Revit Architecture Syllabus for Professionals

 Introduction
 About BIM
 Introduction to Autodesk Revit Architecture
Session - 1  Revit File Types
 Exploring User Interface
 Building Elements

 Drawing Plan as per Dimension

 Drawing Aids
 Project Units
 Levels
 Adding Levels
 Modifying Levels
 Creating Level Head
 Constrain Levels
Session - 2  Grids
 Walls
 Create New Wall type
 Location Line
 Wall joins
 Compound Wall

 More in Depth –Wall

 Modify walls
 Wall layer wrapping
 Stacked wall
 Vertically compound Wall
Session - 3  Wall shapes and Openings
 Wall sweeps and Reveals
 Construction Modeling Tools
 Parts
 Assemblies
 Practice:Hands on.
 Complete Exercise No. 2 & 3.
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 Modify Tools
 Move
 Copy
 Create Similar
 Rotate
 Mirror
 Array
 Scale
 Split Element
Session – 4  Trim
 Align
 Offset
 Pin
 Unpin
 Doors
 Windows
 Keyboard Shortcuts
 Practice: Hands ons.

Session – 5  Project Exercise (Layout + Design )

 3D Modeling
 Floor
 Adding Floor
 Sloped Floor
Session – 6  Floor Slab Edge
 Ceiling
 Create Ceiling
 Components
 Working with Modern Medium Library
 Practice:Hands on
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 3D Modeling
 Roof
 Creating Roof
 Modifying Roof
 Shape editing for Roofs and Floors
 Roof Soffit
Session – 7  Roof Fascia
 Roof Gutter
 Openings
 Opening on face and Vertical Opening
 Wall opening
 Shaft opening
 Dormer Opening
 Practice:Hands on
 Complete Exercise No. 5.

 Documentation
 Dimensions
 Temporary Dimensions
 Permanent Dimensions
Session – 8  Modifying Dimensions
 Constraints
 Practice:Hands on

Session – 9  Dimension Exercise (Complete Layout )

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 Managing Views
 Creating views
 Plan views
 View range
 Plan region
 Elevation
 Section
 3D Views
 Lock 3D view
 Background
Session – 10  Cropping View
 Visibility or Graphics
 View Templates
 Duplicate Views
 Visual Styles
 Filter
 Graphic Display Options
 Practice:Hands Ons

Complete Exercise No. 6.

 Curtain Wall
 Adding Curtain Grids
 Mullions
 Reshaping Curtain Wall Panels
Session – 11  Adding Curtain Door to panel
 Embedded Walls
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 Stair
 Stair by component
 Creating stair by sketching
 Customizing stair documentation
 Stair calculator
 Modify stair railings
Session – 12  Ramp
 Railings
 Add railings
 Add railings by sketching
 Modify railing
 Modifying continuous rail
 Practice: Hands Ons
 Complete Exercise No. 7, 8 & 9.

 Conceptual Modeling
 Massing
 In place Mass
 Forms
Session – 13  Modify Forms
 Rationalizing Surface
 Splitting Faces
 Paint Tool
 Placing Mass Instances from Mass Family
 Face based Modeling

 Conceptual Energy Analysis

 Choosing location
 Energy settings
Session – 14  Enable energy model
 Run energy simulation
 Results and compare
 Hands on
 Customizing form rationalization
 Display styles for analysis add in application
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 Controlling visibility of mass instances

 Practice:Hands ons
 Complete Exercise No. 10, 11 & 12.

 Documentation
 Text
 Adding text notes
 Modify text notes
 Model text
 Tag
 Tag tools
 Applying tag by category
Session – 15  Tag all not tagged
 Material Tag
 Keynote
 Types of Keynote
 Placing Keynotes
 Keynoting Settings
 Custom Keynotes
 Adding Keynote in 3D view
 Practice:Hands Ons

 Callout Views
 Types of Callouts
 Detailing
 Drafting Views
 Creating drafting views
Session – 16  Importing views from CAD program
 Reusing drafting view
 Inserting detail components
 Repeating detail
 Practice:Hands Ons
 Start the Exercise No. 13.

