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Best resources for learning Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, etc.

Hello,

I'm looking to get the jump on some of these tools before I start class in late February. Where have you found good resources, tutorials, books, etc for teaching yourself how to become proficient with these bad boys?

 
Aug 29, 11 11:41 am
arri

Community college is a good place to learn  autocad. Don't forget about photoshop and illustrator.  I wouldn't worry about Revit just yet. You need to know a little about how a house or building is constructed to use Revit well.

Aug 29, 11 12:28 pm  · 
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m...

Coming in to arch from communication design so I've worked with creative suite for a long while. I'll take a look into courses offered in my city for CAD, though. Thanks.

Aug 29, 11 1:07 pm  · 
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dawnchorus

lynda.com is a great website for learning these and other software. 

some other free sites are:

http://designreform.net/category/tutorials/

http://digitaltoolbox.info/  (rhino and grasshopper)

Aug 29, 11 2:08 pm  · 
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TheRevitKid

www.TheRevitKid.com

 

Shameless plug.... But I do have over 200 video tutorials for free! 

Sep 13, 11 8:48 pm  · 
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For Revit, I would say that the best resource out there right now is at the BIM Curriculum : 

http://bimcurriculum.autodesk.com/exercise/exercise-111-modeling-exterior-and-interior-walls is an example video.

Digital Toolbox and Design Reform for sure, Toolbox has a better set of tutorials for beginners... McNeel also has a lot of good information on their Vimeo page : 

http://vimeo.com/rhino

The Revit Kid has some good videos, but unfortunately they are poorly organized and hard to pick up for a beginner (unless I am missing something about the experience of the site, in which case, please elaborate!) There isn't much of a narrative to the order in which you view the tutorials.

AutoCAD can be best learned at CadTutor.net

http://www.cadtutor.net/tutorials/autocad/learning-autocad-2012.php

There are a huge number of videos that are available on the Autodesk YouTube channel for learning their software, as well as on the Autodesk Education site where you can download the software for free if you have a .EDU e-mail address.

Sep 13, 11 8:56 pm  · 
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idiotwind

m... what's your email? i'll send you some rhino things

 

 

 

Sep 14, 11 11:52 pm  · 
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dassouki

I did this a few months ago http://97.107.136.148/Autocad_tutorial_v1.pdf

1. The only mods I'd do to it is the weld shortcut is weld. I had forgotten that I changed it on my computer.

2. You should know about the psltscale command that you should setup to 0 on every layout to make the line styles match the layout. However, this could be mitigated by other ways and methods depending on your preference.

I'm working on a version 2 now

Sep 15, 11 1:10 pm  · 
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m...

Hey, blackharp email me@ gordonmarkparsons@gmail.com Thank you in advance.

Sep 17, 11 9:13 pm  · 
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TheRevitKid

Michael Bergin, my site is a blog not a website so the posts have not relative order.  There is a link at the top to view all the tutorials and simply scroll through them... I suggest using the search bar at the top right.  It will pick up any keywords about any tutorials I have...  

The blog slowly took form as I kept posting over the years and I would like to categorize the tutorials one day but there are over 200 tutorials and even more tips so the search button is your best bet.

-Jeff  at   www.TheRevitKid.com

Dec 19, 11 9:30 pm  · 
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