Revit Up

Here are some tips for getting to grips with Autodesk Revit

Sign up and register to http://students.autodesk.com
You will to need to use your myvuw.ac.nz email address so they confirm you are a student.
Revit 2010 is installed on the school computers, and the school is going to make the installation files available so you don't have to download them, but you will need to register to get a serial number if you want to install it on your home computer. It's only available in a Windows version.

Check out
R:\Course_Material\ARCI\ARCI212\Tutorials\TutorialsArchitectureMetENU_ARCI212.pdf
and
http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=content_box_layout_view_v3&layout_id=75
CLICK on E-Courses and choose Learning Revit Architecture 2010 from the list.

Be aware of a major difference in the look between 2009 and 2010. Look for any tutorials which are specifically 2010 else it will get confusing. The new version is 2011 which is pretty much the same as 2010 but does have slight differences.

the Revit Kid is a popular resource although personally I'm not a fan of his tutorials...

Check out these blogs. They range from the helpful to the irrelevant.

BIM Troublemaker
buildz
ClubRevit
Do U Revit?
Inside the Factory
Revit
Revit Detail
Revit Elemental
revit in plain english
REVIT Rocks !
Revit Zone
The Revit Clinic
The Revit Kid.com!
What Revit Wants

Anyone else got some great resources?