 Make a House Building (With All Details )

Session – 17
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 Schedules
 Creating Schedules/quantities
 Schedule properties
 Custom parameters
Session – 18  Modify schedules
 Material take off schedules
 Annotation schedules or note blocks
 Creating annotation schedule
 Reusing schedule views
 Practice:Hands on
 Complete Exercise No. 13 & 14.

 Rooms
 Creating rooms
 Room boundaries
 Room volume
 Situations that can effect Room volume computations
 Room tag
 Schedule Keys
 Area
Session – 19  Area schemes
 Area types
 Area plans
 Area tags
 Color Scheme
 Legend
 Practice:Hands on
 Complete Exercise No. 15.

Session – 20  Generate Room & Area Report Layout Plan

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 Sheets
 Title Blocks
 Creating title blocks
 Revision workflow
 Revision schedules on title block
 Modifying views on sheet
Session – 21  Rotating views on sheet
 Dividing view across multiple sheets
 Sheet List
 Print
 Practice:Hands on
 Complete Exercise No. 16.

 Lights
 Lighting fixtures
 Defining geometry of light source
 Controlling the brightness of light source
 Light groups
 Materials
 Creating material library
Session – 22  About the material properties and assets
 Editing material properties
 Editing assets
 Creating material
 Applying material to elements
 Changing the graphic properties of a material
 Changing the appearance properties of a material
 Sun settings
 Specifying sun settings
 Using sun path
 Rendering
 Decals
 Walkthrough
 Solar study
 Setting up and creating solar study
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 Site Design
 Site Settings
 Toposurface
 Creating toposurface
 Splitting a toposurface
 Merging toposurface
Session – 23  Building pads
 Property lines
 Contour line labels
 Parking components
 Site components
 Graded region
 Practice:Hands On

 Working in a team
 Worksharing over view
 Worksharing terminology
Session – 24  Worksharing workflow
 Worksharing display modes

 Working with linked models

 Link Revit
 Visibility of linked models
 Manage links
 Shared positioning
Session – 25  Project base point and survey points
 Working with point clouds files
 Import/ Link CAD
 Manage links
 Opening IFC
 Export
 Exporting to CAD formats
 Exporting to dwg/dwf
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 Exporting to DWF format
 Linking DWF Markups
 Exporting o IFC
 Creating Room /Area Report
 Exporting to 3D’s max

Session – 26  Make a Small Apartment Model with Detail

 Design options
 Design options workflow
 Design option terminology
 Consideration when using design options
 Room areas and perimeter for design options
 Design options and wall joins
Session – 27  Phasing
 Phasing workflow
 Phase properties
 Demolish elements
 Transferring project standards
 Practice:Hands On
 Complete Exercise No. 18 &19.

 Customizing project settings

 Fill patterns
 Line weights
 Line pattern
 Line styles
 Purge unused objects
Session – 28  Interference check
 Groups
 Create groups
 Modify groups
 Saving groups
 Loading groups
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 Family creation
 Reference planes
 Reference lines
 Constraints and dimensions
Session – 29  Creating door family
 Drawing the door plan view components
 Creating door panel solid geometry
 Creating swing door family
 Window family creation
 Sliding window family
 Creating arched window
 Window family 3
 Practice: Complete Exercise No. 20.

 Creating new furniture family

 Table family
 Lighting fixture
 Chandelier
Session – 30  Practice: Complete Exercise No. 21.

 Face based family

 kitchen cabinet
 door handle
 custom staircase
Session – 31
 stair nosing
 custom handrail
 custom baluster
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 working with adaptive components

 Adaptive components
 Curtain panel pattern 1
 Curtain panel pattern 2
Session – 32
 Curtain panel pattern 3
 Helix

 Working with Adaptive Components

 Grill design
 Railing on curved surface
 Reporting parameter
Session – 33
 Dividing paths by distribution algorithm
 Component repetition
 Adaptive curved railing
 Practice: Complete Exercise No. 23 & 24.

 Updates in Revit Architecture 2014

 User interface and productivity enhancements
 Displaced elements
 Non rectangular viewports
 Segmented elevation view
 Schedules
Session – 34  Alternative dimension units
 Change sort order of multiple items
 Print option for regions
 Materials
 Stair by component enhancements
 Import/Export
 Energy analysis for Autodesk Revit
 Modeling
 Final Project: Complete Exercise No. 25.

Session – 35
 Final Project with Assignment
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