Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014: No Experience Required

Chapter 5

Dimensioning and Annotating

This chapter focuses on giving you the ability to dimension and annotate a model. After the novelty of having a really cool model in 3D wears off, you need to buckle down and produce some bid documents. This is where the Autodesk® Revit® Architecture program must prove its functionality. You should ask yourself, “Can Revit produce drawings consistent with what is acceptable according to national standards and—more important—my company’s standards? And, if so, how do I get to this point?” These are the questions that owners and managers will be asking you. If you’re an owner or a manager, then you should be asking yourself these questions.

• Selecting and applying dimensioning
• Using dimensions as a layout tool ...