Foreword

If you have come this far, the concept of building information modeling (BIM) is on your mind, and I commend you for that! I can also assure you that you are in the right place. My name is Lynn Allen, Autodesk Technical Evangelist, and after 25 years in the CAD and design industry, the writing couldn't be clearer on the wall. BIM is here to stay, and Revit is the software product that will take you there.

If I were to take a Revit course right now, the writers of this book—Eddy Krygiel, Phil Read, and James Vandezande—would be the ultimate teachers. Each of them is a BIM star in their own right—top-rated Autodesk University speakers, highly respected industry leaders, the true Revit and BIM evangelists. Having their combined mindshare ...

Get Mastering: Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.