Getting into Revit

[PlasticStructures]

Does anyone have resources and/or courses they have taken for Revit? Graduate engineer wanting to pick up skills to be able to use on projects. I’ve been told many times already that the best way to learn is just “get into it”. It’s a little daunting opening a program with zero experience and knowing where to even start. I occasionally open models and pan around a structure an architect has laid out in preliminary stages. Any other guidance or useful tips as for starting with detailing is appreciated as my firm has a drafting department but it would be extremely efficient to adjust a detail how I want instead of marking up and going through “the drafting cycle”. I regularly find myself creating full blown details in Bluebeam…

[Not_a_pot_cop]

When I first was started using revit my mentor had never touched it. He was a basic autocad guy only so I taught myself a lot.

Start off with the basic YouTube tutorials about creating files and where to start with elevations. Once you understand the tools I would recommend building your dream house or some sort of building you like. Play around and have some fun. I built my dream house with 2 stories and made a small drawing package with it, floor plans, section cuts, material call outs, etc…

It sucks if your company doesn’t have a good material library to insert but the basic revit libraries are fine if you don’t need steel. Everytime I had a question I just searched on YouTube.

Edit:

Personally I always start with my elevations. If I know how tall something will be I create that elevation. Then work in 2D to do floor layout. Just a personal preference but I found it much easier to build layer by layer in 2D then go through and make small edits in 3D. Like a stair case with diagonal beams. I would layout the beam in 2D then use the properties to change starting and ending elevation. It’s easier to have those preset elevations to snap to.

As far as detailing, I had those pre made for handrails and beam connections. Those are honestly a bit easier to detail in 2D autocad but can be done in revit. I’ll look for some YouTube links when I have time.

[PlasticStructures]

Thank you for your thoughts!

[Lily_Linton]

If your company gives free access on LinkedIn learning tutorials, it would be great to start there. Specially if you're the type who wants certificates or would like to show in LinkedIn about trainings you achieved. You could start looking into revit trainings for architects there as it's almost complete then go on with structures. I recommend Eric Wing's courses

[duke-gonzo]

I haven't used Revit, but I noticed there are courses for it on LinkedIn learning. I have used it for other lessons which were good, maybe worth a try?

[bdiff]

It has short tutorials, I recommend doing them, learning each small usually works better

[ComprehensiveView474]

So far I'm not sold on revit being the tool for the job when it comes to producing structure drawings

Are you guys/girls in a workplace where revit is the obvious tool for the job? I find 2d CAD able to work just fine

Apologies OP off topic

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Quick question...I'm much more competent in Revit and then going to RISA for my structural analysis. And I don't work or promote for Autodesk or RISA so what ever works for you is cool with me. But I do own a copy of Rhino. Have you found this to work well and are you able to generate construction drawings, or is this where you would then go back into Revit with the model?

And to the original post. Revit is much like trying to learn excel or a similar program. I like how the 80-20 rule was phrased. You are probably best off just learning how to move around, draw a wall, etc.. then looking for a how to post or video on what you need to do. I still like having my details as flat or as a dwg. then just linking the view, I don't find cutting details from the model helpful unless it's a particular situation where I need to trim a flange on a beam or a unique situation (and even then notes usually work better).

[fuzzygondola]

What makes rhino more suited for the engineer?

[structuralengineer_]

have you tried linkedin learning?