topic Re: Revit LT Beginner Help in Revit Architecture Forum

Revit LT Beginner Help

JSCOTTDRAFTING — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:26:58 GMT

Hello and thank you in advance for the help and support.

I am purchasing Revit LT Suite as an upgrade to ACAD LT when my subscription is ready to renew. I am a 2 seat residential design firm in Florida. Can someone suggest a training manual for Revit LT that pertains to single family homes. I have attempted to use ADT, Softplan, Envisioneer in the past but keep going back to ACAD since that is my background. Since Revit LT uses ACAD drawing commands i think i might catch on this time. Any suggestions are accepted.

Thank you,

Jim Scott

J. Scott Drafting, Inc.

Re: Revit LT Beginner Help

Sahay_R — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:50:15 GMT

I've used this to teach a Revit class. It does the job pretty well

https://www.amazon.com/Residential-Design-Using-Autodesk-Revit/dp/163057029X

Re: Revit LT Beginner Help

JGallagherP3A — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:58:54 GMT

Any of the Paul Aubin courses on Lynda.com would be perfect for you.

Lynda.com - Revit Tutorials

Stick with it and really try not to fall back to AutoCAD. Technology moves way to fast if you're stuck in the "can't teach an old dog new tricks" mentality.

Re: Revit LT Beginner Help

Viveka_CD — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:18:49 GMT

Hi @JSCOTTDRAFTING

I see that you are visiting as a new member. Warm Welcome to the Autodesk community!

You can download beginner videos at the following resources:

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Re: Revit LT Beginner Help

chrisplyler — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:24:36 GMT

Forget "Revit uses ACAD commands."

Maybe some of them DO overlap, but going in with that mentality is going to hinder you, not help you.

Re: Revit LT Beginner Help

ToanDN — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:31:34 GMT

I am not aware of any "Revit using AutoCAD commands". You should start fresh without any AutoCAD mentality in mind when you learn Revit.

P/s: ADT or ACA is at least running on AutoCAD interface and sharing basic commands. But you already gave up on it so...

Re: Revit LT Beginner Help

JSCOTTDRAFTING — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:49:51 GMT

After 14 Hours of Lynda.com instruction video's, I think I have a basic grasp on the software and feel confident I can implement

@JGallagherP3A wrote:
Any of the Paul Aubin courses on Lynda.com would be perfect for you.

Lynda.com - Revit Tutorials

Stick with it and really try not to fall back to AutoCAD. Technology moves way to fast if you're stuck in the "can't teach an old dog new tricks" mentality.

it within my company.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Re: Revit LT Beginner Help

Viveka_CD — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:47:01 GMT

Hi @JSCOTTDRAFTING

Just wanted to follow up and see if you were able to experiment with tools in Revit.

Let us know if you have additional questions and if you need assistance from the community!

Regards,