Revit Introduction to Intermediate 3 Day Course

Who is this course for?

Learn BIM and Revit for industry purposes, with our three day course. This course is ideal for beginners or those looking to build on their existing skills and will aid anyone looking to further their study or gain employment within the design, architectural, construction and engineering fields. 

What will you learn?

This Revit course will introduce you to the software and BIM (Building Information Modelling) and after three days you’ll be confident in utilising the software for all aspects of building documentation and design. Your tutor will guide you through the ins and outs of the software, with a range of practical, hands-on lessons ensuring you leave with the skills and confidence to fully take advantage of Revit software.

Course Includes:

• Expert teaching from practicing architects and designers

• Bespoke video tutorials to take home

• Digital reference book for revision

• Free ongoing after support

• Tailoring of syllabus and projects where possible

• LST certificate of completion

Course Coverage:

• Grids & Levels

• User interface

• Copy and paste | Paste to selected levels | paste to current view

       Copy move and array and rotated elements

• Groups

• Families insert and place

• System families - walls and floors

• 3d view and section box

• Stairs

• Floor shafts and symbol lines

• Lifts

• Creating views – floor plans and sections

• Visual Graphics/ Overrides (VV and VG

• View filters

• Hidden elements

• Dimensions and temporary dimensions

• Doors

• Rooms and room tags

• Pinning and unpinning

• View styles and Detail levels

• Selecting elements and using the Tab key

• Underlays

• Reference Planes 

• Recap on what was covered on Day 1

• Phasing | Existing Demolish and New Construction + Phase 1 Phase 2 etc

• Floor edges and profiles

• Setting up Sheets

• In Place families

• Rendering and Cloud rendering

• Walk-through

• Ceiling Plans and creating ceiling and lighting 

• Linking Revit models

• Linking DWGs

• Work-sharing / Worksets and Synchronisation / the Central model Setting up a project

• Project North and True North

• Survey Points and Project Point

• Scope boxes and how to rotate the plan view     

• Coursing Lines for working with bricks

• Creating a simple Parametric Family

• Creating Nested Family (Lighting and IES file)

• Creating Annotation Families and using Labels

• Creating schedules and editing the spreadsheet / exporting to Excel Door schedule

• Mastering View Filters (highlight Party walls or brick slips)

• Using Conceptual Mass for feasibility studies and creating complex walls Introduce the Knowledge smart test

• How to find hidden elements

• Tags and Annotations

• Using masking and region tools

• Design Options

• Management tab | Line styles / Design Options / Phasing / Location and project information / Units Shared coordinates when inserting and linking DWGs and options for inserting and linking Internal Elevations

• Sweep and profiles and how to re-edit the Sweep

• View range and Plan region

• Topography and building pad

• Detail and Associated views in Call Outs

• Printing, Pdfs and exporting DWGs

• Colour Schemes

• Curtain Wall and Louvered Screen

• Brickwork rotate and change bond type