Revit 1 - Fundamentals For All Disciplines

Duration: 30 hours

Teaching Methodology: Hands on

Course Schedule: Schedule

Fees $300

Course Mode: Blended Face-to-face or online via Zoom

DESCRIPTION

This Revit course teaches you to model a building from the foundations to the roof. You will also learn to add detailings, generate quantity reports, and prepare layouts.

This is the fundamentals course for all disciplines. After completing this course, Architects and structural engineers may proceed to take the Revit 2 Design and Modeling course, while Mechanical and electrical engineers may proceed to take the Revit 2 MEP course.

OVERVIEW

Participants who take this course will learn how to:

Set up new projects
Create structural elements such as columns, foundations, beams, beam systems, and structural floors
Draw floors, walls, curtain walls, roofs, stairs, railings, doors, windows, and ceilings
Select, modify, copy, and group elements
Use and assign object styles, view styles, filters, and linework
Understand and distinguish between loadable, system, and model in-place families
Insert BIM Objects
Use and create new materials
Create architectural floors
Create a family profile for a cornice
Add lighting, electrical, and mechanical components
Annotate and dimension views
Tag elements
Add rooms, room tags, and color fill legends
Create detail views
Create section views and BOQs
Create and print sheets
Export to Excel, AutoCAD, and 3DS Max

Participants will often use elements from libraries supplied with the software to design buildings. In Revit 2, they learn how to create customized components.

AUDIENCE

Engineers and drafters from all disciplines who wish to learn Autodesk's new BIM technology. Managers will find this easy course useful. It will help deal with engineers and draftsmen who are using Revit.

PREREQUISITES

AutoCAD 2D

FREE ONLINE EXAM

Use our free online Revit 1 Exam to assess your skills. You may select particular categories. There is no password or limit on how many times you can take it. When you hit the Finish button, the system will post the results on the screen and send a copy to your email.

Downloading Revit Libraries

Library	Link
To download the Revit 2022 libraries. click on the link on the right. Download [US English Content for Revit 2022]. Double-click on the downloaded file in Download to install it.	Library 2022
To download the Revit 2023 libraries. click on the link on the right. Download [US English Content for Revit 2023]. Double-click on the downloaded file in Download to install it.	Library 2023
To download the Revit 2024 libraries. click on the link on the right. Download [US English Content for Revit 2024]. Double-click on the downloaded file in Download to install it.	Library 2024

COURSE CONTENTS

01 - The Interface

Opening and Viewing the Final Project
The Interface
The View Cube
The User Interface Menu
The Navigation Bar
The Steering Wheel
The View Menu
The View Control Bar
The Status Bar
The Project Browser
The Modify Command
The Properties Palette
The Tab Panels/The Ribbon
The Options Bar
The Quick Access Toolbar
The Application Menu
Creating a Section View
Drawing Walls
Adding Doors and Windows
Getting Help
Download Lesson 01

02 - Quick Tour

Setting the File Locations to Point to Metric Files
Start a New Project
Project Units
Setting Up Levels
Importing the AutoCAD File
Hiding/Unhiding AutoCAD Layers
Drawing Exterior and Interior Walls
Drawing the Floor Using the Line Option
Adding Interior Doors with Proper Size
Adding the Garage and the Entrance Doors
Adding Windows
Loading Families
Changing Types and Properties
Adding Furniture
Creating and Renaming Camera Views
Drawing the Roof Using the Pick Walls Option
Drawing the Parapet Wall
Creating and Renaming Section Views
Drawing a Concrete Column that Intersects with a Window
Detecting Clashes
Generating BOQs
Editing and Automatically Updating Views
Download Lesson 02

03 - Setting Options and Preferences

Project Units
Snaps and Shortcuts
The Options Dialogue Box
General Options
Default View Discipline
User Interface
Graphics
File Locations
Check Spelling
Steering Wheels
ViewCube
Setting the Number of Backup Files
The Tools Menu in Save As
Saving Compact Files
Download Lesson 03

04 - Levels and Grids - Overview

Setting Up a New Project
Editing Levels
Creating Levels Using the Line Option
Formatting Level Heads, Titles, 3D Option, Extents
Making Dimensions Between Levels Permanent
Locking/Unlocking Dimensions Between Levels
Selecting Levels and Activating Dimensions
Creating Levels Using the Pick Line and the Offset Options
Non-story Levels
Creating Plan and RCP Views for Non-story Levels
Pinning Levels
Creating Horizontal and Vertical Grids
Creating Angled and Arced Grids
Formatting Grids
Propagate Extents
Adding Levels After Adding Grids
Making Grids Appear on New Levels
Making Angled and Arced Grids Appear on New Levels Using Sections
Pinning the Grid Lines
Drawing a Bungalow from Scratch
Locking/Unlocking Walls to Grid Lines
Download Lesson 04

