AutoCAD Training Overview

The main purpose of the Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software is to design buildings: walls, doors, floors, roofs, and stairs. However, architects also frequently need to add site and structural information. This training guide covers the elements and tools in the Autodesk Revit Architecture software that are used to create topographic surfaces for site work and to add structural elements.

AutoCAD Training Topics

For Site, students learn how to:

• Create topographic surfaces
• Add property lines and building pads
• Modify toposurfaces with subregions, splitting surfaces and grading the regions
• Annotate site plans and add site components
• Work with Shared Coordinates

Students who purchase this training guide should be comfortable with the fundamentals of the Autodesk Revit Architecture software as taught in the Autodesk Revit Architecture Fundamentals training guide and have knowledge of basic techniques taught in this guide.

Information on the Autodesk® Revit® Structure software, which is optimized for structural engineering, is covered in a separate training guide.

AutoCAD Training Course Duration

8 hours

AutoCAD Training Course outline

Chapter 1 Site Design

1.1 Creating Topographical Surfaces

    Practice 1a Creating Topographical Surfaces

1.2 Property Lines and Building Pads

    Practice 1b Property Lines and Building Pads

1.3 Modifying Toposurfaces

1.4 Annotating Site Plans

    Practice 1c Modifying Toposurfaces

1.5 Site Components

    Practice 1d Site Components

1.6 Shared Positioning

    Practice 1e Shared Positioning

Chapter 2 Structural Tools

2.1 Structural Basics

    Practice 2a Structural Basics

2.2 Foundation Plans

    Practice 2b Foundation Plans

2.3 Framing Plans and Beams

2.4 Framing Elevations and Braces

    Practice 2c Framing Plans and Elevations

2.5 Coordinating across Disciplines

    Practice 2d Coordinating Across Disciplines

Appendix A Autodesk Revit 2013 Certified Professional Exam Objectives