Product Description

Autodesk Revit Building 9 for Designers & Architects is a comprehensive textbook that explains the concepts and principles of Autodesk Revit Building through practical examples, tutorials, and exercises. This enables users to harness the power of Autodesk Revit Building for their specific use. The author has adopted the project-based approach with learn-by-doing as the theme in this textbook. This approach guides users through the process of creating designs given in this textbook. About 40 real-world building designs and architectural examples are used as projects to enable users to relate them to the real-world designs.

Salient Features of the Textbook

· Consists of 15 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence. These chapters cover the topics such as Basic Building Components, Site Features, Massing, Annotations, Schedules, Cost Estimation, Rendering, Walkthrough, and so on.

· The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that will be covered in it.

· Every chapter begins with the command section that provides the detailed explanation of the Autodesk Revit Building 9 commands.

· Additional information is provided throughout the book in the form of tips and notes.

· Self-evaluation test and review questions are provided at the end of each chapter so that the users can assess their knowledge.

Free Teaching and Learning Resources

CADCIM Technologies provides the following free teaching and learning resources with the textbooks:

· Free online technical support at techsupport@cadcim.com

· All models used in tutorials, exercises, and illustrations

· Customizable PowerPoint presentations for every chapter in this textbook

· Instructor’s guide that provides solutions to review questions and exercises provided in the textbook

· Student projects to enhance the skills

To access these free teaching resources, please send your contact information to sales@cadcim.com, mentioning clearly your name, designation, university/college, street address, city, state, zip, and country.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #531882 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-20
• Binding: Paperback
• 672 pages

About the Author

This textbook has been jointly authored by Prof Sham Tickoo and the CAD Engineers at CADCIM Technologies, USA.

Sham Tickoo is professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Purdue University Calumet, USA where he has taught design, drafting, CAD, and other engineering courses for over fifteen years. Before joining Purdue University, Prof. Tickoo has worked as a machinist, quality control engineer, design engineer, engineering consultant, and software developer. He has received a US patent for his invention "Self Adjusting Cargo Organizer for Vehicles". Professor Tickoo also leads the team of authors at CADCIM Technologies to develop world-class teaching and learning resources for Computer Aided Design And Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and related technologies.

The team at CADCIM Technologies, under the leadership of Professor Sham Tickoo, Purdue University Calumet, USA, consists of engineering professionals, experienced authors, and editors who have extensive experience in CAD/CAM, manufacturing, design engineering, and education. CADCIM Technologies is one of the world’s leading providers of quality CAD/CAM textbooks and online training services. It also provides free teaching and learning resources to faculty and students. Working with the mission of providing reliable, cost-effective and competitive engineering solutions to the manufacturing industry, the company has established an unrivalled market worldwide through its textbooks on CAD/CAM software such as NX, CATIA, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, EdgeCAM, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit Building, and AutoCAD LT. Apart from being well appreciated for the simplicity of content, clarity of style, and the in-depth coverage of subject, the textbooks published! by CADCIM have been translated in many languages including Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian, and Serbian.