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  • Rendering Course

    Rendering Course
    (Video Run Time: 15 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 25 minutes)
    (Estimated Quiz Time: 15 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 55 minutes)

    Course Description
    In this course, you will learn the guidelines, principles, and process behind creating quality renderings using Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course teaches you about:
    Understanding and adjusting material appearance
    Creating 3D perspective views
    Working with natural and artificial lighting
    Rendering locally or in the cloud

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

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  • Design Options Course

    Design Options Course
    (Video Run Time: 10 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 20 minutes)
    (Estimated Quiz Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 40 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course presents the standard workflow and best practices for using Design Options in Revit to present multiple design solutions for a given design problem.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course teaches you about:
    When to use Design Options on a project
    Best practices for use of Design Options
    Creation and management of Design Options
    Presenting and promoting Design Options

    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

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  • Construction Document Management in Revit

    Construction Document Management in Revit Course
    (Video Run Time: 120 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 120 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.
    CDM001 – Construction Document Management in Revit – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 
    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.
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  • Revit MEP Systems for Architectural Coordination

    Revit MEP Systems for Architectural Coordination Course
    (Video Run Time: 75 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 75 minutes)

    Course Description
    The material presented in this course helps users understand the basics of placing MEP elements in the model and collaborating with the MEP model(s).

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course includes:
    Working with HVAC systems and objects and equipment
    Working with plumbing systems, equipment and fixtures
    Working with electrical systems and equipment
    Working with lighting systems and equipment

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following courses:
    Revit Architecture Fundamentals learning path

    AIA (USA) Accredited Course
    Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
    MEP001 – Revit MEP Systems for Architectural Coordination – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 
    AIA (USA) Learning Objectives
    Participants will learn how to create and reference MEP design and documentation for architectural coordination purposes using the Revit platform.
    Prerequisite Knowledge:
    Knowledge of Revit view setup and architectural coordination for construction documents.
    Learning Objective 1:
    Participants will learn how to add HVAC elements for floor plan and ceiling plan coordination.
    Learning Objective 2:
    Participants will learn how to add plumbing fixtures for floor plan coordination, accessibility, and code requirements.
    Learning Objective 3:
    Participants will learn how to add electrical, communication, audio and lighting elements for floor plan and ceiling plan coordination.
    Learning Objective 4:
    Participants will learn how to work with linked elements from the MEP discipline models for coordination in the later stages of the design project.
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  • Revit Structural Analysis

    Revit Structural Analysis Course
    (Video Run Time: 10 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 30 minutes)
    (Estimated Quiz Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 50 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course presents the tools used to create and modify the analytical structural model in preparation for export to a third-party analysis software.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course teaches you about:
    How to view the analytical model
    Analytical object properties
    How to adjust the analytical model
    How to define boundary conditions
    How to apply loads ot the analytical model

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following learning path:
    Revit Structure Fundamentals

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  • Life Safety Plans in Revit

    Life Safety Plans in Revit Course
    (Video Run Time: 80 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 80 minutes)

    Course Description
    The material presented in this course helps users understand how to create life safety plans for architectural code documentation.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course includes:
    Creating a schematic plan layout when needed
    Adding rooms
    Applying color schemes
    Understanding room calculations for area and volume
    Area plan creation
    How to use the Path of Travel tool & People Flow toolkit
    Creating egress plans
    Creating occupancy plans and schedules

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following learning path:
    Revit Architecture Fundamentals

    AIA (USA) Accredited Course
    Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
    LSP001 – Life Safety Plans in Revit – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 
    AIA (USA) Learning Objectives
    Participants will understand the setup and execution of room and area plans in Revit for the purposes of documenting egress and occupancy code sheets for construction documents.
    Prerequisite Knowledge:
    Basic Revit knowledge.
    Learning Objective 1:
    Participants will learn how to create plan views dedicated to life safety construction documentation like egress and occupancy plans.
    Learning Objective 2:
    Participants will learn how to place analytical objects like rooms and room bounding elements.
    Learning Objective 3:
    Participants will develop area plans, schedules, and annotative elements for occupancy plans in Revit.
    Learning Objective 4:
    Participants will learn how to work with the path of travel and people flow tools for egress documentation.
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  • Dimensions and Text for ADA Compliance

    Dimensions and Text for ADA Compliance Course
    (Video Run Time: 85 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 85 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will discuss general principles to place text and dimensions in Revit as well as placement of clearance families, labels, symbols and dimensions for construction documents.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course includes:
    Basic, essential skills for annotating views in Revit
    Dimensions and constraints
    Placing symbols
    Creating Generic Annotation families
    Documenting clearances with dimensions, detail items and solid geometry

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have completed one of the following courses:
    Revit Architecture Fundamentals
    Family Creation Fundamentals Course

    AIA (USA) Accredited Course
    Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
    DTC001 – Dimensions and Text for ADA Compliance – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 
    AIA (USA) Learning Objectives
    This course will discuss general principles to place text and dimensions in Revit as well as placement of clearance families, labels, symbols and dimensions for construction documents.
    Prerequisite Knowledge:
    Basic Revit knowledge. Very basic family creation principles.
    Learning Objective 1:
    Participants will learn how to place of ADA construction document symbols.
    Learning Objective 2:
    Participants will learn how to place printing and non-printing clearance families to help designers follow ADA code.
    Learning Objective 3:
    Participants will learn how to place dimensional constraints to keep model geometry within ADA code.
    Learning Objective 4:
    Participants will learn how to create basic family content to dynamically document clearances for construction document.
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  • Revit Structural Systems

    Revit Structural Systems Course
    (Video Run Time: 65 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 65 minutes)

    Course Description
    The material presented in this course helps architectural users create structural geometry in Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course considers the placement and modification of:
    Grids
    Columns
    Structural walls
    Horizontal framing (beams, joists and trusses)
    Vertical bracing
    Structural slabs and floors
    Isolated and wall foundations

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

    AIA (USA) Accredited Course
    Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
    RSS001 – Revit Structural Systems – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 
    AIA (USA) Learning Objectives
    Participants will learn how to represent and integrate structural systems into the architectural project for early phases of design and documentation.
    Prerequisite Knowledge:
    Basic Revit Knowledge.
    Learning Objective 1:
    Participants will learn how to model horizontal framing to account for structural elements as they relate to the architectural model.
    Learning Objective 2:
    Participants will learn how to model vertical framing to account for structural elements as they relate to the architectural model.
    Learning Objective 3:
    Participants will learn how to identify load bearing walls and floors and communicate these to the structural team for design and analysis.
    Learning Objective 4:
    Participants will learn how to model foundations to account for structural elements as they relate to the architectural model.
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  • Revit Precast Course

    Revit Precast Course
    (Video Run Time: 20 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 60 minutes)
    (Estimated Quiz Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 90 minutes)

    Course Description
    The material presented in this course will help you utilize the Precast tools in Revit to develop precast construction models and shop drawings.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course will help you use the Precast tools in Revit to accomplish the following:
    Create solid and multilayered precast walls
    Create solid, hollow core and girder slabs
    Add lifters, bushings and connections
    Add reinforcement
    Create shop drawings
    Export CAM files
    Create custom fabric sheets
    Add mounting parts

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

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    Revit Precast dataset

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