Revit Architecture Essentials

Revit offers many advantages over traditional CAD for architectural design. However, those benefits are only available to those who understand how to use the software effectively. And although Revit is a different way of working, learning it does not have to be difficult. If you need to quickly learn how to produce architectural models and projects using Revit, you will gain all these skills in our 2-day Revit Architecture Essentials course.

Revit Architecture Essentials Course Outline

• Learn the right way to create a project - what to do first, second, etc. - and avoid mistakes later 

• The power of Revit - dimension an entire wall in just 2 clicks 

• Options for adding and modifying dimensions 

• Use copy, align, move, mirror, trim, offset, fillet and split tools 

• Understand multi-segment grids for more complex modelling 

• Discussion of Revit modelling techniques - pros and cons 

• Create your own wall type to see how Revit works, create floors 

• Insert doors and windows, create door and window sizes 

• Learn different methods for creating roofs, from simple pitched to bespoke commercial 

• Best methods for creating and organising new views 

• Create a staircase that meets building regulations in just 4 clicks 

• Add simple furniture, understand families and hosted families 

• Align model elements to different floors to avoid repetitive tasks and ensure accuracy 

• Produce a near-photorealistic rendering in just 2 clicks 

• Why schedules in Revit are 100% accurate 

• Set up detail views and add detail components, repeated detail components, keynotes, detail lines 

• Create filled regions 

• Add detail lines and symbols to clarify design intent 

• Add sheets with title blocks and project views 

• Print to scale 

This course will not cover curtain walls, rooms / room tags / room schedules, creating legends, working with schedules, creating ramps / railings / shaft openings / sloped floors.  For a beginner's course covering these topics, please refer to our 3-day Revit Architecture Essentials Plus course.

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