Book Image

Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects

By : Fabio Roberti, Decio Ferreira
Book Image

Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects

By: Fabio Roberti, Decio Ferreira

Overview of this book

Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects takes a hands-on approach to implementing Revit effectively for everyone curious about this new and exciting methodology. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, this Revit book begins by explaining the principles of productivity in Revit and data management for BIM projects. You'll get to grips with the primary BIM documentation to start a BIM project, including the contract, Exchange Information Requirements (EIR), and BIM Execution Plan (BEP/BXP). Later, you'll create a Revit template, start a Revit project, and explore the core functionalities of Revit to increase productivity. Once you've built the foundation, you'll learn about Revit plugins and use Dynamo for visual programming and Power BI for analyzing BIM information. By the end of this book, you'll have a solid understanding of Revit as construction and design software, how to increase productivity in Revit, and how to apply multiple workflows in your project to manage BIM.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Section 1: Enhancing Your Productivity in Revit with Data Management and Templates
5
Section 2: Setting Up Revit Projects Efficiently and Exploring Core Functionalities
8
Section 3: Adding Visualizations and Dashboards to Your Data
11
Section 4: Collaborating with Consultants and Plugins and Improving Revit Performance

Managing Revit plugins

Autodesk tries to improve Revit every year with a new release, but third-party plugins are necessary to increase productivity and run essential functions, such as batch printing PDF files.

We can download plugins from the Revit Autodesk App Store or directly from the developer website.

The Revit Autodesk App Store can be found at https://bit.ly/3uleRbQ.

The QR code is as follows:

Revit Autodesk App Store

The following screenshot shows the Revit Autodesk App Store with featured, paid, and most popular plugins:

Figure 9.1 – Revit Autodesk App Store

In the Revit Autodesk App Store, we can find a menu that organizes the plugins by specific functionality:

Figure 9.2 – Revit Autodesk App Store menu

We can also access the Revit Autodesk App Store by clicking on the icon at the Revit screen's top right:

Figure 9.3 – Icon to access the...