Autodesk Revit Architecture
Course Description Revit Architecture offers lessons and demonstrations that cover from beginner to advanced BIM features and functions, including modeling essentials, components and families, creating views and sheets, controlling the appearance of views, adding dimensions and constraints, creating reports and schedules, and using collaboration tools to work with others. Course Content 1. Introduction to Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013. 2. Starting Revit 3. Starting Revit for the First Time 4. Opening a Project File 5. Identifying the User Interface Components 6. Understanding the Ribbon 7. Understanding the Options Bar 8. Understanding the Application Menu 9. Understanding the Info Center Toolbar 10. Understanding the View Controls 11. Starting a New Project • Modeling Essentials 1. Understanding Modeling with Revit 2. Understanding Model Objects 3. Understanding Sketch-Based Objects 4. Understanding Datum Elements 5. Creating and Modifying Levels 6. Creating and Modifying Grids 7. Segment Grids 8. Controlling Datum Visibility 9. Limiting Visibility of Datum Using Scope Boxes 10. Setting and Showing the Active Work Plane 11. Creating Reference Planes 12. Modeling Accurately with Length and Angle Snap Increments 13. Working with Object Snaps 14. Using Visualization Aids When Working in 3D Views • Building elements 1. Wall Drawing Aids 2. Exterior Building Walls 3. Doors 4. Windows 5. Curtain Walls 6. Roofs • Walls Systems 1. Wall System Families 2. Curtain Wall Types 3. Curved Curtain Wall 4. Curtain Walls that Turn Corners 5. Curtain Wall Grids 6. Curtain Wall Components 7. Stacked Wall 8. Wall Profiles 9. Wall Openings 10. Embedded Walls 11. in-Place Wall Sweeps 12. in-Place Reveals 13. Joined Walls for Complex Assemblies • Building Core 1. Building Core Walls 2. Floors 3. Hosted Components 4. Architectural Columns 5. Stairs 6. Landing Components 7. Support Components 8. Ramps 9. Railings • Building Interiors 1. Interior Partitions 2. Interior Storefront Glazing 3. Rooms 4. Ceilings 5. Area Plans • Components and Families 1. Understanding Families 2. Loading Families and Using Type Catalogs 3. Editing Component Families within a Project 4. Placing Components from the Project Browser • Basic Modify and Reporting Tools 1. Selecting Objects 2. Saving Selection Sets 3. Copying and Moving Objects 4. Rotating Objects 5. Creating Linear Arrays 6. Creating Radial Arrays 7. Scaling Objects 8. Mirroring Objects 9. Using the Clipboard for Copy and Paste 10. Splitting Objects 11. Creating Elements Consistently with Match Type Properties and Create Similar 12. Aligning Objects 13. Trimming and Extending Objects 14. Offsetting Objects 15. Pinning Objects in Place 16. Deleting Objects 17. Dimensioning Objects 18. Understanding Element IDs 19. Understanding and Reviewing Warning Messages 20. Reporting and Displaying Coordinates • Views and Sheets 1. Creating Plan Views and Reflected Ceiling Plan Views 2. Creating a Plan Region 3. Creating Building Elevation Views 4. Creating Interior Elevation Views 5. Creating Framing Elevation Views 6. Creating Section Views 7. Segmenting a Section View 8. Creating Callout Views 9. Creating Drafting Views 10. Creating a Reference View 11. Understanding View Discipline 12. Duplicating Views 13. Creating Match lines and View References 14. Creating Additional View References 15. Creating and Using Sheets 16. Aligning Views on Sheets with a Guide Grid 17. Placing Schedules on a Sheet 18. Using a Sheet List and Placeholder Sheets 19. Creating Custom Title blocks 20. Creating a Key Plan 21. Managing Sheet Issues and Revisions 22. Creating Revision Clouds and Tags 23. Adding a Revision Schedule to a Title block 24. Creating Supplemental Drawings • Graphics and visual representations 1. Working with Visual Styles 2. Understanding Scale and Detail Level 3. Understanding Plan View Range 4. Understanding View Templates 5. Creating View Templates 6. Applying and Assigning View Templates 7. Creating View Types 8. Understanding Object Styles 9. Understanding Visibility and Graphic Overrides 10. Creating Element and Category 11. Graphic Overrides in a View 12. Creating Filter Overrides 13. Understanding Temporary Hide or Isolate and Viewing Hidden Elements 14. Understanding Crop Regions 15. Understanding Annotation Crop Regions • Dimensions and Constraints 1. Understanding Dimensions and Constraints 2. Using Temporary Dimensions 3. Modifying Temporary Dimension Settings 4. Working with Permanent Dimensions 5. Working with Spot Elevations 6. Working with Spot Coordinates 7. Working with Spot Slopes 8. Modifying Dimensions 9. Overriding Dimension Text 10. Creating and Modifying Dimension Styles 11. Locking Dimensions 12. Controlling Dimensions Using Equality Constraints 13. Controlling Dimension Units 14. Dimensioning Entire Walls • Site Tools 1. Introduction to the Site Tools 2. Creating a Topo surface Using Points 3. Creating a Topo surface from CAD 4. Creating a Topo surface from a Points File 5. Managing Site Settings 6. Creating Topo surface Sub-regions and Split Surfaces 7. Creating Building Pads 8. Creating a Graded Region 9. Creating Site and Parking Components • Conceptual Mass Design 1. Understanding the Conceptual Design Environment 2. Working in 3D in the Conceptual Design Environment 3. Creating Conceptual Mass Solid Forms 4. Creating Conceptual Mass Surfaces 5. Creating Conceptual Mass Void Forms 6. Creating Reference Planes and Reference Lines 7. Lines versus Reference Lines 8. Using Reference Points 9. Creating Dimension and Parameter Constraints 10. Modifying Form Profiles 11. Modifying Forms with Add Edge And Add Profile 12. Sketching on Forms 13. Creating Divided Paths 14. Creating Divided Surfaces 15. Adding Patterns to Divided Surfaces 16. Creating a Panel Family for Conceptual Massing 17. Creating Adaptive Components 18. Loading a Conceptual Mass 19. into the Project Environment 20. Conceptual Massing in Projects 21. Understanding How to Place Masses and Control Their Visibility 22. Creating an In-Place Mass 23. Creating Masses with 3D CAD Files 24. Creating Mass Floors 25. Working with Mass Type 26. Properties to Place Tags and 27. Create Schedules 28. Creating Model by Face Elements 29. Modifying Elements with Update to Face and Edit Face Selection • Design Analysis 1. Sun Path Diagram 2. Solar Study 3. Energy Analysis • Schedules and Tags 1. Understanding Schedules and Tags 2. Placing Element Tags by Category 3. Placing Room and Area Tags 4. Creating a Schedule and 5. Specifying Fields 6. Modifying Schedules with Filters 7. Modifying Schedules with Sorting and Grouping 8. Modifying Schedule Formatting Duration 3 hours lecture, 3 lectures per week, 30 hours
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