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  • Roofs Course

    Roofs Course
    (Course Duration: 13 minutes)

    Course Description
    In this course, you will learn how to add a roof to the building model using several of the methods available in Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Create Flat, Gable and Hip Roofs (by Footprint)
    Roof Structure and Roof Properties
    Modify Roof by Sub Elements
    Create Curved Roofs (by Extrusion)
    Add Fascia, Soffits and Gutters to Roof

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of architectural terminology.
    Completed the essential skills, project setup, and walls courses.

    Tips:
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  • Detailing Course

    Detailing Course
    (Course Duration: 13 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will help you understand how to work with the detailing tools in Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Common usage and best practices for working with detail lines, components, and groups
    Placing and modifying filled and masking regions
    Detailing in model views and drafting views

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should complete the following courses:
    Introduction to Revit
    Introduction to Views
    Architectural Project Setup

    Tips:
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  • Dimensions and Text Course

    Dimensions and Text Course
    (Course Duration: 16 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will help you understand how to add dimensions and text to views.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Common usage and best practices for placing dimensions and text
    Placing, modifying and leveraging dimensions
    Placing and modifying text

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should complete the following courses:
    Introduction to Revit
    Introduction to Views
    Essential Skills

    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.

  • Revit Materials

    Revit Materials Course
    (Course Duration: 90 minutes)

    Course Description
    The material presented in this course helps users understand how to work with and create materials for use in the Revit model.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course includes:
    Loading materials into the project
    Customizing materials
    Working with material appearance
    Applying materials to walls, floors, ceilings and roofs
    Using the Paint tool
    Understanding the graphics, appearance, physical and mechanical properties of materials

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following courses:
    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.

  • Deliverables Course

    Deliverables Course
    (Course Duration: 60 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will help you understand how to print and export content from Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Working with sheets
    Placing views on sheets
    Working with sheet lists
    Using matchlines
    Printing views and sheets to hard copies and electronic formats
    Managing print setups
    Working with revisions
    Exporting to DWG/DXF formats
    Exporting to IFC
    Exporting schedules and reports
    Exporting Images and Animations

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should complete the following courses:
    Introduction to Revit
    Introduction to Views
    Architectural Project Setup

    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.

  • Worksharing Course

    Worksharing Course
    (Course Duration: 12 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will give you an understanding of team collaboration in Revit through Worksharing. It will teach you how Worksharing works in Revit, how to create and setup a Central Model, create a Local copy, work with the elements in the local copy and synchronize work with the central file as progress is made.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course help you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Worksharing concepts
    Creating a Central Model file and setting up Worksets
    Creating and working on a Local Copy
    Synchronizing with the Central Model

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of Architectural or MEP or Structural terminology.
    Revit installed in the machine.

    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.

  • Phasing Course

    Phasing Course
    (Course Duration: 45 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will help you understand and work with phasing in Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course help you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Phase states
    Phase filters
    Phasing graphic overrides
    Phasing workflow
    Other considerations when working with phasing

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of Architectural or MEP or Structural terminology.
    Revit installed in the machine.

    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.

  • Site Design

    Revit Site Design Course
    (Course Duration: 90 minutes)

    Course Description
    The material presented in this course helps users understand and employ tools to create toposurfaces, hardscapes and softscapes that communicate design intent for sitework in the Revit platform.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course includes:
    Setting up the site project
    Establishing file exchange between building, site and civil models
    Adding property lines
    Creating toposurfaces and understanding point placement
    Modification of toposurfaces via splitting, merging and adding subregions
    Working with building pads
    Adding site components
    Placing annotative elements in site views
    Creating graded regions

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following courses:
    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.

  • Introduction to Revit

    Introduction to Revit
    (Approximate Duration: 20 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course is intended to give you a high-level overview of the concepts behind Building Information Modeling and Revit as a BIM tool. It is also a primer to understand Revit’s user interface such that you can navigate through a project.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Introduction to BIM
    Introduction to Revit

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of Architectural or MEP or Structural terminology.
    Revit installed in the machine.

    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.

  • Essential Skills Course

    Essential Skills Course
    (Approximate Duration: 15 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course is intended to give you an overview of placing and editing objects in a Revit project.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Placing elements in Revit
    Basic and helpful modifying tools

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Revit installed in the machine.

