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We dedicate Mastering Autodesk Revit 2018 to our wives and families, who have supported the pursuit of our careers and the authoring of this book. Their encouragement, understanding, and flexibility to personal time is what made this body of work possible.

Lance, Eddy, Marcus

Ah, acknowledgments. Although all the glory of writing a book is mostly consumed by the authors, it takes so many more people than just us to actually make this happen. Just like building design, the process of writing and publishing a book is truly a team sportand without the hard work, dedication, and willingness to put up with the authoring team, this book would never have happened.

Of all the people to thank, first wed like to thank the staff at the Revit Factory. Without their fine work, this would be a very empty book. A special thanks to the three product managers, Harlan Brumm, Sasha Crotty, and Steven Campbell. And a huge thank-you to the rest of the Factory: thank you, guys and gals, for your hard work, innovative ideas, and desire to stay in touch with current design and construction issues.

Also, a big thanks to our technical team. They dot our is, cross our ts, and chide us every time we turn in something late. Their work and effort ensure that we as authors can produce something that you the reader can actually follow. So a thank-you to our amazing and patient developmental editor, Kelly Talbot, for putting up with our excuses and typos; to copyeditor Kim Wimpsett and proofreader Rebecca Rider for taking our slang and making it readable; and to production editor Dassi Zeidel for putting all the pieces together and getting it ready for print. Thanks also to Mary Beth Wakefield for watching the schedule and allowing us to use her as an excuse not to visit family on weekends or holidays during Book Season. A thank-you to Alexandra Bergin, technical editor, who has given a careful and detailed eye to all of our Revit workflows, and to our excellent support team at Sybex, who helped us develop all this foxy content.

The building photograph on the cover was designed by Antunovich Associates, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Verde Pointe is a recently completed residential and retail mixed-use development located along Lee Highway in Arlington, Virginia. The project continues a long-standing collaboration between Antunovich Associates and developer McCaffery Interests to deliver distinguished mixed-use projects across the nation. The uniquely designed development achieved LEED Gold certification and features two distinct portions with mixed-use residential, retail, and parking on the west side of Uhle Street and a 12-floor contemporary residential tower on the east. Common spaces play a central role at Verde Pointe, and the sustainability-driven design encourages environmentally friendly modes of transportation. A penthouse level in the residential tower with spectacular views of the greater Washington, DC, area also houses comprehensive tenant amenity spaces. These amenities, along with on-site retail opportunities, contribute to a first-class experience for residents and exemplify destination-type developments envisioned by McCaffery Interests.

Many thanks as well to photographer Dana Bowden for taking and sharing compelling pictures of this and other projects.

http://www.antunovich.com/projects/residential/verde-pointe

www.mccafferyinterests.com/portfolio/verde-pointe

Lance Kirby is a senior business consultant with Autodesk. Lances primary focus is accelerating the adoption of BIM and VDC practices among owners and their supply chain of designers and contractors. He received his bachelors degree in architecture from Mississippi State Universitys College of Architecture, Art, and Design and also studied at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, coincidentally alongside the creators of Graphisofts ArchiCAD. He spent six years in various architecture offices helping to produce everything from 400-square-foot fast-food kiosks in shopping malls to 7,000,000-square-foot federal prisons.