3D Peruna wrote:
> 1) Create office standards in Revit, including title blocks, typical wall
> styles, floor styles, roof styles, etc. (or whatever Revit calls
> it...Families, I think). This would include the need to do parametric roof
> trusses of varying types (standard, parallel chord, scissor, etc), floor
> trusses.
Yes, but I'd work with other folk's trusses in the beginning. Until
you understand Revit better making a truss family will be fairly hard
for you (anyone, really; until you really understand complex family
creation Trusses are Hard).
> 2) Figure out how to create details and import 2D details from AutoCAD into
> Revit.
This is very easy, read about Drafting Views.
> 3) After standards are created and working, start a new project in
> Revit...and figure it out from there.
Uh... I don't know. I think you should actually do both; start working
on a standard, and a pilot project, so the two tasks can inform each
other. Revit's a little more fluid that ADT/AutoCAD, and you can
transfer settings/styles/families/whatevers from your projects to your
templates (and vise-versa) with ease. I still tweak my project
templates and families to this day and I've been using Revit for over
three years. ;-)
> Are there other recommendations? I'd rather work on getting office standard
> content done first so that I can be productive right away with a new
> project, as opposed to making stuff up as I go on a new project.
Other than you should really do both; start a pilot and start your
standards, for until you understand Revit better you won't know what
half the standards are for, or the best way for you to set up jobs to
meet your needs. You'll probably change things two to three times
along the way too, but that's the Revit way, and you'll find it much
more forgiving to make changes than with ADT/AutoCAD...
The only other thing is that you should get thee to AUGI.com right
away and start posting questions there too. Lots of great Revit folks,
and you'll get lots of help. Read all the tutorials and see if you can
get in on a distance learning class or local user's group. Revit's
very very different from ADT/AutoCAD, and even though it is easyer to
learn (i, and many others, feel that way) don't swallow the hype that
it being easy to learn means that it's easy to understand how to apply
it within your office. ;-)
good luck!
Jeffrey
