
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Chapter 23 Creating Families in Revit |
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485 | (22) |
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Introduction to Creating Families |
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485 | (1) |
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486 | (5) |
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Exercise 23-1 Coffee Table Framework |
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491 | (2) |
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Creating the 3D Elements of the Family |
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493 | (3) |
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494 | (1) |
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494 | (1) |
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Adding Model and Symbolic Lines |
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495 | (1) |
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Exercise 23-2 Creating 3D Elements of the Family |
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496 | (3) |
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Family Types --- Sizes and Materials |
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499 | (4) |
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500 | (1) |
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501 | (2) |
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Exercise 23-3 Family Types --- Sizes and Materials |
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503 | (3) |
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506 | (1) |
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506 | (1) |
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Chapter 24 Customizing Doors, Windows, and Railing Families |
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507 | (16) |
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Customizing Existing Doors and Windows |
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507 | (1) |
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508 | (1) |
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Exercise 24-1 Creating a Custom Door |
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509 | (4) |
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Exercise 24-2 Creating a Custom Window |
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513 | (2) |
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515 | (3) |
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Rail Structure (Non-Continuous) |
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516 | (1) |
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517 | (1) |
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Exercise 24-3 Creating Custom Railings |
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518 | (3) |
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521 | (1) |
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521 | (2) |
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523 | (14) |
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523 | (1) |
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How to Create a Central File |
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524 | (2) |
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How to Assign Elements to Worksets |
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525 | (1) |
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526 | (1) |
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Functions to Help Control Worksets |
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527 | (4) |
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527 | (1) |
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528 | (1) |
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529 | (1) |
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529 | (1) |
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Worksharing Display Options |
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530 | (1) |
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Exercise 25-1 Creating and Controlling Worksets |
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531 | (4) |
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535 | (1) |
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535 | (2) |
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