Course Syllabus

Chapter-1 Introducing the Autodesk Revit Architecture Interface

• Understanding the User Interface
• Exercise 1.1: Use the Properties Palette to See Dynamic

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Updates of Properties
• Exercise 1.2: Explore the Content of Your Project with the

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Project Browser
• Exercise 1.3: Use the View Control Bar to See Frequently Used
View Properties

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• Exercise 1.4: Navigate with the ViewCube
• Creating a Simple Layout
• Exercise 1.5: Create a Floor

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• Exercise 1.6: Create Walls
• Exercise 1.7: Create Levels
• Exercise 1.8: Change Wall Type
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• Exercise 1.9: Place Interior Walls
• Exercise 1.10: Place Doors and Windows
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• Exercise 1.11: Space Elements Equally
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Chapter-2 Walls and Curtain Walls

• Understanding Wall Types and Parameters
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• Basic Walls
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• Stacked Walls
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• Curtain Wall Types

• Hosting Elements in Walls

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• Creating Wall Configurations

• Exercise 2.1: Create Wall Configurations

• Exercise 2.2: Host a Door in a Wall

• Modifying Wall Parameters

 • Exercise 2.3: Modify Wall Parameters

• Editing and Resetting Wall Profiles

• Exercise 2.4: Edit and Reset the Wall Profile

• Exercise 2.5: Attach and Detach the Top/Base Cutting

Openings

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Exercise 2.6: Cut Openings in a Curved Wall

• Splitting Walls

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• Swapping Walls

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Creating Curtain Walls

• Exercise 2.7: Create and Customize a Curtain Wall

• Exercise 2.8: Modify Curtain Wall Type Properties

• Editing Wall Profiles

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• Embedding Curtain Walls

• Exercise 2.9: Embed and Edit Curtain Wall Profile

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• Curtain Panels
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• Adding and Removing Grids and Mullions

• Exercise 2.10: Add and Remove Curtain Grids and Mullions

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• Exercise 2.11: Customize Curtain Panels

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Chapter-3 Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings

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• Creating Floors
• Exercise 3.1: Create a Floor by Sketch and Pick Walls
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• Exercise 3.2: Edit the Floor Boundary

• Exercise 3.3: Create Sloped Floors
• Exercise 3.4: Create an Opening with the Opening by Face Tool
• Exercise 3.5: Create an Opening with the Shaft Opening Tool
• Creating Roofs
• Exercise 3.6: Create a Roof by Footprint
• Exercise 3.7: Create a Roof by Extrusion
• Exercise 3.8: Create Slope Arrows
 • Exercise 3.9: Create Multiple Roof Slopes
• Adding Ceilings
• Exercise 3.10: Add Automatic and Sketch Ceilings
• Exercise 3.11: Create a Bulkhead
• Exercise 3.12: Add Lights and Rotate the Grid
• Exercise 3.13: Slope the Ceiling

Chapter 4 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

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• Creating a Generic Railing

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• Exercise 4.1: Create a Generic Railing
• Creating Stair Configurations
• Exercise 4.2: Create a Stair by Component

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• Exercise 4.3: Create a Stair by Sketch
• Exercise 4.4: Customize and Create a Component Stair Landing
• Exercise 4.5: Create a Multistory Stair
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Exercise 4.6: Modify Level and Stair Height
Exercise 4.7: Host a Railing to a Stair
Exercise 4.8: Edit Railing Top Rail and Slope
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• Designing Ramps
• Exercise 4.9: Create a Ramp and Edit the Boundary
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Chapter 5Adding Families

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• Understanding the Model Hierarchy

• Exercise 5.1: Exploring the Model Hierarchy
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• Working with System Families

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Loading System Families

• Exercise 5.2: Transfer Project Standards
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• Exercise 5.3: Place System Families

• Working with Component Families
• Exercise 5.4: Create a New Family and Load It into a Project
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Exercise 5.5: Save Out and Reload Families from Project

• Working with Hosted Families
• Exercise 5.6: Work with Hosted Families
• Exercise 5.7: Place Face-Based Families
• Exercise 5.8: Shared Nested Families
• Working with In-Place Component Families
• Exercise 5.9: Modify an In-Place Family
• Finding Content
 Chapter 6 Modifying Families
• Modifying 3D Families
• Exercise 6.1: View Scale and Detail Level
• Exercise 6.2: Assign Visibility to Detail Levels
• Family Categories
• Exercise 6.3: Edit the Family Category

