Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2015 Essentials; Copyright; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; What You Will Learn; What You Will See; What You Need; What Is Covered in This Book; The Essentials Series; Contacting the Authors; Chapter 1: Introducing the Autodesk Revit Architecture Interface; Understanding the User Interface; Exercise 1.1: Use the Properties Palette to See Dynamic Updates of Properties; Exercise 1.2: Explore the Content of Your Project with the Project Browser.

Exercise 1.3: Use the View Control Bar to See Frequently Used View PropertiesExercise 1.4: Navigate with the ViewCube; Creating a Simple Layout; Exercise 1.5: Create a Floor; Exercise 1.6: Create Walls; Exercise 1.7: Create Levels; Exercise 1.8: Change Wall Type; Exercise 1.9: Place Interior Walls; Exercise 1.10: Place Doors and Windows; Exercise 1.11: Space Elements Equally; Now You Know; Chapter 2: Walls and Curtain Walls; Understanding Wall Types and Parameters; Basic Walls; Stacked Walls; Curtain Wall Types; Hosting Elements in Walls; Creating Wall Configurations.

Exercise 2.1: Create Wall ConfigurationsExercise 2.2: Host a Door in a Wall; Modifying Wall Parameters; Exercise 2.3: Modify Wall Parameters; Editing and Resetting Wall Profiles; Exercise 2.4: Edit and Reset the Wall Profile; Exercise 2.5: Attach and Detach the Top/Base; Cutting Openings; Exercise 2.6: Cut Openings in a Curved Wall; Splitting Walls; Swapping Walls; Creating Curtain Walls; Exercise 2.7: Create and Customize a Curtain Wall; Exercise 2.8: Modify Curtain Wall Type Properties; Editing Wall Profiles; Embedding Curtain Walls; Exercise 2.9: Embed and Edit Curtain Wall Profile.

Curtain PanelsAdding and Removing Grids and Mullions; Exercise 2.10: Add and Remove Curtain Grids and Mullions; Exercise 2.11: Customize Curtain Panels; Now You Know; Chapter 3: Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings; Creating Floors; Exercise 3.1: Create a Floor by Sketch and Pick Walls; Exercise 3.2: Edit the Floor Boundary; Exercise 3.3: Create Sloped Floors; Exercise 3.4: Create an Opening with the Opening by Face Tool; Exercise 3.5: Create an Opening with the Shaft Opening Tool; Creating Roofs; Exercise 3.6: Create a Roof by Footprint; Exercise 3.7: Create a Roof by Extrusion.

Exercise 3.8: Create Slope ArrowsExercise 3.9: Create Multiple Roof Slopes; Adding Ceilings; Exercise 3.10: Add Automatic and Sketch Ceilings; Exercise 3.11: Create a Bulkhead; Exercise 3.12: Add Lights and Rotate the Grid; Exercise 3.13: Slope the Ceiling; Now You Know; Chapter 4: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings; Creating a Generic Railing; Exercise 4.1: Create a Generic Railing; Creating Stair Configurations; Exercise 4.2: Create a Stair by Component; Exercise 4.3: Create a Stair by Sketch; Exercise 4.4: Customize and Create a Component Stair Landing; Exercise 4.5: Create a Multistory Stair.