LEARNING REVIT

[mikeK4LWB]

I am an Architect and have been for over thirty years. I came up on the drawing boards (much more fun and relaxing) and began using AutoCad 2.17...(years old), and I have been using Autodesk Architecture since it came on the market. 

I can use Revit some, but I really need to get into the weeds and really learn the software correctly and stop having to go to YouTube to watch a video about how to perform a task. I find myself having to go around the world to create a simple view of an item that could have been drawn in two minutes.  I am a "Detailest" meaning I put a lot of detail in my drawings; that is a carryover from the drawing board days and working under master architects (one being an understudy of Wright, he would demand that the brick coursing on an exterior elevation at 1/4 inch scale be TO SCALE). Yea, I redrew a few elevations until I got the picture! 

Can someone please give me some guidance on this? I am not necessarily looking for free learning; I just want the best training! I have asked other architects that strictly use nothing but Revit to produce their projects how to do this using the software. Their answer IS, 'WE JUST FAKE IT!" I don't want this answer; I want to know the right way to do it!

Can Someone Pleas Help?

[mhiserZFHXS]

It sounds to me like you're doing the right thing. I took a single Revit course at a community college before starting grad school, which was useful, but it barely scratched the surface. Everything I've learned since then has been via YouTube, this forum, and just figuring it out.

The hardest thing is figuring out what you don't know you don't know. Once you know something exists, its relatively easy to find a how-to explanation on how to do it. But if you don't even know certain features exist, you can't look up how to do it. That's why I peruse this forum so frequently. I've been using Revit professionally for almost two years now, and I've really gone out of my way to learn everything I can. Even then, I am still learning new things just from reading here.

[mikeK4LWB]

Thanks for the quick response. One of my problems is how to produce highly detailed elevations. I do a lot of classical architecture (yea, people still want it) and I have troubling just producing exterior elevations of a square box (aircraft hangar). I see other architects elevations that are the quality that I am looking for, and it’s Man, how do I get there without spending four days and nights modeling a handrail.

[mhiserZFHXS]

Hard to give specific advice on that. But if you have specific examples, you can always share drawings, pictures, etc and someone will likely be willing to try to work through it with you.

One thing that might be helpful, just remember not everything has to be 3D modeled. The line for when something should be modeled vs drawn will vary from person to person. If you have a super ornate handrail for instance, you might have something more generic that is modeled to show in your larger scale plans/sections, and then manually draw something more detailed for... details.

[RSomppi]

Check with a local reseller.

Linked In Learning has some excellent courses covering a variety of subjects.

Community colleges and/or trade schools near you may have some offerings.