guitarchitect
2012-03-13, 05:49 PM
Hi all,
I work for a ~20 person architectural firm that, currently, does a lot of condominium projects. I have previously worked for an office that did similar work using ArchiCAD, and it worked pretty well. I'm now trying to set up this office for Revit (ArchiCAD's support and user base just aren't as good). Being new to the world of Revit, though, I'm pretty lost.
What I'm wondering is if any has (or knows where to find) sample projects so that I could see how offices utilize the software. I tried starting a few projects from the ground up, and would like to set up an office template, but there are just too many question marks floating around. I learned all about parameters for organizing drawings, for example, but I'm wondering if there are better ways. I worked in one office that used revit, but it was on such a small scale that I don't think it applies. And if anyone has any recommendations for families to get started with (for windows, doors, elevators, garage doors, structural elements, etc) I would love to hear it! Hopefully as I develop my template I can put together a ZIP file for others in my situation to use... a "master" set of families, as it were.
Anyway, thanks for your time and I look forward to any and all responses!
I work for a ~20 person architectural firm that, currently, does a lot of condominium projects. I have previously worked for an office that did similar work using ArchiCAD, and it worked pretty well. I'm now trying to set up this office for Revit (ArchiCAD's support and user base just aren't as good). Being new to the world of Revit, though, I'm pretty lost.
What I'm wondering is if any has (or knows where to find) sample projects so that I could see how offices utilize the software. I tried starting a few projects from the ground up, and would like to set up an office template, but there are just too many question marks floating around. I learned all about parameters for organizing drawings, for example, but I'm wondering if there are better ways. I worked in one office that used revit, but it was on such a small scale that I don't think it applies. And if anyone has any recommendations for families to get started with (for windows, doors, elevators, garage doors, structural elements, etc) I would love to hear it! Hopefully as I develop my template I can put together a ZIP file for others in my situation to use... a "master" set of families, as it were.
Anyway, thanks for your time and I look forward to any and all responses!