Autodesk certifications are industry-recognized credentials that can help you succeed in your design career, providing benefits to both you and your employer. Getting certified is a reliable validation of skills and knowledge, and it can lead to accelerated professional development, improved productivity, and enhanced credibility.

This Autodesk Official Press guide can be an effective component of your exam preparation. Autodesk highly recommends (and we agree!) that you schedule regular time to prepare, review the most current exam preparation roadmap available at www.autodesk.com/certification, use Autodesk Official Press books, take a class at an Authorized Training Center (find one nearby here: www.autodesk.com/atc), and use a variety of resources to prepare for your certification—including plenty of actual hands-on experience.

To help you focus your studies on the skills you’ll need for these exams, the following tables show objectives that could potentially appear on an exam and in what chapter you can find information on that topic; when you go to that chapter, you’ll find certification icons like the one in the margin here.

Table A.1 is for the Autodesk Revit 2015 Certified User Exam and lists the section, exam objectives, and chapter where the information is found. Table A.2 is for the Autodesk Revit 2015 Certified Professional Exam. This book will give you a foundation for the basic objectives covered on the Certified User exam, but you will need further study and hands-on practice to complete and pass the Certified Professional exam.

Topic	Learning Objective	Chapter
User Interface: Definitions	Identify primary parts of the user interface (UI): tabs, application menu, InfoCenter, ribbon, Elevation tag, status bar, View Control Bar, Project Browser, context/right-click menus.	Chapter 1
User Interface: UI Navigation/Interaction	Name the key features of the ribbon. Define how a split button works. Demonstrate the three ways the ribbon can be displayed: Full Ribbon, Min to Panel Tiles, Min to Tabs. Demonstrate how to detach a panel and move it on the screen.	Not covered
	Describe the hierarchy in the Project Browser for a new project.	Chapter 1
	Define what “context” means when right-clicking in the drawing window.	Chapter 1
	Name the tools found on the Application menu (Save, Plot, Export, Print).	Chapter 1
	Demonstrate how to add items to the Quick Access toolbar.	Not covered
	Describe why the Options Bar changes.	Chapter 1
	Describe the function of the status bar.	Chapter 1
	Describe what pressing the Escape key does.	Chapter 1
User Interface: Drawing Window	Describe what double-clicking an elevation view marker does.	Chapter 1
	Demonstrate how to turn on/off the 3D Indicator.	Not covered
	Demonstrate how to change the view scale.	Chapter 1
User Interface: Navigation Control	Describe the functionality of the ViewCube.	Chapter 1
	Describe what the ViewCube home icon does.	Chapter 1
User Interface: Zoom	Describe how to zoom using the Navigation bar.	Chapter 1
	Describe the quickest way to zoom in or out.	Chapter 1
	Describe the quickest way to pan.	Chapter 1
File Management: Definitions	Define the acronym BIM and why it is important to Revit users.	Introduction
	Define a template file.	Not covered
File Management: Project Files	Identify the file extension of a project file (.rvt).	Chapter 1
	Identify the file extension of a template file (.rte). Create a template file for later project use.	Not covered
	Identify the file extension of a Revit family file (.rfa).	Chapter 5
File Management: Open Existing Revit Project	Locate the Recent File window.	Not covered
	Demonstrate how to open a Revit file through Projects Open and through Application menu Open Documents icon.	Chapter 1
File Management: Create New Revit Project	Demonstrate how to create a new Revit project folder and file through Application menu New Project.	Chapter 1
	Change to a metric drawing.	Not covered
	Add project information to a new drawing set.	Chapter 12
	Change system settings to create a new dimension style. Change arrows to architectural tick (obliques).	Chapter 11
Views: View Control and Properties	Navigate and change views using the View Control Bar.	Chapter 2
	Understand the view range of plan views and be able to change it.	Not covered
	Understand the purpose of view templates.	Not covered
	Change object visibility using temporary hide, hide category, and hide element.	Chapter 9
Views: View Types	Create section views including segmented ones.	Chapter 9
	Modify, crop, and place elevation views on a sheet.	Chapter 12