05 - Drawing Columns and Isolated Foundations

Setting Up a New Project
Editing Levels
Importing the AutoCAD File
Pinning the AutoCAD File
Hiding/Unhiding Layers in the AutoCAD File Using VV
Creating Revit Grids Based on Grids in the AutoCAD File
Taking Measurements
Loading Structure Column Families
Duplicating and Editing Column Types
Drawing Columns
Loading Foundation Families
Drawing Isolated Foundations
Introduction to View Range
Download Lesson 05

06 - Drawing the Ground Floor

Linking the AutoCAD File
About the Manage Links Command
Drawing Exterior and Interior Walls
Drawing the Ground Floor Using the Pick Walls Option
Editing the Floor Sketch to Include the Terrace
Copying Columns from the Basement
Selecting Columns in the Current View
Editing Column Instance Properties
Hiding/Unhiding Columns
Joining Walls and Columns
About the Multiple Join Option
Adding Curtain Walls - Store Front
Adding a Curtain Wall and Customizing It Using Grids and Mullions
Adding a Concrete Beam On Top of the Curtain Wall
Download Lesson 06

07 - Select, Copy, Modify, and Group

The Selection Tool - Modify (ESC ESC)
Selecting Objects - CTRL, SHIFT, TAB, Window
About Families, Types, Categories, Type and Instance Properties
Selecting Chains and Parts of Chains
The Selection Menu
Links, Underlays, Pinned Elements, By Face, Dragon Selection, and Filters
Saving and Loading Selection Sets
Selecting Elements Using Their IDs
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Creating Multiple Levels
Copying and Pasting Objects on the same Level, Between Levels and Files
Copying a Family from the Project Browser to Another File
Create Similar and Select All Instances
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The Modify Ribbon
General Modify Commands
Element Specific Modify Commands
Move, Copy, Rotate, Align Parallel, and Non-Parallel Objects
Mirror, Trim/Extend, Split, Split with Gap
Pin, Unpin, Delete
Scaling 3D and 2D Objects, Array
The Match Type Properties Tool
Joining Walls
The Move with Nearby Elements Option
Grouping/Ungrouping Objects, Adding and Removing from Groups
Download Lesson 07

08 - Object Styles, View Properties, and Revit Families

3D View and Section Box
About Cut and Projection Lines
Introduction to Object Styles, View Properties, Element Overrides, and Linework
Additional Settings, Line Weights, Line Patterns, Line Styles, Halftone/Underlay
Difference Between System, Loadable, and Model-In-Place Families
Download Lesson 08

09 - Modeling the First Floor

Copying the Floor from the Ground Level
Attaching the Ground Floor Interior Walls to the First Floor
Changing the Ground Columns Top Offset to -300
Using Join Geometry to Join the Floor with the Exterior Walls
Inserting the AutoCAD File and Placing It in the Foreground
Aligning the AutoCAD File
Changing the Layer Colors Inside the AutoCAD File
Drawing Exterior and Interior Walls
Drawing Two North Curtain Walls Using the Type Storefront (3x2)
Using the Move Command with the Disjoin Option to Move the Wall Into Position
Drawing the South Curtain Walls Using the Curtain Wall Type (5x2)
Fixing the Connection Between the Top Mullions
Replacing the Corner Mullions with L Mullions
Converting a Panel into a Curtain Door
Converting Panels Into Solids
Flipping Walls
Moving the Walls Into Correct Position
Download Lesson 09

10 - Modeling the Roofs and the Ceilings

Creating Roofs by Footprints
Creating Flat Roofs
Creating Sloped Roofs Using Slope Angles
Creating Sloped Roofs Using Two Slope Arrows
Creating Sloped Roofs Using One Slope Arrows
Aligning the Roof Sketched Line with the Wall Exterior Lines
Attaching Walls and Columns to Roofs
Editing the Roof Construction
Download Lesson 10

11 - Modeling Stairs

Experimenting with Various Stairs
Customizing Stairs
Stair Type Properties
Stair Instance Properties
Editing the Stair Boundaries
Editing the Stair Risers
Creating Monolithic Stairs
Adding Treads and Risers
About Stringers
Drawing the Ground Floor Stair
Adding Handrails
Using Sections to Create Section Boxes to Show the Stairs
Cutting an Opening in the Floor
Download Lesson 11

12 - Doors, Windows, and Openings

Loading Door Families
Inserting Doors
Door Properties
Using Temporary Dimensions to Set Distances
Creating Wall Openings
Loading Window Families
Inserting Windows
Window Properties
Moving Windows into Desired Locations
Using Reference Planes to Place and Align Windows
Creating Openings
Download Lesson 12

13 - Materials, Architectural Floors, and Railings

Managing Materials
Material Libraries
Creating New Material
Preparing Parquet Material for the Architectural Floor
Duplicating the Default Floor Material
Duplicating Asset to Avoid Changing the Default Wall Material
Resetting a Material to ByCategory Using the Icon at the Bottom of the Material Browser
Creating a New Floor Type Using Multiple Layers
Drawing the Architectural Floor
Aligning Surface Patterns
Hiding Surface Patterns
Downloading and Using AutoCAD .PAT Files
Splitting Faces
Painting Faces
Removing Paint
Copying Railing Types from Another File
Creating Railings
Download Lesson 13