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  • Site Design

    Revit Site Design Course
    (Video Run Time: 35 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 50 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 25 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 110 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

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  • Model Coordination

    Model Coordination Course
    (Video Run Time: 45 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 90 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise 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 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

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  • Introduction to Revit

    Introduction to Revit
    (Video Run Time: 25 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 30 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 Introduction
    (Video Run Time: 20 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 20 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 40 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:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
    Go Full Screen when watching videos.

  • Views Course

    Views Course
    (Video Run Time: 70 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 15 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 85 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 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.

  • Structural Project Setup Course

    Structural Project Setup
    (Video Run Time: 90 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 30)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 125 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will step you through the process of starting a structural project. You will learn about template selection, project settings, coordinate systems, linking files and setting 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 CAD and Revit files
    Adding levels, datum references and grid lines
    Copy/Monitoring levels and grids if working with an architect

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of architectural 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.
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  • Structural Columns Course

    Structural Columns Course
    (Video Run Time: 10 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 20 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 40 minutes)

    Course Description
    In this course, you will learn how to work with columns in the Revit model.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course help you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Placing columns in the project
    Working with column families and types
    Creating a column schedule
    Creating a graphical column schedule.

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of structural and architectural terminology.
    Understanding of Revit levels, grids and views.
    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.

  • Beams Course

    Beams Course Introduction
    (Video Run Time: 10 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 20 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 35 minutes)

    Course Description
    In this course, you will learn how to work with beams in the Revit model.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course help you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Placing beams and beam systems in the project
    Working with beam families and types
    Creating a beam schedule

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of structural and architectural terminology.
    Understanding of Revit levels, grids and views.
    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
    (Video Run Time: 60 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 55 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 25 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 140 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:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
    Go Full Screen when watching videos.

  • Floors Course

    Floors Course Introduction
    (Video Run Time: 25 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 25 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 15 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 65 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:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
    Go Full Screen when watching videos.

  • Foundations Course

    Foundations Course
    (Video Run Time: 15 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 20 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 45 minutes)

    Course Description
    In this course, you will learn how to work with the building foundation elements in the Revit model.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course help you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Placing isolated, wall, and slab foundations in the project
    Foundation element families and types
    Creating a schedule of the foundation elements

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of structural and architectural terminology.
    Understanding of Revit levels, grids and views.
    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.

  • Trusses Course

    Trusses Course Introduction
    (Video Run Time: 10 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 15 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 30 minutes)

    Course Description
    This course will teach you how to place and modify trusses for the structural project in Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Place and Modify Trusses
    Truss Properties and Truss Element Properties
    Truss Families
    Schedule Truss Elements

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

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

  • Braces Course

    Braces Course Introduction
    (Video Run Time: 5 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 10 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 5 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 20 minutes)

    Course Description
    In this course, you will learn how to add bracing to the structural model in Revit.

    Course Objectives
    The material presented in this course help you gain an understanding of the following topics:
    Placing Braces
    Braces Families and Types
    Creating Brace Schedules

    Course Prerequisites
    To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
    Understanding of structural and architectural terminology.
    Understanding of Revit levels, grids and views.
    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.

  • Detailing Course

    Detailing Course
    (Video Run Time: 15 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 15 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 40 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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  • Annotation Course

    Annotation Course
    (Video Run Time: 25 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 25 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 15 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 65 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
    Working with note blocks

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

    Tips:
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  • Schedules Course

    Revit Schedules Course
    (Video Run Time: 50 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 60 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 25 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 135 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

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  • Deliverables Course

    Deliverables Course
    (Video Run Time: 55 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 35 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 15 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 105 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 to PDF
    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:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
    Go Full Screen when watching videos.

  • Worksharing Course

    Worksharing Course
    (Video Run Time: 15 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 35 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 60 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:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
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  • Revit Materials

    Revit Materials Course
    (Video Run Time: 80 minutes)
    (Minimum Course Duration: 80 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:
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    Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
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  • Phasing Course

    Phasing Course
    (Video Run Time: 20 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 15 minutes)
    (Estimated Exercise Time: 10 minutes)
    (Minimum 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.

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