	Create and navigate 3D views.	Chapter 2
	Create callouts for details.	Chapter 11
	Create and annotate a drafting view.	Chapter 11
	Use the section box to create a cutaway 3D view.	Chapter 1
Views: Cameras	Create a camera view, and modify its orientation.	Not covered
	Create and edit a walkthrough.	Not covered
Levels: Definitions	Describe a level. Describe a use of a non-story level.	Chapter 1
	Understand how levels interact with intersecting views.	Chapter 1
	Create new levels.	Chapter 1
	Understand level properties and characteristics.	Chapter 1
Walls: Architecture tab Wall	Describe how to place walls.	Chapter 2
Walls: Options Bar	List options available when placing and modifying walls: Height, Location Line, Chain, Offset, Radius.	Chapter 2
Walls: Openings	Create a floor-to-ceiling opening in a given wall.	Chapter 2
Walls: Join	Demonstrate a join on crossing wall elements.	Chapter 2
Walls: Materials	Create a new wall type, and add given materials.	Chapters 2, 9
Doors: Architecture tab Door	Describe how to place doors.	Chapter 2
Doors: Options Bar	Describe door options: Vertical/Horizontal, Tag on Placement, Leader, Leader Attachment Distance.	Chapters 2, 5
Doors: Model in Place	Edit existing doors. Use Align to position a door.	Chapters 2, 5
Windows: Architecture tab Window	Describe how to place windows.	Chapter 2
Windows: Options Bar	Describe window options: Vertical/Horizontal, Tag on Placement, Leader, Leader Attachment Distance.	Chapters 2, 5
Windows: Model in Place	Edit existing windows.	Chapter 6
Component: Options Bar	List options available when placing a component.	Chapter 5
Component: Component Host	Describe how to move a component to a different host.	Chapter 5
Component: Families	Navigate to find component families and load them.	Chapter 5
	Edit a family file and save.	Chapter 6
Columns and Grids: Definitions	Identify the uses of a grid.	Chapter 1
Columns and Grids: Architecture Tab Grid	Create an equally spaced grid pattern.	Not covered
Columns and Grids: Grid Properties	List the options available when placing and modifying grids.	Not covered
Columns and Grids: Architecture Tab Column	Place columns on a grid.	Not covered
Columns and Grids: Column Properties	List the options available when placing and modifying columns.	Not covered
Columns and Grids: Modify	List the tools you can use to modify columns and grids.	Not covered
Stairs and Railings: Stair Types and Properties	Set the stair type.	Chapter 4
	Change the stair tread depth.	Chapter 4
Stairs and Railings: Stair Placement Options	Add a stair.	Chapter 4
Stairs and Railings: Railing Types and Properties	Set the railing to rectangular.	Chapter 4
	Set the railing properties.	Chapter 4
Stairs and Railings: Railing Placement Options	Add a railing.	Chapter 4
Roofs and Floors: Roof Types and Properties	Create a roof.	Chapter 3
	Modify the roof properties.	Chapter 3
Roofs and Floors: Roof Elements	Create a fascia, a soffit, and a gutter.	Not covered
Roofs and Floors: Floor Types and Properties	Set the floor type (Sloped and Tapered). Create a floor.	Chapter 3
Sketching: Geometry	Sketch geometry and profiles using all sketching tools: Lines, Arcs, Polygons, Rectangles.	Chapter 1
Sketching: Fillet, Trim	Fillet objects.	Not covered
	Trim objects.	Chapter 1
Sketching: Snaps	Describe the benefits of using snaps.	Chapter 2
	List the shortcuts to toggle a snap on and off.	Not covered
Annotations: Text	Add model text to a floor plan.	Not covered
Annotations: Dimensions	Add a dimension to a given floor plan. Create a wall section.	Chapters 11, 12
	Add a spot slope to a roof on a given plan.	Not covered
Annotations: Tags	Add tags.	Chapter 11
	Tag untagged elements in a given floor plan.	Chapter 8
Schedules: Schedule Types	Create a door schedule.	Not covered (While there is no specific coverage of a door schedule, creating schedules is covered in Chapter 12.)
	Create a window schedule.	Chapter 12
	Create a room schedule.	Chapters 8,12
Schedules: Legends	Create a legend.	Chapter 11
Schedules: Keynotes	Add keynotes.	Chapters 12, 13
Construction Document Sets: Sheet Setup	Create a title sheet with a sheet list.	Chapter 12
Construction Document Sets: Printing	Create view/sheet sets for printing.	Chapter 12
	Print in scale. Print with percentage.	Chapter 12
Construction Document Sets: Rendering	Render.	Chapter 9
	Place generic lights.	Not covered
Set the solar angle.		Chapter 9

These Autodesk exam objectives were accurate at press time; please refer to www.autodesk.com/certification for the most current exam roadmap and objectives.

Good luck preparing for your certification!