Revit exercise for beginners

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone!

I am new to the community and just started learning Revit. Did all the exercises from the Autodesk tutorials which gave me a great taste as to how easy and intuitive Revit is!

However, I would like to practice more, and learn fast, so that once I start a new job I can hit the ground running (I am an interior designer in Australia BTW). Can anyone point me to good tutorials, ideally free, or tutorials within the AutoDesk website?

[ennujozlagam · Accepted solution]

hi, there are lots of video tutorials about revit in youtube, Just type "Revit Tutorials"

here are some

http://revittutorials.info/revit-architecture-tutorial/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUq6LNIOVxM

hope it helps. thanks

[L.Maas · Accepted solution]

If you want to use Revit for your job I would not hesitate to spend money to get educated. While all kinds of tutroials are nice, they are usually not sufficient. They are normally more geared to solve a single problem. However getting to know (complicated) software like Revit it wil be much more useful if you get an overall understanding of how it works, the concept of it all. For this it will help much more if you start of with a basic course. This can be classical (e.g Autodesk Reseller), video courses (e.g. infiniteskills, lynda) or a book (e.g mastering series.

After such a course you will have a much better understanding of how everything works together and where to look to solve particular problems.

[RedClayAssociates]

Check out Lynda.com    Paul Aubin and Brian Myers videos

[Anonymous]

Fantastic! Thanks a lot for the tutorials, ennujozlagam!

[Anonymous]

I entirely agree with you, EnlInt!
I did look into courses and found them quite expensive, having being out of job for 5 months now... I've heard Lynda is very good though. Perhaps a book could be a good option, thanks a lot for the advice!

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot RedClayAssociates! will check them out 🙂

[RedClayAssociates · Accepted solution]

Also  UDEMY.com is good

They allow you to purchase the learning video to use as long as you like.   Once you sign up they will send you notices of sales on learning videos

Which can be as little as 10 bucks.   Books are good too. I just havent found one that motivated me as much as the videos.  AU learning series are also

good.  They are lecture series videos from Autodesk University.  They cover a little more advanced Revit tips techniques and workflows.  But still a great amout of information to be picked up.    Revit's capabilities are so wide spread you could spend months learning and training  

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot, RedClayAssociate! I completely agree with you that videos are more motivating that books. Thank you for the advice once again!

[octavio2]

If you like to read while you learn, John Stine's book "Interior Design Using Autodesk Revit 201(year)" is very good and possibly includes more interior design issues than other Revit paperbacks in the market today.  It is well written with basic instructions and easy to follow steps from the very beginning, and feels like if you are building something from scratch (including the interior finishes, etc.).  If you commit to read it diligently, it is money and time well spent, and enjoyable for those interested in the interior aspects of architecture as well as of Revit.

[lC3FKZZT]

As a student, I agree with you 100%. The training modules are nice and very informative. Although I've noticed in reality, practicing would make more sense (especially if you're not working in the field consistently yet). A section with only practice exercises to complete would make the content being taught stick better for those who don't have access to work experiences yet. Even so, the workplace will expect a certain level of practice experience.

Could Autodesk include pages of 10-20 simple exercises to complete per module/skill? This can't be found on Youtube or Amazon as far as I know. Then retaining the knowledge would be more likely for students and entry level professionals. My school does not give any practice material. Of course we have projects - but that's practicing one thing - once. There are live tutorials too, but the downside of tutorials (whether live or on YouTube) is that it's only practicing one thing - once. With an exercise page presenting a variety of 10-20 exercises to complete within a day or week helps retain the information and apply it to a variety of scenarios.

[RobDraw]

There are projects all around you. Model your house or a favorite store. There are also tons resources available online that could provide practice projects. Heck, even Autodesk has sample projects that you can try to recreate.

Good luck...

[lC3FKZZT]

Not looking for projects...more specifically for small exercises. Make sense?

[RobDraw]

No. I think you may be limiting yourself. Many beginners practice by modeling something familiar to them.

[lC3FKZZT]

Yes, I understand what you are saying and what you mean. I have done a few. But unfortunately, that is not what I am saying or meaning.

[RobDraw]

It sounds like you are unwilling to listen to alternatives and you won't get Autodesk to provide what you want by asking here. I guess we both are wasting our time.