REVIT ARCHITECTURE II - Intermediate Building Information Modeling

What you learn: REVIT is awesome. Learn the PRACTICAL benefits of adding REVIT into your professional toolbox. Learn how to save time and money by using REVIT over the savings using AutoCAD.

Prerequisite: Fundamental working knowledge of the Windows environment, REVIT ARCHITECTURE I or instructor approval. At least 1 year of AutoCAD drafting experience preferred.

Course Description: This is a hands-on introduction to Revit Architecture, on the Windows platform. Revit Architecture is the most prominent building information modeling (BIM) program designed specifically for architects and designers. The course will utilize lectures, hands-on demonstrations and lab exercises to familiarize participants with the more advanced concepts and tools utilized in Revit Building. The course covers topics that will reveal how the software integrates 3D modeling and 2D documentation.

Class Project: In the class, we continue our work on a commercial building. In this series of classes, we build parametrics for cabinetry, create door and window schedules, door types and cost schedules. We crate advanced wall types, including the use of tapered walls and curtain walls. We finish up the class creating details and enlarged section views.

Course Topics:

Class 1
Creating an Area Plan
Room and Room Tag Review
Area Schemes
Area Names and Area Types
Color Fills
Edit Color Scheme
Area Types
Creating Area Schedules
Fields
Sorting
Formatting Calculated Totals
Creating Door Schedules
Door Tags
Tag All Not Tagged
Formatting
Group Headers
Appearance
Filter
Creating a Door Legends
Creating a Legend
Legend Components
Working with Sheets
Creating a New Sheet
Editing Sheet Content
Project Information Settings
Inserting Views into Sheets

Class 2
Creating a 2D Plan Family
Importing Existing CAD Furniture Blocks
Adding Controls
Creating a 2D Plan and Elevation Family
Importing existing CAD files
Wall-based Families
Using reference planes
Element Visibility
Creating a 3D Parametric Family
Modeling 3D Elements using Solid Form
Adding dimension based parameters
Symbolic Lines
Controlling visibility of objects in plan and elevation

Class 3
Refining Graphics
Split Face
Paint - Applying Material to Split Face
Edit Cut Profile
Wall Sweeps
Model vs. Detail Lines
Linework
Line Graphic Settings
Line Weights
Line Patterns
Line Styles
Objects Styles
Fill Patterns
Materials

Class 4
Family Basics – Creating an Annotation Family
Creating a custom Conventional Tag
Creating a custom System Family Tag
Creating Custom Title Blocks
Labels
Inserting Images
Printing
Navigating the print dialog box
Saving print settings
Dealing with Worksets
Enabling Worksharing
Default Worksets
Element Borrowing
Selectively Opening Worksets
Saving Safely in Workset-based Projects
Setting Up a Project Template


Grading: Class participants will receive a grade for their contributions to the class. There will be quizzes and tests to ensure that class participants fully understand the topics being presented.

Open labs: Open labs are available for use in completing homework assignments and for additional "practice time" by the class participants. There is an additional cost for using open labs. Please contact us to receive that information.