Chapter 2. Revit Fundamentals

The power of a database is that information can be easily accessed, managed, queried, and updated. A Revit project is essentially a database that makes it easy to quickly identify elements, control their visibility and graphics, and generate reports based on this information. The data is highly structured, but you have tremendous liberty when it comes to the representation of that data. This flexibility lets you have as many views as you want or need to convey your design intent. Every view is a filtered, graphical representation of an underlying database, and you're free to make as many views of this data as you deem necessary.

The sooner you embrace this concept and start exploring the opportunities it presents, ...

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