I'm learning Revit Building 8.1 myself and also I'm new to Revit, I'm use to work with AutoCAD. If you want an Idea of what can be done with Revit, go to; http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=34982 and http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=34212 where I posted some question for help. It might be of some help for you also and if you have any suggestion that could help me you are welcome to let me know.
Jules