Welcome Wesley BennChairman

Revit Technology Conference

Previous competition entries

• Housekeeping– Registration:

• The Registration Desk is located directly outside the Theatre. All delegates should have checked in at the desk to collect their name badges and event materials, and to be entered for...

– Door Prize• Your name was entered as you registered on arrival this morning• Drawn at the end of the day• You MUST be here to collect or the prize will be redrawn

– Competition• Yes, there is a competition running!• Two categories:

– Presentation – General work carried out to communicate design intent, whether rendered, shaded, or a combination of formats

– Documentation – Construction focused detailing and documentation

• Rules:– Work must be carried out in Revit!

– There must not be any identifying information on the image

– All material must be provided as JPEG format images (for upload to voting website)

– www.rugsyd.com.au/rtc2007/competition

– Site opens: September 1st

– Entries close: September 14th

– Voting closes: October 19th

• Prizes:– Presentation – NFR copy of your nominated Autodesk software

– Documentation – Free registration (including accommodation) for two people (delegate and guest) at RTC 2008

• Why are we here?– Training

• Focus on how to improve, not how to use• Best practices, project setup, tips and tricks• The Fast and the Furious III: RTC

– Community• RTC is a user driven event• Presenters are users of the software, so understand your approach and your needs• Not a sales venue – discuss the problems, not just the ‘pretty bits’

• What should we take away from today?– Handouts!– Setup

• What to do to be ready before you start• How to get started• Developing good habits and avoiding bad

– Possibilities• See how existing users are achieving results• See what can be achieved with the software• See some of the new features in Revit 2008• Hear about some of the development process

• Examples:– RSI of the left pointer finger?

• In the element properties dialogue box you can click in some fields and select an entry from a pull down list

• By clicking at the point where the pull down list will appear, you can save one click... !!!! (if you do this 100 times a day, this is a big deal)

– Which room was that?• When tagging a room, you can click on the name and then type in a new

name• If you have a room schedule, the names are available here• Tile the windows so that you can see the room schedule and plan

simultaneously• Select a room in the schedule, see how it highlights in the plan, change

the name in the schedule

Thanks to a whole lot of people who over the years have helped me to learn Revit, and who have contributed some of the tips and images shown here.