Revit Architecture -

syllabus Revit Architecture Total Duration : 120 Hours

Session Topics 1

 Introduction o Building Information Modelling o Revit Architecture

 History

 Features

 Revit File Types

 Exploring User Interface

 Building Elements

 Start a New Project 2

 To Start a Project o Drawing Aids o Project Units o Levels

 Adding Levels

 Modifying Levels

 Creating New Level Element Type

 Constrain Level lines

 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 3

 More in Detail – Wall o Compound Structure o Wall joins o Wall Layer Wrappings o Vertically Compound Walls 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 4 & 5

 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 o Offset o Pin o Unpin o Delete

 Door

 Window

 Match Type

 Tape Measure

 Keyboard Shortcuts

 Visual Styles

 Practice: Hands On 6

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

 Constrains 7

 Floor o Adding Floor o Editing Floor Sketch o Sloped Floor o Floor Slab Edges

 Ceiling o Creating Ceiling

 Practice: Hands On 8

 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 o Roof Gutter

 Opening o Opening on Face and Vertical opening o Shaft Opening o Wall Opening o Dormer Opening

 Practice: Hands On 9

 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 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 10

 Curtain wall o Creating Curtain Wall o Curtain Grids o Mullions o Reshaping Curtain Wall Panels o Merging Curtain Grids o Adding Curtain Door Panel  Embedded Walls 11

 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 o Modifying Stair

 Ramp

 Railings o Adding Railing o Modifying Rail Structure o Modifying Rail Joins

 Practice: Hands On 12 & 13

 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 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 14

 Text

 Model Text

 Tag

 Callout Views

 Detailing o Creating Detail View o Drafting View o Inserting Detail Component

 Practice: Hands On 15

 Schedules o Schedule/ Quantities o Material Take Off o Annotation Schedule or Note Block

 Practice: Prepare Door and window schedule for Residential Building.rvt 16

 Rooms

 Schedule keys

 Area

 Color Schemes

 Legend Views

 Keynotes

 Practice: Find out the total area, Place rooms and prepare room schedule 17

 Structural Modellling o Structural Column o Beams o Beam System o Brace o Trusses o Opening in Structural Elements o Structural Walls o Foundations o Structural Floor 18

 Sheets o Title Blocks o Adding Sheet 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 19

 Lights o Adding Lighting Fixtures o Light Groups o Sun settings

 Materials

 Rendering

 Walkthroughs 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 20

 Site Design o Toposurfaces o Subregion o Split Surface o Merge Surface o Building Pad o Graded Region o Parking Components o Site Components o Contour line Labels 21

 Working with a Team o Worksharing Workflow o Worksets o Worksharing Display Modes o Starting a view 22

 Working with Linked Models o Link Revit Models o Managing links o Shared Positioning o Using Point cloud files 23

 Design Options

 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 24

 Decals

 Transferring Project Standards

 Interference Check

 Customizing Project Settings o Fill patterns o Line Weight o Line Patterns o Line Styles

 Purge Unused

 Import/Link

 Group 25

 Family Creation o Introduction o Creating 2D door Family o Creating the Door panel Solid geometry 26

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

 Creating Swing Door Family 27

 Family Creation o Creating Arched Window o Creating Furniture Family 28

 Family Creation o Staircase Customization

 Stair Nosing

 Custom Handrail

 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 30

 Family Creation With Adaptive Components o Grill Design o Reporting Parameter o Family enhancements