Revit Architecture

Total Duration : 30 Days

Session

Topics

Day 1

•            Introduction o Building Information Modelling o Revit Architecture

•             History

•             Features

•             Projects

•             Project Templates

•             Default Project Template

•             Revit File Types

•             Exploring the User Interface

•             Building Elements

•             Revit Elements and Families

•             Starting a Project

 Day 2

•             Drawing Aids

•             Project Units

•             Listening and Temporary Dimensions

•             Levels o Adding Levels o Modifying Levels o Level Properties

o Creating New Level Element Type o

Constrain Level Lines o Remove Level Lines

•             Walls o Drawing a plan as per dimension

 Day 3

Walls o Wall Properties o Arc Walls

o Creating a wall element type o

Compound Structure

o Vertically Compound Walls o Adding Sweeps and Reveals o Wall Shapes and Openings o Stacked Walls

     Wall Joins

     Working with Grids

 Day 4

Editing Commands

o Move o Copy o

Paste

•  Editing Pasted Elements

•  Paste Aligned o Create Similar o Rotate o Mirror o Array o Scale o Trim / Extend o Offset o Align

     Doors o Placing Doors

o           Door Properties o

Load From Family

     Windows o Placing Windows o Window Properties

     Constraint Doors / Windows     Match

     Visibility Graphics

     Tape Measure

Day 5

Components

o         Loading Component o Placing Components o Modifying Properties

o         Introduction to Modern Medium Library

     Managing Views

o         Floor Plan View

o Ceiling Plan View o Cutting a Plan View o Plan Region o Elevation View o Section View o 3D Views o Cropping a View

o         Visibility and Graphics Display o View Templates

Day 6

     Dimensions o Temporary Dimensions o Permanent Dimensions

     Constraints o Applying and Removing Constraints

Day 7

Floors o Creating Floors

o Placing Elements on a Sloped Floor     Ceilings o Creating

Ceilings

 Day8

Roofs o Roof by Footprint o Roof by Extrusion o Join/unjoin roofs o Roof Ridges

     Openings

o On Face o Vertical Opening o Shaft opening o Dormer opening o Wall

opening

 Day 9

Curtain Walls o Creating Curtain Walls o Curtain Grids o Mullions

o Reshaping Curtain Wall Panels o Merging Curtain Wall Panels o Adding Curtain Door Panel

     Embedded Walls

 Day 10

     Stairs o Creating Stairs o Stair Calculator o Modifying Stairs o Stair Properties

     Ramp

     Railing

 Day 11 & 12

Massing o

Introduction

o    Creating In-Place Masses using Forms

•  Extrusion

•  Revolve

•  Sweeps

•  Loft o Modifying Forms

•  Adding an Edge to a Form

•  Adding a Profile to a Form

•  Rehosting Forms o Surface Forms

•  Rationalizing Surface

•  Patterning Surface o Mass Family

o    Creating Building Elements

•  Walls

•  Mass Floors

•  Curtain System

•  Roofs

 Day 13

     Text & Tag     Callout views

     Creating Details o Inserting a Detail Component o Repeating Detail

Drafting Views

o Import from CAD     Reference Callouts

 Day 14

Schedules o Introduction

o         Creating Schedule and Quantities

o         Custom Parameters o Modifying Schedules o

Material Takeoff o Exporting Schedule

 Day 15

Rooms

o         Room Plans

o         Room Separation Line and Boundaries o Room Schedule

o

     Areas

o Area Schemes o Area Plans o Area Boundaries

o Area Tags o Color Schemes

     Legend Views     Keynotes

 Day 16

Structural Modelling o Structural Template o Structural Component Families o Structural Columns o Beams o Joins and Cutback o Beam System o Braces o Structural Walls o Foundations o Structural Floor

 Day 17

Sheet o Title Block o Adding a Sheet o Adding Views to a Sheet

o Modifying a View on a Sheet o

Creating a Title Sheet     Printing

 Day 18

     Lights

     Rendering

     Walkthrough Solar Studies

 Day 19

Site Design o Creating Toposurface o Contours

•  Contour line Label o

Modifying Toposurface

•  Subregion

•  Split

•  Merge o Building Pads o Graded Regions o Parking Components o Site Components

 Day 20

Working in a Team

o Introduction o

Worksets

 Day 21

Working with Linked Models

o Linking Revit Models o

Nested Link o Managing Links

o Shared Positioning

o Acquiring and Publishing Coordinates

 Day 22

     Design Option     Project Phasing

     Export

 Day 23

     Materials Decal

     Interference Checking

     Customizing Project Settings o

Fill Patterns

o Line Styles and Line Weights o

Line Patterns     Import / Link

     Groups

 Day 24

In-Place Families o

Setting Work Planes

o Creating and Modifying In-Place Families

 Day 25

Family Creation o

Introduction

o Creating a Swing Door Family

 Day 26

Family Creation o Creating a Sliding Window Family o Creating Arch Window Family

 Day 27

Family Creation o Creating a New Furniture Family o Staircase Customization

 Day 28

2011 Updates o User Interface Enhancements o Graphics Enhancements o Updates in Massing o Updates in Material o Sheet Enhancements o Floor Enhancements o Sun Path Analysis

o Background Images in Rendering

 Day 29

2011 Updates o Family Creation with Adaptive Components

•            Curtain Panel Pattern 1

•            Curtain Panel Pattern 2

•            Create a Helix

 Day 30

2011 Updates o Family Creation with Adaptive Components

•  Grill Design

•  Net Design o Family Editor Enhancements

     Reporting Parameter