REVIT ARCHITECTURE 2008-2014

Course details

Revit Architecture training offers courses on Building Information Model software for architecture design and modeling. The courses on Revit architecture are designed for architects, contractors, designers, civil engineers and other related professionals. Revit training is intended to provide understanding of important aspects of digital drawings and 3D models that provide guidance on designing various components of building digitally in a 3D view. As Revit architecture is gaining popularity around the world for designing perfect building components and planning construction resources accordingly, the individuals that are trained in implementing building 

Courses Outline- REVIT ARCHITECTURE

The Revit World

• The Revit Architecture Interface
• The Revit Workflow
• The Ribbon
• The View Window
• Object Selection
• Modifying and Mirroring
• Building on Existing Geometry
• View Control and Object Display
• The Project Browser
• Windows
• File Types and Families
• System and Hosted Families (.rfa)
• Using Revit Template File (.rte)
• Using Revit Family Files (.rft)

Creating a Model

• Placing Walls
• Adding Exterior Walls
• Adding Interior Walls
• Placing Interior Partitions
• Editing Wall Joins
• Placing Doors and Windows into Your Walls
• Adding Doors
• Placing Openings in Your Walls
• Adding Windows

Creating Views

• Creating Levels
• Adding Levels
• The Composition of a Level
• Other Level Adjustments
• Creating Building Sections
• Making Building Modifications in a Section.
• Adding Wall Sections
• Creating Detail Sections
• Modifying Ceiling Grids
• Ceiling Element Properties
• Creating a Custom Ceiling
• Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits
• Creating a Ceiling Opening
• Creating a Soffit
• Adding Light Fixtures to Ceilings
• Interior Design
• Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture
• Adding Parabolic Troffers
• Adding Casework and Furniture
• Adding Alternate Floor Materials
• Creating a Tile Material

Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

• Creating Stairs Using the Rise/Run Function
• Boundaries
• Adding Railings
• Creating a Winding Staircase
• Making Railing Adjustments
• Stair and Railing Families
• Creating a Custom Railing System
• Creating Custom Stairs
• Adding a Custom Landing
• Adding Ramps

Schedules and Tags

• Creating Schedules
• Adding Fields to a Schedule
• Sorting and Grouping
• Controlling Headers
• Modifying Elements in a Schedule
• Modifying the Schedule's Appearance
• Creating Material Takeoffs
• Creating a Calculated Value Field
• Creating Key Legends
• Adding Legend Components
• Adding Symbols to a Legend
• The Type Properties Dialog
• Creating an Arched Door
• Creating a 3D Extrusion Within a Family
• Creating a 3D Sweep Within a Family
• Creating an In-Place Family

Site and Topography

• Adding a Site WithinRevi
• Modifying a Toposurface
• Splitting the Surface
• Creating Subregions
• Adding Site Components
• Adding Contour Properties and Labels
• Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth
• Adding a Property Line
• Creating a Toposurface by Instance
• Creating a Graded Region
• Orientating a Site

Rendering and Presentation

• Creating an Exterior Rendering
• Creating Lighting Groups
• Interior Rendering
• Creating Walkthroughs
• Exporting an Animation
• Creating a Solar Study

Importing and Coordinating Revit Models

• Importing and Linking a Revit Structure Model.
• Copy Monitor
• Adjusting the Copy/Monitor Settings
• Coordination Alert
• Interference Detection
• Importing and Exporting CAD Formats
• Exporting a Model to CAD
• Exporting a 2D Model
• Exporting the Model to 3D CAD
• Crop Regions
• Splitting a Section Segment
• Creating Callouts
• Creating a Camera View
• Modifying the Camera
• Creating an Elevation
• Interior Elevations
• Elevation Properties
• Annotation Properties

Working with the Revit Tools

• The Edit Commands
• The Move Command
• The Copy Command
• The Rotate Command
• The Array Command
• Radial Array
• Linear Array
• The Mirror Command
• The Align Tool
• Locking an Alignment
• Split
• Trim
• Offset
• Copy/Paste
• Creating the Plans