    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.

  • Introduction to Views Course

    Introduction to Views Course
    (Approximate Duration: 60 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course is intended to give you a high-level overview of the concepts behind model views, view properties and the visibility of the elements in those views.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    View Types
    Plan, Elevation, Section and Schedule View Creation and Properties

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of Architectural terminology.
    Revit installed in the machine.

    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.

  • Architectural Project Setup Course

    Architectural Project Setup Course
    (Course Duration: 90 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will step you through the process of starting an Architectural project. You will learn about template selection, project settings, coordinate systems, linking files and establishing project datum.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Template Selection
    Project Settings
    Coordinate System
    Linking Files
    Adding Levels, Datum References and Grid Lines

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    An understanding of Architectural terminology.
    Revit installed in the machine.

    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.

  • Walls Course

    Walls Course
    (Course Duration: 58 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will help you understand how to create basic, stacked, and curtain wall types, place wall instances, and modify existing wall geometry.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Placing walls in the project
    Modifying wall instances with sweeps, reveals, and openings
    Creating wall types with integral sweeps, reveals, and split regions
    Modifying wall joins
    Creating canted and other non-vertical walls
    Placing and modifying rule, ad hoc, and pattern based curtain walls

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should complete the following courses:
    Introduction to Revit
    Introduction to Views

    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.

  • Placing Doors, Windows and Openings Course

    Doors, Windows and Openings Course
    (Course Duration: 24 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will give step you through adding process

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Placing Doors and Windows in the Model
    Properties and Edits
    Schedules
    Curtain Wall Doors
    Custom Wall Openings

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have preferably completed the following course:
    Modeling Walls

    Tips:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
    Go Full Screen when watching videos.

  • Floors Course

    Floors Course Introduction
    (Course Duration: 25 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will help you understand how to create floor types, place floor instances, and modify existing floor geometry.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Understanding floors as system family
    Placing floors
    Creating floor types
    Modifying floors
    Placing floor openings
    Creating sloped floors and depressions
    Adding thickened slab edges

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should complete the following courses:
    Introduction to Revit
    Introduction to Views

    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.

  • Ceilings Course

    Ceilings Course
    (Course Duration: 10 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will teach you how to place the ceilings in your building project.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Add and Modify Ceilings
    Ceiling Type and Instance Properties
    Ceiling Schedule

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of architectural terminology.
    Completed the essential skills, project setup and walls courses.

    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.

  • Schematic Floor Plans Course

    Schematic Floor Plans Course
    (Course Duration: 13 minutes)

    Course Description
    In this course, you will learn how develop a schematic floor plan in Revit. From the placement of walls to adding room and area definitions to the floor plan.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course help you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Wall placement basics
    Adding and Modifying Rooms
    Creating a Room Color Scheme
    Creating Room Schedules
    Creating Area Plans

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of Architectural terminology.
    Revit installed in the machine.

    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.

  • Circulation Course

    Circulation Course
    (Course Duration: 37 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will help you understand how to create stairs, ramps, and railings in Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Stair families and types
    Stair instance and type properties
    Component and sketch based stair creation
    Ramp creation and modification
    Railing placement and instance properties
    Railing type properties
    Editing of rail paths and joins

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should complete the following courses:
    Introduction to Revit
    Introduction to Views
    Architectural Project Setup

    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.

  • Schedules Course

    Revit Schedules Course
    (Course Duration: 90 minutes)

    Course Description
    The material presented in this course helps users understand how to create a variety of schedule types and manage schedule formatting and appearance.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course includes:
    Creating category and multi-category schedules
    Adding schedule fields
    Adding schedule filters
    Sorting and grouping in schedules
    Working with schedule formatting and appearance
    Creating material takeoffs
    How to create and use key schedules
    Creating view lists
    Creating sheet lists
    Creating graphical column schedules
    Working with note blocks

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following courses:
    None

    Tips:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
    Go Full Screen when watching videos.

  • Model Coordination

    Model Coordination Course
    (Course Duration: 90 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 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:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
    Go Full Screen when watching videos.

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