Hey all!

So, since there is not much new in my classes today I have decided to start introducing you to programs as I learn them and open some eyes to cool interior design “stuff” going on around us! Today i want to gush and rave about Revit. As I said before, it is an autodesk program that is FREE for students…. yes, free… that is sent from the heavens down into my little laptop to make my life so much easier. From the second I opened it, my fellow classmates and I fell in LOVE. If AutoCAD had a twin borther that was better looking, smarter, and just all around better… he would be Revit.

Now enough of my emotion love affair with the program, let me actually tell you what its all about. Autodesk Revit is Building Information Modeling software for Microsoft Windows, currently developed by Autodesk, which allows the user to design with parametric modeling and drafting elements. In other words it helps you construct 2D and 3D construction documents (at the very least) easily. It does much, much more than that, but that is all that I have used it for thus far.

“Revit Architecture helps you to work the way architects and designers think about buildings with an intuitive interface, conceptual building design tools, and the ability to make changes that update throughout your design documents, capture early design thinking to better support design, documentation, and construction, and to facilitate smarter, more sustainable design by analyzing materials, quantities, sun position and solar effects, and gain better design insight through in-process visualization and analysis.”

My favorite part is The Building Maker feature. It helps you transform your conceptual forms into fully functional designs. Select and add faces to design walls, roofs, floors, and curtain systems. So what this means is that with a press of a button, your plans turn into a 3D building exactly to your specifications!

To find out more about Revit, just do my favorite thing…Google it and try it out!!! Watch some online Revit tutorials while you’re at it. They are an extremely useful tool and help you learn all your programs so use them!

That is enough ranting and raving out of me for one day…

‘Till Next Time,

Kris =)