Autodesk Revit From Beginner to Professional

Learn how to download and install Revit 2019, configure language and units, manage content libraries, and activate a trial with license options for a smooth first launch.

Learn how to install Revit 2020, download the trial, run the installer, configure content libraries, and manage the license for a complete setup.

Explore the Revit user interface, including the file tab, quick access toolbar, ribbon, view control bar, steering wheel, compass, and project browser, to manage views, elements, and settings.

Learn about Revit elements and families, including model elements and components, annotation and details and the type and instance properties that drive element behavior in context.

Explore customizable units in Revit for land area, volume, and currency, based on imperial and metric systems, with conversions like an inch equals 2.54 cm.

Explore how Revit 2023 adds options for the inches symbol in the units window, letting you change area, angle, and other units, with symbol choices based on country or region.

Start a new Revit project by selecting new project from the file menu, choose a template in the template window, and open the project automatically.

Save your Revit project from the file tab using save or save as. Configure backups, the starting view, and regenerate if sheets are not up to date.

Access the options window via the file tab to adjust general, user interface, rendering, spelling, and macros. Learn to support collaboration with a central model and manage hardware acceleration.

Modify the Revit project template by adjusting levels and elevations, set project units and location, and save the changes as a template for future projects.

Promote a template in Revit by adding its file location through options, find locations, and plus sign. Open new projects to use the promoted template with its default settings.

Transfer project standards in Revit by using two open projects, the manage tab, and the transfer window to copy annotations, materials, family types, line types, and mechanical settings.

Enable collaboration in Revit by using a central model and worksets, starting from a local standalone project, and manage permissions, editing requests, and synchronization with central.

Learn how to personalize Autodesk Revit keyboard shortcuts by using the options window to customize, assign, or remove shortcuts, filter commands, and export or import shortcut sets.

Navigate Revit's standard navigation using the mouse to zoom, pan, and orbit, leverage the view cube and navigation wheel, and manage views with the project browser and camera options.

Explore new in revit 2023: thumbnails on the steering wheel and the rewind history option, showing previous camera positions; enable or disable via the options window to optimize performance.

Learn to use snaps in Autodesk Revit to align walls and elements, control snap settings and increments for distance and angle, and apply temporary overrides for grading with reference lines.

Master element selection in Revit using left click, selection boxes, and keyboard cycling for close elements; add or remove with Ctrl and select all instances of a family for edits.

Learn to customize element selection in Revit using status bar options, including selecting by face, enabling pin-based selection, and controlling underlying elements and links to pick floors, roofs, and ceilings.

Use the selection box to isolate and view only selected elements. Activate the section box to visualize your model with a box-shaped section, then adjust or hide it as needed.

Apply and manage selection filters in Autodesk Revit by using the filter window to choose family types, save named selections, and modify or delete filters to refine element selection.

Master the properties filter in Revit to select multiple elements, view their shared properties, and change family types using a simple dropdown, streamlining selection and edits to view-specific properties.

Master undo and redo in Revit using the quick access toolbar or keyboard shortcuts. Revert or reapply edits to shapes, drawings, families, and elements during your design process.

Learn to use the measure tool and automatic measurements in Revit to measure between references, edit dimensions, and control wall extensions with snap options.

Explore the new 3d measurements in Revit 2023, allowing you to measure across references and elements. Use the measure tool from the quick access toolbar, select references, and view length.

Learn to use snaps and shape handles to edit walls and annotations, apply point controls to extend walls, and adjust elevations and sections through dimensions and families.

Learn how to create and manage grids in Revit, including placing, numbering, copying, and editing grid groups, with tools for alignment, visibility, and references across the project.

Discover how to control grids on 3d views in Revit 2022, with two methods to manage visibility across different views and levels, and learn how to apply these settings consistently.

Learn to manage levels in Revit by renaming levels, adjusting heights, adding new levels, and creating corresponding floor plans and roof plans from the architectural tab.

Adjust the B range and primary range to control what you see in floor and ceiling plans, using coupling, bottom, and levels, and apply a plan region for region-specific visibility.

Learn to create and place walls in Autodesk Revit using the architecture tab and wall tool, then refine placement with level constraints, location line, and centerline versus finish core layers.

Compare architecture, structure, and phase walls in Revit, observe how structure usage and cover differ, and use property split to modify before or after placement.

Learn to edit a wall type by modifying its profile and layers in the assembly window, adjust thickness and materials, and duplicate or rename types for customized walls.

Learn to create stacked walls in Revit with a stack wall type, placing one wall atop another, adjusting upslope and height, and managing windows and hosts.

Attach walls to floors and roofs in Revit using the attach base tool, adjust boundaries and profiles, and validate changes in elevation or section views.

Edit and assemble walls in Revit by placing interior and exterior walls, adjusting properties, shaping joints, configuring wrapping options and wall layers, and applying materials for realistic appearances.

Explore new Revit 2020 features, including drawing ellipse walls with radius controls, base and shape adjustments, and the ability to attach walls to roofs or floors while preserving attachment settings.

Explore editing wall profiles in Revit 2022 for slanted walls, applying profiles with cross sections like periscope, vertical, and slant; reset or remove profiles as needed.

Explore Revit 2022's tapered cross section, override a wall's structure with an exterior angle via instance controls and blue handles, and edit angles using properties to swap family types.

Discover how multiple values indication appears on properties palette for elements of the same family type in Revit 2022, and customize with default value or custom text via manage tab.

Create and edit floors in Revit by drawing continuous boundaries with walls, adjusting boundary lines, and setting the floor level and slope, with options to place components on the floor.

Create and refine floors in a Revit project by modeling level 1 and a kitchen floor, adjusting scale, crop regions, and materials, using symmetry and walls as references.

Explore how roof properties change with rafter or truss selections and wall constraints. Learn how boundary, footprint, and elevation adjustments affect roof placement and attachment to walls.

Create roofs by extrusion in revit using a plane reference, draw a single continuous profile, and adjust start and end via extrusion properties, then coordinate groups with join and align.

Learn to place and adjust additional roof elements by defining the roof boundary, creating fashions and gutters, and editing segments with properties and orientation controls.

Open the roof type properties window to view and edit roof families, duplicate or rename them, and adjust layer structure with function, material, thickness, and variable values.

Create and adjust house roof rules using a footprint reference, set slopes, and mirror the roof across the project. Modify properties, boundaries, and roof fashion details, then ensure proper placement.

Create and modify a complex footprint in Revit by forming a reference group, setting base levels, adjusting roof slopes, and applying joint and boundary edits to extend roofs.

Learn how to create ceilings in a Revit project, using automatic or sketch-based ceilings, define boundaries with walls or drawing tools, and manage boundary and height for multiple ceilings.

Edit the ceiling boundary and slope relationships in Revit, and adjust its level, tiles, materials, and structure for basic or compound ceilings using the family type and edit assembly tools.

Understand room bounding in Revit and how wall height and ceiling augmentation enable or prevent automatic ceilings, with room bounding applying to ceilings and related placement.

Learn to create, draw the boundary, and validate ceilings in Revit, using a floor as host, set 2.8 m height, and apply automatic ceilings.

Learn to create and edit dimensions in Autodesk Revit, using the dimensions to augment tool to place multiple references, update values in real time, and manage dimension types and placements.