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Revit Architecture 2008—English

Download the complete documentation set for Revit® Architecture 2008. From the User’s Guide to metric and imperial tutorials, here’s where you’ll find everything you need to get started.

Tutorials (CHM)

A complete set of self-paced training exercises is available for you to use to become more productive using Revit Architecture.

IMPORTANT: Follow these steps to successfully download the online tutorial.

  1. Close the Revit Architecture online Help window with the tutorial download instructions. You will replace this CHM file with a new file that contains the complete set of online tutorials.
  2. Click an EXE file below (Imperial or Metric) and save the file to C:\Program Files\Revit Architecture 2008\Program.
  3. Open C:\Program Files\Revit Architecture 2008\Program.
  4. Right-click TutorialsBuildingImpENU.chm or TutorialsBuildingMetENU.chm, select Properties, clear the attribute Read-only, and click OK.
  5. Double-click the EXE file that you saved in step 2, RAC_IMP_Tutorials.exe or RAC_MET_Tutorials.exe.
  6. Under Unzip to folder, verify C:\Program Files\Revit Architecture 2008\Program is specified, and click Unzip.
  7. Click OK and close the dialog.
  8. In Revit Architecture 2008, click Help menu >Tutorials.

Revit Architecture Imperial Tutorials (.exe format - 21 MB)

Revit Architecture Metric Tutorials  (.exe format - 20 MB)

Tutorials (PDF)

Revit Architecture Imperial Tutorials  (pdf - 20.7 MB)

Revit Architecture Metric Tutorials  (pdf - 19.8 MB)

Revit Architecture Metric Tutorials (A4)  (pdf - 19.7 MB)

Imperial Datasets

Double-click each file below to download (files will be copied to: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\RAC 2008\Training\Imperial).

Revit Architecture - Getting Started (.exe format - 3 MB)

Revit Architecture - Developing Your Designs (.exe format - 42 MB)

Revit Architecture - Documenting Your Projects 1 (.exe format - 88 MB)

Revit Architecture - Documenting Your Projects 2 (.exe format - 82 MB)

Revit Architecture - Viewing and Rendering (.exe format - 27 MB)

Revit Architecture - Importing and Exporting (.exe format - 3 MB)

Revit Architecture - Creating Families (.exe format - 8 MB)

Revit Architecture - Using Advanced Features (.exe format - 43 MB)

Revit Architecture - Customizing Project Settings (.exe format - 9 MB)

Metric Datasets

Double-click each file below to download (files will be copied to: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\RAC 2008\Training\Metric).

Revit Architecture - Getting Started (.exe format - 4 MB)

Revit Architecture - Developing Your Designs (.exe format - 47 MB)

Revit Architecture - Documenting Your Projects 1 (.exe format - 72 MB)

Revit Architecture - Documenting Your Projects 2 (.exe format - 97 MB)

Revit Architecture - Viewing and Rendering (.exe format - 28 MB)

Revit Architecture - Importing and Exporting (.exe format - 3 MB)

Revit Architecture - Creating Families (.exe format - 8 MB)

Revit Architecture - Using Advanced Features (.exe format - 42 MB)

Revit Architecture - Customizing Project Settings (.exe format - 8 MB)

Getting Started

This is a quick guide to get the basics on how to start a project in Revit Architecture.

Getting Started with Revit Architecture (pdf - 537KB)

User’s Guide

This document contains all the information available in the Revit Architecture Help.

Revit Architecture User's Guide (pdf - 16.7 MB)

Revit Architecture User’s Guide (A4 size) (pdf - 16.7 MB)

Revit Architecture User's Guide (.chm format) (chm - 61.4 MB)

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