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Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects

You're reading from   Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects A practical guide to using Revit workflows to improve productivity and efficiency in BIM projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800566804
Length 492 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Enhancing Your Productivity in Revit with Data Management and Templates
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Productivity in Revit FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Project Data Management 4. Chapter 3: Revit Template and Standards 5. Section 2: Setting Up Revit Projects Efficiently and Exploring Core Functionalities
6. Chapter 4: Starting a Revit Project Efficiently 7. Chapter 5: Core Revit Functionalities 8. Section 3: Adding Visualizations and Dashboards to Your Data
9. Chapter 6: Visual Programming with Dynamo 10. Chapter 7: Dashboard Analyses with Power BI 11. Section 4: Collaborating with Consultants and Plugins and Improving Revit Performance
12. Chapter 8: Collaborating with Consultants 13. Chapter 9: Enhancing Productivity with Plugins 14. Chapter 10: Improving Performance 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding schedule management

You can use Revit schedules to create a list of components from your model that automatically update when the model changes.

In Revit, six schedule types are available:

Figure 5.1 – Revit schedule types

Let's look at these in detail:

  • Schedule/Quantities

    This schedule type is the most used schedule to quantify elements in the model. You can find multiple object categories here, such as Curtain Panels, Doors, Furniture, Rooms, Walls, Windows, and others.

  • Graphical Column Schedules

    Graphical Column Schedules are used to visualize a column's height, size, and material in a chart.

  • Material Takeoff

    The Material Takeoff schedule type calculates the materials in the project. We can use it to estimate quantities and for support cost analysis.

  • Sheet List

    The Sheet List schedule type lists all the sheets in the project. It can provide an overview of all project sheets.

  • Note Block

    The Note Block...

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