Revit Architecture - syllabus

Revit Architecture Total Duration : 120 Hours

Session Topics
 Introduction
o Building Information Modelling
o Revit Architecture
 History
 Features
1
 Revit File Types
 Exploring User Interface
 Building Elements
 Start a New Project

 To Start a Project
o Drawing Aids
o Project Units
o Levels
 Adding Levels
 Modifying Levels
 Creating New Level Element Type
 Constrain Level lines
2  Remove Constrains
 Remove Level lines
 Drawing a plan as per Dimension
o Walls
o Location Line
o Creating Walls
o Tips for Creating Wall
 Practice: Hands On

 More in Detail – Wall

o Compound Structure
o Wall joins
o Wall Layer Wrappings
o Vertically Compound Walls
3
o Layer Assignment Guide Lines
o Sweeps and Reveals
o Wall Shapes and Openings
o Stacked Wall
o Guidelines for Vertically Stacked Walls
  Construction Modelling Tool
o Parts
o Assemblies
 Working with Grids
 Practice: Hands On

 Modify Tools
o Move
o Copy
o Paste
o Create Similar
o Rotate
o Mirror
o Array
o Scale
o Split Element
o Trim
o Align
4&5
o Offset
o Pin
o Unpin
o Delete
 Door
 Window
 Match Type
 Tape Measure
 Keyboard Shortcuts
 Visual Styles
 Practice: Hands On

 Dimensions
o Temporary Dimensions
o Permanent Dimension
6 o Creating Custom Dimension Type
o Modify Dimensions
 Constrains

 Floor
o Adding Floor
o Editing Floor Sketch
o Sloped Floor
7 o Floor Slab Edges
 Ceiling
o Creating Ceiling
 Practice: Hands On
  Roof
o Roof by Footprint
o Roof by Extrusion
o Shape editing for Floors and Roofs
o Join/Unjoin Roof
o Roof Soffit
o Roof Fascia
8 o Roof Gutter
 Opening
o Opening on Face and Vertical opening
o Shaft Opening
o Wall Opening
o Dormer Opening
 Practice: Hands On

 Components
o Placing Component
o Rehosting
o Workplane based and Face based Placement
o Working with Modern Medium Library
 Managing Views
o Floor plan views
o Ceiling plan view
o View properties
o View Range
o Plan Region
o Elevation view
o Cut a view b y Far Clip Plane
9 o Section View
o Creating Section head
o 3D views
o Cropping a View
o Visibility or Graphics Display
 Specifying Element Category Visibility
 Overriding Graphics Display of Element
Category
 Overriding Visibility and Graphics Display
of Individual Elements
o View Templates
o Filter
 Practice: Hands On

 Curtain wall
o Creating Curtain Wall
10
o Curtain Grids
o Mullions
 o Reshaping Curtain Wall Panels
o Merging Curtain Grids
o Adding Curtain Door Panel
 Embedded Walls

 Stairs
o Creating Stairs
 Creating Stair by sketching Runs
 Creating Stair by sketching Boundary and
Riser
 Spiral Staircase
 Stair Calculator
o Specifying Railing Types for New Stairs
11
o Modifying Stair
 Ramp
 Railings
o Adding Railing
o Modifying Rail Structure
o Modifying Rail Joins
 Practice: Hands On

 Massing
o Terminology
o Create Mass Family using Forms
 Extrusion
 Loft
 Revolve
 Sweep
 Swept Blend
o Modifying Forms
o Dimensioning Forms
o Surface Forms
o Rationalizing Surface
12 & 13 o Surface Representations
o Surface Sub regions
o Paint Tool
o Placing Mass Instance from Mass Family
 Creating Building Elements from Mass Instance
o Mass Floors
o Creating Wall
o Creating Floors
o Creating Curtain System
o Creating Roof
o Updating Face- based Host Shapes
 Conceptual Energy Analysis
o Display Styles for analysis add-in applications
  Controlling Visibility of Mass Instances
 Practice: Hands On

 Text
 Model Text
 Tag
 Callout Views
 Detailing
14
o Creating Detail View
o Drafting View
o Inserting Detail Component
 Practice: Hands On

 Schedules
o Schedule/ Quantities
o Material Take Off
15 o Annotation Schedule or Note Block
 Practice: Prepare Door and window schedule for
Residential Building.rvt

 Rooms
 Schedule keys
 Area
 Color Schemes
16  Legend Views
 Keynotes
 Practice: Find out the total area, Place rooms and prepare
room schedule

 Structural Modellling
o Structural Column
o Beams
o Beam System
o Brace
17 o Trusses
o Opening in Structural Elements
o Structural Walls
o Foundations
o Structural Floor

 Sheets
o Title Blocks
o Adding Sheet
18
o Adding Views on Sheet
o Sheet list
 Printing
 o Print Setup
o Print Preview
 Practice: Add sheet along with title block

Prepare Approval Plan

 Lights
o Adding Lighting Fixtures
o Light Groups
o Sun settings
 Materials
 Rendering
 Walkthroughs
19 o Exporting Walkthrough
 Solar Studies
o Create Solar Study
o Export Solar Study
 Practice: Create realistic images for exterior and interior
view

Export walkthrough in .avi format

 Site Design
o Toposurfaces
o Subregion
o Split Surface
o Merge Surface
20 o Building Pad
o Graded Region
o Parking Components
o Site Components
o Contour line Labels

 Working with a Team

o Worksharing Workflow
o Worksets
21
o Worksharing Display Modes
o Starting a view

 Working with Linked Models

o Link Revit Models
o Managing links
22
o Shared Positioning
o Using Point cloud files

 Design Options
23  Project Phasing
o Creating Phases
 o Phase Filter
 Export
o Export to CAD format
o Exporting to DWG or DXF
o Exporting to DWF format
 Room and Area Reports
 Exporting to IFC
 Export to 3d’s max

 Decals
 Transferring Project Standards
 Interference Check
 Customizing Project Settings
o Fill patterns
o Line Weight
24
o Line Patterns
o Line Styles
 Purge Unused
 Import/Link
 Group

 Family Creation
o Introduction
25 o Creating 2D door Family
o Creating the Door panel Solid geometry

 Family Creation
o Creating Swing Door Family
26 o Window Family creation
 Creating Swing Door Family

 Family Creation
o Creating Arched Window
27
o Creating Furniture Family

 Family Creation
o Staircase Customization
 Stair Nosing
 Custom Handrail
28  Custom Balusters
 Family Creation with Adaptive Components
o Adaptive Components
o Creating Curtain Panel Pattern 1

29  Family Creation With Adaptive Components

 o Curtain Panel Pattern 2
o Create Helix

 Family Creation With Adaptive Components

o Grill Design
30 o Reporting Parameter
o Family enhancements