Dimensioning and Annotating

• Dimensioning
• Aligned Dimensions
• Linear Dimensions
• Angular Dimensions
• Radial Dimensions
• Arc Length Dimensions
• Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool
• Constraining the Model
• Using Dimensions to Move Objects
• Adding Text
• Importing AutoCAD Legends
• Adding Tags
• Adding Tags Individually
• Using the Tag All Command
• Tagging by Material
• Creating Custom Tags
• Multicategory Tags
• Keynoting
• Keynoting by Element
• Keynoting by Material
• Keynoting by User
• Creating Keynote Legends

Detailing

• Working with Line Weights
• Drafting on Top of the Detail
• Using Predefined Detail Components
• Masking Regions
• Repeating Details
• Modifying a Detail Component
• Modifying Filled Regions
• Drawing Detail Lines
• Adding Notes
• Adding Notes by Material
• Adding Textual Notation
• Creating Blank Drafting Views
• Creating a Detail Group
• Adding a Section to Another View
• Importing AutoCAD into a Drafting View
• Adding 2D and 3D Lines to the Model

Creating Specific Views and Match Lines

• Duplicating Views
• Creating Dependent Views
• Adjusting the Crop Regions
• Adjusting the Annotation Crop Region
• Adding Match Lines

Phasing and Design Options

• Managing Project Phasing
• Creating an Existing Phasing Plan
• Demolishing Components
• Creating a Demo Plan
• Examining Phase Filters
• Design Options

Project Collaboration

• Enabling and Utilizing Worksharing
• Enabling Worksets
• Creating a Central Model
• Creating a Local File
• Working in the Revit Shared Environment
• Loading or Not Loading a Workset

BIM Management

• Setting Up the Template
• Managing Settings
• Import/Export Settings
• Controlling Annotations
• Creating and Understanding Shared Parameters
• Adding Leader Text
• Changing the Leader Type
• Modifying the Text Placement

Floors

• Placing a Floor Slab
• Sketching the Slab
• Building a Floor by Layers
• Adding a Layer
• Splitting the Floor's Materials
• Split and Paint
• Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain
• Creating Shaft Openings

Roofs

• Placing Roofs by Footprint
• Flat Roofs by Footprint
• Pitched Roofs by Footprint
• Creating a Sloping Roof
• Roofs by Extrusion
• Adding a Roof Dormer

Structural Items

• Structural Grids
• Placing a Grid
• Adding Structural Columns
• Structural Framing
• Adding a Beam System
• Adding Bracing
• Foundation Systems
• Foundation Walls
• Adding Structural Footings
• Structural Slabs
• Piers and Spread Footings
• Structural Views

Ceilings and Interiors

• Creating Ceilings
• Match Line Appearance
• Using View Templates

Creating Sheets and Printing

• Creating and Populating Sheets
• Sheet Organization
• Modifying a Viewport
• Viewport Element Properties
• Adding Revisions to a Sheet
• Addressing Project Parameters
• Generating a Cover Sheet
• ?Printing from Revit Architecture

Creating Rooms and Area Plans

• Creating Rooms
• Configuring Element Properties
• Placing and Manipulating Room Tags
• Adding a Room Schedule
• Adding a Color Fill Plan
• Adding Room Separators
• Creating an Area Plan

Advanced Wall Topics

• Creating Compound Walls
• Adding "Layers" to the Compound Wall
• Adding Wall Sweeps
• Modifying a Wall's Profi le In-Place
• Manually Adding Host Sweeps
• Creating Stacked Walls
• Creating Curtain Walls
• Adding a Predefined Curtain Wall
• Adding a Blank Curtain Wall
• Creating Curtain Grids
• Adding a Wall to a Massing Object

Creating Families

• Creating a Basic Family
• Adding Reference Planes to a Family
• Adding Dimensions and Parameters to a Family