Duell Ryan - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016 Essentials

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For Stacey, Lucely, and Nathanielmore caffeine, less snow please!

Ryan

For RoMBIS, BoBTech, Reviteers, FormIteers, and TNT!

Tobias

For T and N, my two sidekicks.

Tessa

This has been an extraordinary year of change. I would like to first thank all of the family members who assisted us in transitioning out of our condominium and into our new homeit would not have been possible without your assistance. I would like to thank my wife, Stacey, for always being understanding about the crazy things I get myself involved in. I would like to give a huge round of thanks to everyone at Autodesk. From the QA guild to my agile team, your continued support, humor, and depth of knowledge is second to none. I couldn't ask for a better group of individuals to work (or share a beer) with. Next, Wileythis book would have never been possible without your talented staff, editing, and support, so thank you. And Tobias and Tessa, thank you for the solid teamwork and dedication getting another edition wrapped!

Ryan

Thanks to the lovely city of Boulder, Colorado, for the exciting year. The Boulder ADSK office especially has been great to work withthe team is brilliant and expedient. Thanks to my family for the support and bike ride destinations. Also, to Wiley, for making this book happen. Thanks to Ryan, for the solid, ahead-of-schedule work. Thanks to Tessa, for everything still. Thanks to Noelle, for the inspirational chatter.

Tobias

Thank you to Fnas Architecture for showing me how to have a career and be a mom. You can have it all. Thank you to my cowriters: to Ryan, for always (again) being one step ahead of the game, and Tobias, for your great dedication and sense of humor. We did it again! Thanks also to our technical editor, Jon McFarland, for keeping us on our toes. And an enormous thanks to our team at WileyStephanie McComb, Alexa Murphy, and the rest of the editorial stafffor making everything behind the scenes happen.

Tessa

Ryan Duell is a principal quality assurance analyst for Revit at Autodesk. He holds a bachelor's degree in design computing from Boston Architectural College. He started his career with cbt Architects in Boston, Massachusetts, working on a variety of project teams ranging from single-family residential to large commercial projects. Ryan transitioned into the BIM manager role, focusing on Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture and Autodesk Revit Architecture standards along with contributing assistance to project teams. At Autodesk, he spent several years in the product support organization providing Revit support for end users and enterprise accounts. In addition to working at Autodesk, Ryan teaches Revit at the Boston Architectural College and contributes to the Revit Clinic blog.

Tobias Hathorn is a licensed architect and user experience designer for Autodesk. He holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from Kansas State University. He started his career at BNIM Architects in Kansas City, Missouri, working on a one-million-square-foot IRS paper-processing center in Revit Architecture. After working as a liaison between BNIM and Moshe Safdie and Associates on the Kansas City Performing Arts Center, Tobias moved to Boston to join the Revit product team in Waltham, Massachusetts. Tobias has honed his knowledge and experience with Revit, especially the graphics and rendering features, over the past seven years in the quality assurance and user experience groups. He is currently working on Autodesk FormIt, a conceptual design tool to aid in the early stages of a BIM workflow. In his free time, he likes to bicycle and play Tetris.