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Advanced MEP (2024)

With Revit online training from Pinnacle Series, design professionals in the architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing industries can learn about its advanced features, such as 3D modeling, automation, worksharing, and additional intelligent tools that bring improved coordination and consistency.

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Generative Design in Revit Essentials

 

Generative Design in Revit Essentials Course

(Video Run Time: 15 minutes)

(Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)

(Estimated Quiz Time: 10 minutes)

(Minimum Course Duration: 30 minutes)

Course Description

The material presented in this course helps users understand what Generative Design is and how it is implemented in Revit.

Course Objectives

The material presented in this course includes:

· Generative Design concept

· Creating Dynamo scripts for Generative Design

· Creating Studies

· Exploring Outcomes

Course Prerequisites

To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following learning paths:

· Revit Architecture Fundamentals

· Revit MEP Fundamentals

· Revit Structure Fundamentals

CPD via CPD UK Accredited Course

This course is eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit via CPD UK. This is a globally recognized CPD meaning the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. If you would like to learn more, please see CPDUK. You can log your CPD credits by creating an account and providing the correct, required information. If you would like to log your CPD credits with another organization, you will need to navigate that process as directed by the target organization.

Tips:

· Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.

· Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.

· Go Full Screen when watching videos.
Family Creation Fundamentals

 

Family Creation Fundamentals

(Video Run Time: 45 minutes)

(Minimum Course Duration: 45 minutes)

Course Description

This course will help you understand the fundamental concepts, skills, and tools needed to create your own families.

Course Objectives

The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:

· Understanding the Family Editor environment

· Best practices

· Creating form geometry

· Working with reference planes

· Adding parameters

· Creating family types

· Controlling element visibility

Course Prerequisites

To participate in this training course, you should complete one of the following learning paths:

· Revit Architecture Fundamentals

· Revit MEP Fundamentals

· Revit Structure Fundamentals

Learning Path Progress

· Family Creation Fundamentals

· Family Creation Advanced

AIA (USA) Accredited Course

Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.

FamilyCF – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits.

AIA (USA) Course Prerequisites

Prerequisite Knowledge:Revit Architectural Fundamentals, Revit MEP Fundamentals, and Revit Structural Fundamentals.

Learning Objective 1: Understand the Family Editor Environment.

Learning Objective 2: Understand the Best Practices in Family Creation.

Learning Objective 3: Learn How to Create Form Geometry.

Learning Objective 4: Learn How to Work with Reference Planes.

Learning Objective 5: Learn How to Add Parameters.

Learning Objective 6: Learn How to Create Family Types.

Learning Objective 7: Learn How to Control Element Visibility.

CanBIM (Building Transformation) Accredited Course

Family Creation Fundamentals

SACAP via SAIAT (South Africa) Accredited Course

This course is eligible for The South African Council for the Architectural Profession via The South African Institute of Architectural Technologies.

CPD via CPD UK Accredited Course

This course is eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit via CPD UK. This is a globally recognized CPD meaning the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. If you would like to learn more, please see CPDUK. You can log your CPD credits by creating an account and providing the correct, required information. If you would like to log your CPD credits with another organization, you will need to navigate that process as directed by the target organization.

TIPS:

· Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.

· Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.

· Go Full Screen when watching videos.
Advanced Family Creation

 

Family Creation Advanced Course

(Video Run Time: 95 minutes)

(Estimated Exercise Time: 110 minutes)

(Estimated Quiz Time: 35 minutes)

(Minimum Course Duration: 240 minutes)

Course Description

This course will help you understand tools and techniques to create more complex and different categories of Revit families.

Course Objectives

The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:

· Common and discipline-specific built-in family parameters

· Creation of family parameters

· Family parameter types

· Working with nested and shared families

· Working with family formulas

· Using If statements for family parameters

· Using Boolean operators in family parameters

· Employing reporting parameters

· Creating type catalogs

· Creating and working with lookup tables

· Understanding and placing MEP connectors

· Creating parametric arrays

· Adding controls to families

· Adding symbolic linework, regions and detail components to families

· Creating Generic Annotation families

Course Prerequisites

To participate in this training course, you should complete one of the following learning paths:

· Revit Architecture Fundamentals

· Revit MEP Fundamentals

· Revit Structure Fundamentals

Learning Path Progress

· Family Creation Fundamentals

· Family Creation Advanced

AIA (USA) Accredited Course

Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.

FamilyCA – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits.

AIA (USA) Course Prerequisites

Prerequisite Knowledge: Understanding of Revit Architectural Fundamentals, Revit MEP Fundamentals, and Revit Structure Fundamentals.

Learning Objective 1: Learn common and discipline-specific built-in family parameters.

Learning Objective 2: Understand creation of family parameters.

Learning Objective 3: Understand family parameter types.

Learning Objective 4: Learn how to work with nested and shared families.

Learning Objective 5: Learn how to work with family formulas.

Learning Objective 6: Learn how to use IF statements for family parameters.

Learning Objective 7: Learn how to use Boolean operators in family parameters.

Learning Objective 8: Learn how to employ reporting parameters.

Learning Objective 9: Learn how to create type catalogs.

Learning Objective 10: Learn how to create and work with lookup tables.

Learning Objective 11: Understand and place MEP connectors.

Learning Objective 12: Learn how to create parametric arrays.

Learning Objective 13: Learn how to add controls to families.

Learning Objective 14: Learn how to add symbolic linework, regions and detail components to families.

Learning Objective 15: Learn how to create Generic Annotation families.

CanBIM (Building Transformations) Accredited Course

Family Creation Advanced Course

TIPS:

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· Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.

· Go Full Screen when watching videos.
MEP Model Coordination

 

Model Coordination Course

(Video Run Time: 45 minutes)

(Estimated Exercise Time: 90 minutes)

(Estimated Quiz Time: 25 minutes)

(Minimum Course Duration: 160 minutes)

Course Description

The material presented in this course helps understand how to use the Model Coordination tools in Revit.

Course Objectives

The material presented in this course provides instruction on:

· Copy/monitoring datum elements between discipline models

· Copy/monitoring shared architectural and structural geometry

· Copy/monitoring geometry between MEP and Architectural models

· Performing coordination reviews

· Interference checking

Course Prerequisites

To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following learning paths:

· None

Tips:

· Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.

· Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.

· Go Full Screen when watching videos.
Fabrication Modeling

 

Fabrication Modeling Course

(Video Run Time: 15 minutes)

(Estimated Quiz Time: 5 minutes)

(Minimum Course Duration: 20 minutes)

Course Description

The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:

· HVAC Systems Fabrication Model

· Piping Systems Fabrication Model

Course Objectives

The material presented in this course provides instruction on:

· Converting design intent content to fabrication level content

Course Prerequisites

To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following learning paths:

· Mechanical Modeling in Revit

CPD via CPD UK Accredited Course

This course is eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit via CPD UK. This is a globally recognized CPD meaning the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. If you would like to learn more, please see CPDUK. You can log your CPD credits by creating an account and providing the correct, required information. If you would like to log your CPD credits with another organization, you will need to navigate that process as directed by the target organization.

Tips:

· Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.

· Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.

· Go Full Screen when watching videos.