Revit Architecture Essentials

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Course Overview

The Autodesk Revit Architecture Essential course teaches you to create a 3D architectural model, including walls, doors, windows, components, floors, ceilings, roofs, and stairs. This includes how to navigate the user interface and use the basic drawing, editing, and viewing tools. The final part of the course focuses on creating construction documents.

Features & Benefits

This is a recognized Autodesk course and a preparation course for the AutoCAD ACU or ACP exam certification.
Take full advantage of our new Hybrid Learning by attending on campus or virtually.
Attendees will gain confidence and enhance their practical skills and knowledge in this field.
Revit is BIM software widely used by architects, engineers, and contractors to create a unified model that all disciplines and trades can use to complete their work.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed to teach beginner users who want to learn more about Revit software.

Pre-requisites

A working knowledge of Windows 10 operating system is advised
An understanding of architectural terminology is an asset

What's Included

e-Manual

Stationery

Workstation

Software Trial

Tea & Coffee

Lunch

Wifi Access

Certificate

Certified Instructor

*Items may differ between courses, contact an agent for details

Qualifications

On completion of the course, you will be presented with an internationally recognized Autodesk Authorized Training Certificate.

Module 1: Revit in a Nutshell

Creating and documenting a basic building

Module 2: Introducing Revit as a BIM tool

Module 3: UI Tour, Project Navigation & View Creation

Creating levels and grids
Using dimensions
Using scope boxes

Module 4: Element Selection & Manipulation

Basic editing
- Tools
- Trims
- Offset
- Alignment

Module 5: Visibility Control & Categorisation

Modifying element visibility

Module 6: Model Development Methodology

Controlling graphical display

Module 7: Wall Creation & Manipulation

Insertion of walls and openings using basic editing tools
Positioning of walls and openings

Module 8: Floors, Roofs & Ceilings

Introducing sketching principles to create:
- Floors
- Roofs
- Ceilings

Module 9: Window, Door & Component Use

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

Module 10: System Family Editing

Module 11: Basic Schedules & Legends

Generation of tabular interrogations of the model
- Scheduling Components
- Style schedules
- Legends

Module 12: Stairs Ramps & Railings

Stair by component and by sketch
Characteristics of simple ramps
Hosted and stand-alone handrailing
Exercise on stairs and railings

Module 13: Geometry Formation & In-Place Families

Module 14: Massing Tools & the Building Maker

Develop a building Design

Module 15: Stairs, Ramps & Railings

Basic and multi-storey stairs
Handrailing
Ramps

Module 16: Basic Curtain Walls

Curtain walling

Module 17: Room Data & Colour-Fill

Area plans Colour schemes and legends
Room data

Module 18: 2D Draughting & Annotation

Introducing annotation tools and component categories
Generating and annotating a construction detail

Module 19: Sheet Compilation & Publication

Module 20: Basic Subdivision & Collaboration

Worksets and task allocation

Module 21: Introduction to the principles of Family Editing

Defining a fully parametric furniture component

Students are to be at the training venue by 08h00 in preparation for a 08h30 start time.
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Bookings may be changed up to three weeks in advance of the course. A fee of 20% will be levied to cover charges.
For full day courses, we will supply you with the relevant training material. A desktop computer to use for the training (where
applicable) tea/coffee and a full lunch for full day InClass training hosted at the training center only. Catering is not included for OnSite training
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