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The Revit Architecture Interface
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not need every command that a mechanical engineer would need. An electrical
engineer would not need the functionality that an architect would require.
What you will find as you start getting comfortable with Revit is that there are
many, many choices and options behind each command.
Let’s start at the beginning:
1. To open Revit Architecture, click the icon on your desktop (see
Figure 1.1), or choose Start
➣ All Programs ➣ Revit Architecture
2010 (see Figure 1.2).
FIGURE 1.1: You can launch Revit Architecture from the desktop icon.
2. After you start Revit, you see the Recent Files window shown in
Figure 1.3. The top row lists any projects you have been working on;
the bottom row lists any families you have been working on.
3. If you are firing up Revit for the first time, both of these columns will
be blank. At the bottom of each column, you are given a choice of cre-
ating a new model or of browsing for an existing one (see Figure 1.4).
4. Click the New… button.
5. The New Project dialog shown in Figure 1.5 opens. You can choose
to use the default template or no template, or you can even create a
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