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About the Authors

Thomas S. Weir is Director of BIM and CAD operations at Brandow & Johnston in Los Angeles. He is co-chairman and founder of the L.A. Revit Users Group, moderates the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Revit Structural forum, teaches Revit Structure at Autodesk University, and wrote the first Autodesk Official Training Courseware for Revit Structure. Jamie D. Richardson is an associate and CAD/BIM Manager for Ericksen Roed & Associates in the Twin Cities area. He speaks at Autodesk University, is active in his local Revit User Group, and mentors students at local technical colleges. David J. Harrington, former president and former board member of AUGI, is currently a structural designer for Walter P. Moore. He writes for industry publications, is the technical editor for AUGIWorld magazine, teaches at Autodesk University, and maintains a popular blog (caddhelp.blogspot.com).

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These three authors are a virtual dream team of Revit Structure expertise and industry knowledge.
From the Foreword by Nicolas Mangon, Building Industry Director, Autodesk, Inc.

Structure Your Designs the Revit Way

Whether you're a structural engineer, designer, or draftsperson, now you can become quickly productive in Revit Structure 2010 with this comprehensive guide. The expert author team combines years of engineering and Revit experience to give you detailed instruction in basic concepts and professional techniques, while also revealing Revit tricks, tips, and workarounds not well documented elsewhere.

Learn how to model structural elements, then delve into advanced family creation, standards development, modeling, visualizing, and analytics. Explore Revit Structure 2010's enhanced worksharing capabilities, the newly updated user interface, and improved interoperability with other programs. Packed with real-world solutions and striking examples in full color, this is your indispensable guide to Revit Structure.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding how parametric modeling frees you to focus on your designs
• Exploring the broad array of tools in Revit Structure's user interface
• Viewing and referencing plan, section, elevation, and model views simultaneously while you design
• Applying scheduling, annotation, and dimensioning info as you go, for speedier workflows
• Creating and presenting 3D visualizations that bring your designs to life
• Using analytical tools to test and simulate, then refine your designs
• Adding custom content and building your own component libraries