AutoCAD Training : Revit Architecture 2009 Advanced

Revit Architecture 2009 Advanced

AutoCAD Training Overview

This training guide builds on ASCENT�s Revit Architecture 2009 Fundamentals and Revit Architecture 2009 Intermediate training guides. This advanced guide focuses on Revit Architecture 2009�s Preliminary Design and BIM Management features.

The first half of the book covers conceptual design tools including working with mass elements, space planning and area analysis as well as Visualization tools for creating perspectives, walk- throughs, and solar studies. It also includes a chapter on rendering with a focus on setting up lighting for the rendering.

The second half of the book focuses on topics a BIM manager would need to know including customizing templates with annotation styles, titleblocks, objects style and materials as well as creating custom object types (walls, roofs, and floors) and complex families. The concepts and details of creating families is covered step-by-step with a special section on how to create various types of families.

The objective of this course is to enable students who have worked with Revit to expand their knowledge in the areas of Preliminary Design (massing studies, space planning, visualization, and rendering) and BIM Management (setting up Revit and creating custom families).

AutoCAD Training Topics

Creating mass elements
Move from mass elements to the buidling model
Use space planning and area analysis tools
Create Perspectives, Walkthroughs, and Solar Studies
Render 3D views
Prepare templates with settings including annotation styles, titleblocks, and object styles
Create custom wall, floor and roof types
Create parametric families and family types
Create specific families including doors and windows, in-place families, profiles, railings and annotation families

Prerequisites:

Before taking this course, students should be comfortable with the fundamentals of Revit as taught in the Revit Architecture 2009 Fundamentals training guide, as well as have a working knowledge of the Revit Architecture Intermediate tools. Knowledge of basic tools is assumed, such as creating walls, roofs, and other objects; copying and moving objects; and creating and working with views.

AutoCAD Training Course Duration

16 hours

AutoCAD Training Course outline

Chapter 1: Massing Studies

Basic Mass Elements
Custom Mass Elements
From Massing to Building
Working with SketchUp Files

Chapter 2: Space Planning & Area Analysis

Space Planning
Area Analysis
Creating Color Schemes

Chapter 3: Vizualization

Perspectives
Creating Walkthroughs
Solar Studies

Chapter 4: Rendering

Basic Rendering
Working with Lighting
Enhancing Renderings

Chapter 5: Creating Custom Tem

Preparing Templates
Presetting Annotation Styles
Creating Titleblocks
Creating Object Styles
Materials and Fill Patterns

Chapter 6: Custom Walls, Roofs, & Sections

Creating Wall, Roof, and Floor Types
Adding 3D Profiles
Vertically Stacked Walls
Vertically Compound Walls

Chapter 7: Family Concepts & Techniques

Introduction to Families
Creating Parametric Dimensions
Creating Family Elements
Creating Family Types
Adding Family Parameters
Visibility Display Settings

Chapter 8: Creating Specific Families

Creating Custom Doors and Windows
Creating In-Place Families
Creating Profiles
Creating Angled Cornices and Copings
Creating Custom Railings
Adding Custom Posts
Creating Annotation Families
Working with Shared Parameters