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  • MEP Model Coordination

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    Model Coordination Course

    (Video Run Time: 29 minutes)

    (Estimated Exercise Time: 1 hour 30 minutes)

    (Estimated Quiz Time: 25 minutes)

    (Minimum Course Duration: 2 hours 25 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

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    Fabrication Modeling
    Course

    (Video Run Time: 75 minutes)

    (Estimated Quiz Time: 5 minutes)

    (Minimum Course Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes)


    Course Description

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

    • Understanding MEP Fabrication in Revit
    • Converting the design intent model to fabrication parts
    • Fabrication settings
    • Working with Fabrication parts
    • Generating layouts for Fabrication parts
    • Modifying Fabrication parts
    • Optimizing lengths of Fabrication parts
    • Sloping Fabrication pipes
    • Flow and pressure calculations for Fabrication parts
    • Placing hanger supports and stiffeners


    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 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.

     

     

  • Construction Document Management in Revit

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    Construction Document Management in Revit Course

    (Video Run Time: 1 hour 50 minutes)

    (Minimum Course Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes)


    Course Description

    This course will help you understand how to manage construction documentation in Revit.


    Course Objectives

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

    · Project Browser customization

    · Working with sheets

    · Placing views on sheets

    · Working with sheet lists

    · Creating sheet indexes

    · Adding project information

    · Using matchlines

    · Printing views and sheets to hard copies and electronic formats

    · Managing print setups

    · Working with revisions

    · Working with Project and Shared parameters

    · Titleblock customization


    Course Prerequisites

    To participate in this training course, you should complete the following courses:

    · Introduction to Revit

    · Introduction to Views

    · Architectural Project Setup


    AIA (USA) Accredited Course

    Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445

    CDM002 Construction Document Management in Revit – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. If you would like to receive these credits, please click here for
    more information.

    AIA (USA) Learning Objectives

    · Participants will learn how to use the Revit platform to create and manage the presentation of construction documents.

    · Prerequisite Knowledge:
    Some basic Revit knowledge.

    · Learning Objective 1:
    Participants will learn how to create sheets and place plans, elevations,
    sections, schedules and legends on sheets for construction documents.

    · Learning Objective 2:
    Participants will learn how to create their own title block families with
    essential project information including creating their own project and shared
    parameters for construction documents.

    · Learning Objective 3:
    Participants will learn how to customize their Project Browser to organize
    construction documents for internal and multi-discipline projects.

    · Learning Objective 4:
    Participants will learn how to create and use project indexes to present
    construction documents for cover sheets and manage sheets in a project.

    SACAP via SAIAT (South Africa) Accredited Course

    This course is eligible for The South African Council for the Architectural Profession continuing professional development credits. If you would like to receive these credits, click Instructions for SACAP via SAIAT for more information and instructions. 


    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 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.

  • Generative Design in Revit Essentials

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    Generative Design in Revit Essentials Course

    (Video Run Time: 20 minutes)

    (Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)

    (Estimated Quiz Time: 10 minutes)

    (Minimum Course Duration: 35 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 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 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

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    Family Creation Fundamentals

    (Video Run Time: 55 minutes)

    (Minimum Course Duration: 55 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. If you would like to receive these credits, please click here for more information.


    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 continuing professional development credits. If you would like to receive these credits, click Instructions for SACAP via SAIAT for more information and instructions. 

    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 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

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    Family Creation Advanced Course

    (Video Run Time: 2 hours 5 minutes)

    (Estimated Exercise Time: 1 hour 50 minutes)

    (Estimated Quiz Time: 30 minutes)

    (Minimum Course Duration: 4 hours 25 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 Educations Credits. If you would like to receive these credits, please click here for more information.


    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:

    · 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.

     

  • Pipe Fitting Families

    Pipe Fittings Family Course Introduction

    This course teaches you how to create common pipe fitting families.

    

    Course Objectives

    The material presented in this course will teach you:

    • Best practices to create pipe fitting families
    • How to create pipe elbows
    • How to create pipe tees
    • How to create pipe crosses
    • How to create pipe transitions


    Course Prerequisites

    To participate in this training course, you should have a basic understanding of the following:

    • Family Creation Fundamentals

    • Advanced Family Creation


    Approximate Duration: 60 Minutes


    Tips:

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

    • Plug headphones or earbuds to your computer.

    • Go Full Screen when watching videos.

  • Revit Management

    Revit Management Introduction

    (Video Run Time: 55 minutes)

    (Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)

    (Estimated Quiz Time: 5 minutes)

    (Minimum Course Duration: 65 minutes)


    Course Description

    In this course, you will learn how to manage Revit settings and options for a customized user experience. You will also learn how to create project templates, transfer project standards, and resolve warnings in Revit.

    

    Course Objectives

    The material presented in this course will teach you how to:

    • Customize the user interface and experience
    • Create project templates

    • Upgrade Revit projects

    • Use inquiry tools and resolve warnings


    Course Prerequisites

    To participate in this training course, you should have a basic understanding of the following:

    • Getting Started with Revit learning path for your discipline

    • Project Setup learning path for your discipline

    • Modeling learning path for your discipline

    • Views course for your discipline

    • Project Documentation course for your discipline


    Tips:

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

    • Plug headphones or earbuds to your computer.

    • Go Full Screen when watching videos.

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