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Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects

By : Fabio Roberti, Decio Ferreira
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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.

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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Preface
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Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Section 1: Enhancing Your Productivity in Revit with Data Management and Templates
Section 1: Enhancing Your Productivity in Revit with Data Management and Templates
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Productivity in Revit
Chapter 1: Introduction to Productivity in Revit
What you should know about Revit productivity
Choosing the right tool
Overview of BIM implementation
BIM and the Revit training scheme
Summary
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Chapter 2: Project Data Management
Chapter 2: Project Data Management
Critical data to start a BIM project
BIM documentation overview
Project functions
Asset Management
Establishing an Action Plan to start a BIM project
Summary
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Chapter 3: Revit Template and Standards
Chapter 3: Revit Template and Standards
Technical requirements
How to create a Revit template
Summary
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Section 2: Setting Up Revit Projects Efficiently and Exploring Core Functionalities
Section 2: Setting Up Revit Projects Efficiently and Exploring Core Functionalities
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Chapter 4: Starting a Revit Project Efficiently
Chapter 4: Starting a Revit Project Efficiently
Technical requirements
Overview of Revit coordinate systems
Starting a Revit project and setting up the project coordinates
Summary
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Chapter 5: Core Revit Functionalities
Chapter 5: Core Revit Functionalities
Understanding schedule management
Keynote for the project specification
Design Options
Revit Phasing
Using Scope Boxes
Worksharing
Drawing production
Summary
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Section 3: Adding Visualizations and Dashboards to Your Data
Section 3: Adding Visualizations and Dashboards to Your Data
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Chapter 6: Visual Programming with Dynamo
Chapter 6: Visual Programming with Dynamo
Technical requirements
Introducing Dynamo
Expanding Dynamo
Best practices
Summary
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Chapter 7: Dashboard Analyses with Power BI
Chapter 7: Dashboard Analyses with Power BI
Technical requirements
Introduction to Power BI for Revit
Exporting and importing data from Revit to Power BI
Analyzing Revit data with Power BI
Summary
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Section 4: Collaborating with Consultants and Plugins and Improving Revit Performance
Section 4: Collaborating with Consultants and Plugins and Improving Revit Performance
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Chapter 8: Collaborating with Consultants
Chapter 8: Collaborating with Consultants
Strategy for collaboration
Copy/Monitor and Coordination Review
Shared Views
Design coordination and clash management
Summary
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Chapter 9: Enhancing Productivity with Plugins
Chapter 9: Enhancing Productivity with Plugins
Managing Revit plugins
Revit plugins
Summary
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Chapter 10: Improving Performance
Chapter 10: Improving Performance
Revit modeling best practices
Revit content management
Optimizing Revit's performance
BIM 360 best practices
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Summary

In this chapter, we have learned what Dynamo is and how users can work with Dynamo to improve performance and productivity.

We learned that Python is one of the most common Programming languages, and it can be used in Dynamo together with the Revit API. This connection can enhance what can be altered in Revit.

We learned how to use Dynamo Player as a feature to run scripts on a project. We also looked into how to set up a folder that can be used across the organization to share the most common scripts that can be used in multiple projects.

We shared the best practices that should be used when developing Dynamo scripts (which can be extended to all the software that requires specific visual programming, such as Grasshopper).

In the next chapter, we will cover how we can get and manage the dashboard using Power BI or other software, such as Excel.

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