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Revit Essentials and Landscape Training Course

The course is a perfect hands-on experience, aimed at helping all architectural practitioners, whatever their skill levels, to quickly become proficient with Building Information Modelling (BIM) workflows, using the Autodesk Revit Platform. The course first explains the fundamentals of the software, in context of BIM methodology and market best practice, whilst referencing prevailing standards and protocols. Once the essentials elements of Revit have been understood, the focus will be on parametric landscape architecture design using Revit Architecture.

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Welcome to the Revit Essentials and Landscape Training Course

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Revit Essentials

Day 1

Module 00 – Course Introduction

Module 01 – BIM Fundamentals, BS EN ISO 19650 and Autodesk Revit 3 Topics

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BIM Fundamentals

Introduction to BS EN ISO 19650

Industry drivers Introducing Levels of BIM

Module 02 – UI Tour, Project Navigation and View Creation 5 Topics

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Interactive session introducing the menu and screen layout

Interrogating the model to extract views

Placement and properties of grids, levels and dimensions

Introduction to basic Revit elements

Exercise on creating levels, grids and using dimensions and scope boxes

Module 03 – Element Selection and Manipulation 5 Topics

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Interactive session introducing object selection methods

Element properties and manipulation

Instance and Type parameters

Modify tools, Nodes and Snaps

Exercise on basic editing tools, trim, offset, align, etc

Module 04 – Visability Control and Categorisation 5 Topics

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Project-Wide Settings

View Specific Overrides

Element Specific Overrides

Individual Line Overrides

Exercise on modifying element visibility

Module 05 – Model Development Methodology 5 Topics

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Is BIM just about 3D?

Information timeline and overload

How a project develops from a base template

The complexity of components

Controlling graphical display

Module 06 – Wall Creation and Manipulation 6 Topics

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Working with levels

Attaching walls

Editing wall shapes

Set-out information

Exercise on insertion and positioning of walls and openings using basic editing tools

Module 07 – Floors, Roofs and Ceilings 5 Topics

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Sketching rules

Relating slabs to walls and supporting framework

Controlling slopes

Basic roof design and examples

Exercise on the creation of floors, roofs and ceilings introducing sketching principles

Module 08 – Windows, Doors and Component use 4 Topics

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Family terminology

Component placement

Element hosting

Exercise on Doors, Windows and Level-Hosted (Free-standing) Elements

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Module 09 – System Family editing 4 Topics

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Principles of composite system family definition

Understanding properties such as function, and wrapping of layers

Creating and utilising a system family library

Exercise on system family editing

Module 10 – Basic schedules and legends 2 Topics

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Generation of tabular interrogations of the model

Exercise on creating a schedule and legend

Module 11 – Geometry formation and in-place families 2 Topics

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Interactive session on the creation and manipulation of basic solid and void forms

Exercise explores creating the above forms

Module 12 – Massing tools and building maker 8 Topics

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Massing families

In-place massing and form manipulation

Analysing the building concept

Using the building maker tools

Contextual modelling

Terrain modelling

Surrounding buildings and features

Exercise on developing a building design from fundamental forms

Module 13 – Stairs, ramps and railings 5 Topics

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Basic stair creation

Non-standard and multi-storey stairs

Characteristics of simple ramps

Hosted and stand-alone handrailing

Exercise on basic and multi-storey stairs, handrailing and ramps

Module 14 – 2D Draughting and Annotation 6 Topics

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Introducing annotation tools and component categories

Detail component libraries

Repeating details

Text, Tags and keynotes

Exercise on generating and annotating a construction detail

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