HaCOPI Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Given the current economic clusterF*ck, and of course being jobless with no employment opportunities along the horizon, I've decided to teach myself Arch Revit. I mean, with all the BIM talk in the air, I had been planning this for quite some time now but couldnt get a chance to really get into it until the market went sour (hey at least something good will come out of it...i hope). Anyway to the Revit masters out there, any advice to a fellow neophyte? So far, I'm a week into following the tutorials at the students . autodesk . com revit section and to be honest the slow-paced tutorial is doing a number on my nerves. Ive also bought a book called "mastering Revit Architecture," which to be honest completely intimidates me. I'm a pro at autocad (been doin it for 8 years), and an intermediate at Rhino 4 (aside from scripting and complex nurbz modeling/whatnot), so what am i to expect from Revit? If you were to advise me in the top 3 things i should do what would it be? How do i start converting the multitude of autocad blocks/sheets/details that ive collected over time to be revit friendly? Is this even possible? Please be my guest and help out in any which way you can, your response is very much appreciated... And be patient with us noobies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsf Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Keep at it. It may take a few attempts before you can fully get in to the software. Each time you try to learn Revit, you will be bringing your previous knowledge to it and that will help you establish the context in which you will retain the information you have already learned, and make sense of the stuff you are currently learning. With time, patience, and perseverance you will get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaCOPI Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the encouraging words JSF....will do! San DIAGO ey?...hows the market down south? Edited March 31, 2009 by HaCOPI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronrumple Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 If you were to advise me in the top 3 things i should do what would it be? 1. Forget everything you knew about AutoCAD. 2. Forget everything you knew about AutoCAD. 3. Eat, drink and sleep www.augi.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbowers Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I agree with Aaron... 1. Forget everything you ever learned about traditional CAD 2. Think systematically and in 3D. 3. You will lose some hair before you fall in love with it. Hope that helps. Stick with it. You'll never look back once you get the hang of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippu Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 i will be joining the revit bandwagon shortly... so yea keep those comments coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaCOPI Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Thanks guys. After working with CAD for so long its a bit difficult to put aside everything you've learned. I've gotten so used to AutoCADs interface/functionality but I can see what you guys mean. I mean this program is a completely different animal. Even though CADs pretty ingrained in me I'm gonna give it my all cause I really do think this is the next generation of software for building design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsf Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 San DIAGO ey?...hows the market down south? Very quiet down here. Fortunately for me, my contacts are up in Los Angeles so I've managed to stay busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dp Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 my office are moving to a near 100% revit cross disipline by end of year i've only done enough to work my way through my cad teams work but the power under the hood of revit is very impressive at soem point i will dive in and try and model with it myself - come the upturn they will need more cad jocks than managers.................... remeber there is a new 2010 revit due this month and that has a new interface i belive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaCOPI Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Alright, so latest update - I'm ditching the tutorial from the Revit help menu and the tutorial set from the autodesk website. I've been at it a week and these two features have proven to be quite inefficient. They help in regards to isolated procedures but do nothing from an overall project standpoint. I need to learn how to model a building from start to finish, order its sheets, details, etc. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a decent tutorial? How did most of you guys learn? BTW aaron, im registering for AUGI now, hopefully theyll have some information as to an affective tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dp Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 the mastering revit book you have is the way forwards even though it's huge it is written from a real world perspective and describes sensible workflows i've still to dig into it but my collegues who started on revit same as myself were being productive within the first week after that there are many many revit friendly forums out there beyond CGA go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevitGary Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I am fairly new to Revit also. I started with "Introduction to Revit". Then I went to the book you have. Take your time, it is frustrating. The more you learn the more fun it is. It is very powerful. Learn how to make families well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revitrockstar Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 If you're still looking for Revit Training. Every week I host an hour long web based presentation: Rockstar Hour, Free Revit Training Is this You? Sitting there listening to some "Expert" present on Revit. Did you know that the experts are taught to demo without showing the software's flaws. A skillful demo-er will skim over or Jedi-mind-trick “that’s not the tool you’re looking for” the difficult questions and issues software. If so, I’m not saying you won’t see that during these hours, sometimes you will. The Rockstar Hour is not that type of Demo, it’s a shared learning experience. Often when explaining a difficult topic / tool the instructor takes the time to struggle with the software, just like you. You’ll think, you’ll laugh, you may even learn something. If nothing else, at least Revit’s on your screen, who’s to say it’s not you working? Check out Will2Play Inc Rockstar Hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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