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• Exercise 6.4: Update a Family Origin
• Exercise 6.5: Enable and Modify the Room Calculation Point

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• Exercise 6.6: Modify Hosted Components
• Exercise 6.7: Incorporate Nested Families
• Modifying 2D Families

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• Exercise 6.8: Edit a Tag Family
• Exercise 6.9: Edit a Profile Family
• Exercise 6.10: Update Detail Components

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• Exercise 6.11: Modify the Title Blocks
• Family Tips and Best Practices
Chapter 7 Schematic Design
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• Importing a 2D Image
• Exercise 7.1: Import and Scale a 2D Image
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• Designing with a 3D Sketch
• Exercise 7.2: Use a 3D Sketch from FormIt
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• Exercise 7.3: Create Mass Floors

• Exercise 7.4: Update a Mass
• Creating Revit Elements from a Mass
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• Exercise 7.5: Create Floors from a Mass

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• Exercise 7.6: Create Walls from a Mass

• Exercise 7.7: Create a Curtain System
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• Exercise 7.8: Create a Roof from a Mass

Chapter 8 Rooms and Color Fill Plans
• Defining Rooms in Spaces
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• Room Tags
• Room Boundaries
• Room Separation Lines
• Deleting Rooms
• Exercise 8.1: Add Rooms and Room Tags
• Exercise 8.2: Modify a Room Boundary
• Exercise 8.3: Delete a Room Object
 • Generating Color Fill Room Plans
• Exercise 8.4: Add and Modify a Color Scheme
• Exercise 8.5: Add Tags and Color Fills in Section
Chapter 9 Materials, Visualization, Rendering
• Exercise 9.1: Define a Material
• Exercise 9.2: Assign a Material
• Graphic Display Options

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• Exercise 9.3: Presentation Elevation View
• Exercise 9.4: Presentation 3D View

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• Exercise 9.5: 3D Exploded View
• Rendering
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Exercise 9.6: Render a View
• Exercise 9.7: Interactive Rendering
• Exercise 9.8: Cloud Rendering
Chapter 10 Worksharing
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• Exercise 10.1: Enable Worksharing
• Exercise 10.2: Create a Local File and Worksets
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• Exercise 10.3: Assign Elements to Worksets and Control
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• Saving to the Central Model

• Exercise 10.4: Two-User Workflow
• Exercise 10.5: Open and Close Worksets
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Worksharing Display Modes

• Editing Requests
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• Worksharing Best Practices

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Chapter 11 Details and Annotations

• Creating Details
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Detail Line
• Region
• Component
• Arranging Elements in the View
• Repeating Detail Component
• Insulation
• Detail Groups
• Linework
 • Exercise 11.1: Enhance a Detail with Regions
• Exercise 11.2: Add Detail Components and Detail Lines
• Exercise 11.3: Create a Repeating Detail Component
• Annotating Your Details
• Dimensions
• Tags
• Text
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Exercise 11.4: Add Dimensions to Your Detail
• Exercise 11.5: Add Tags and Text to Your Detail
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Creating Legends
• Exercise 11.6: Create a Legend

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Chapter 12 Drawing Sets
• Schedules
• Understanding Schedules
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Exercise 12.1: Create a Window Schedule
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• Placing Views on Sheets
• Exercise 12.4: Arrange Plan Views on a Sheet
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• Exercise 12.5: Adjust Crop Regions
• Exercise 12.6: Add Schedules to Sheets
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• Printing Documents
• Exercise 12.7: Explore the Print Dialog Box
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Chapter 13 Workflow and Site Modeling

• Understanding a BIM Workflow
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• Staffing a BIM Project

• Project Roles Using Revit Architecture
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• Modeler
• Drafter
• Adding Team Members to Fight Fires
• Modeling a Site
• Toposurface
• Building Pad
• Exercise 13.1: Model a Toposurface
• Exercise 13.2: Create a Building Pad
 • Performing Quality Control on Your Model: Keeping an Eye on
File Size
• Purging Unused Families and Groups
• Managing Links and Images
• Cutting Down on the Number of Views
• Dealing with Warnings
Chapter 14 Repetition in Revit

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• Repeating Geometry
• Component Families

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• Exercise 14.1: Create and Apply Family Types
• Groups
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Exercise 14.2: Create and Edit a Group
• Exercise 14.3: Create Variation in Groups
• Assemblies
• Exercise 14.4: Create and Edit an Assembly
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Revit Links
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Exercise 14.6: Create Revit Links
• Utilize Tips and Shortcuts
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Final Assignment
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