Diploma in Building Information Modeling with Revit Architecture - Course Content

Day 01 » Introduction of Revit Interface
Day 02 » Customize Revit interface
» Setting up short cuts, QAT, Display and File Locations
» Revit File Types (RFT, RTE, RFA, RVT, ADSKLIB, IFC) and

manage files
» Hierarchy of Revit element.
» Instance Properties and Type Properties
» Stating new Project with Project templates

» Introduction of BIM and Revit Architecture
» Features and Benefits of Revit Architecture
» Essential modification tools of Revit
» Move (MV)
» Copy (CO)
» Paste
» Editing Pasted Elements
» Paste Aligned
» Create Similar
» Rotate
» Mirror
» Array
» Scale Trim / Extend
» Align tool

Day 03 Levels (LL) and Grids (GR)
» Creating of Levels
» Modifying Levels
» Level Properties
» Creating views and enabling views
» Constrain Level Lines
» Remove Level Lines
» Creating of Levels
» Modifying Levels
» Constrain Level Lines
» Section Box and Scope Box

Architectural Walls
» Create Basic wall with different shapes
» Adjust walls with dimension
» Wall structure and Compound walls
» Wall Modification
» Wall Joints
» Wall Sweep and reveals
» Advance Wall architecture tips
» Slanted wall
» Types of curtain walls
» Embedded wall
» Create Curtain wall
» Curtain Grids
» Create custom mullion

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Day 04 Structural and Architectural Columns / Wall Foundation
Day 05 (RRM) /Isolated Footings and Beam

» Create Stacked wall
» Create Rubble Wall foundation
» Import Structural foundation, Piles and pile cap, Struc-

tural Columns and structural framing.
» Modify and place Isolated Footing
» Modify and Place Architectural Columns and Structural

columns
» Modify and place Structural Beam
» Beam Orientation,
» Modify XYZ Justification and offset.

Floor
» Creating Architectural Floor and Structural Floor
» Create floor types and Modify floor structure
» Manage Slop arrow
» Create Sub elements and edit elements of the floor

Staircase Designs
» Understanding the parts of Stair Case
» Understanding of term and definitions of stair designs
» Assembled Stairs
» Monolithic Stairs (In place Staircase)
» Precast stairs
» Edit and Modify Stair treads and risers
» Create and Modify Landing
» Right Support, Left support (Carriege and
» Middle support
» “L” Shape Stairs
» “T” Shape Stairs
» Multi story stairs
» Aligned Stairs
» Suspended Stairs
» Industrial type stairs
» Stair Beginning and finish
» Add risers and Move risers
» Create your own designs with Sketches
» Create double landing stairs

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Day 06 Advance Railings
» Understanding anatomy of the railing
» Understanding of term and definitions of railing
» Hosting of Railing
» Modify Balusters and Post
» Modify of Intermediate railing
» Modify Top rail
» Modify hand rail
» Railing Extensions in start and finish
» Different Railing Types
» Use Advance railing

Suspended Ceiling
» Modify Ceiling structure
» Create Automatic Ceiling
» Create Sketched Ceiling
» Manage Slope arrow
» Aligned Ceiling Panels

Day 07 Paints, Materials, textures and mapping

» Understanding the terms of materials paints and tex-
tures

» Create Project material
» Modify identity data
» Understanding of graphics and appearance.
» Thermal and physical properties
» Material library
» Using Adsklib file
» Import and export material library
» Create paints
» Split face and joints
» Apply paint in different faces
» Create new material duplicate and edit properties
» Use asset browser
» Understanding pbr textures and color maps
» Download PBR texture files
» Create stone paving texture
» Import and Place decals
» Hatch patterns and masking
» Line types, line styles and line thickness
» Create detail lines

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Day 08 » Import Auto CAD File, Image File, PDF and manage Revit
Links

» Topography design
» Create topographical maps by importing csv and AutoCAD file
» Import and place doors and windows
» Import components families
» Edit properties and placement
» Interior Furniture Arrangement
» Lighting Placement
» Exterior Components and plants
» View Management
» Understanding the concept and use of underlay, view range

and plan region.
» Visibility graphic override

Day 09 Family Editor Part 1

» Understanding the different and use of Family Template
» Understanding the Different of Massing, Family Editor inter-

face and project interface
» Understanding characteristics of reference plane, Reference

Line and Model Lines.
» Create Modify and use of Extrusion
» Create Modify and use of Blend
» Create Modify and use of Revolve
» Create Modify and use of Sweep
» Create Modify and use of Swept blend
» Void Forms and Solid Forms
» Create and study of Parametric Box Family
» Create Fully Parametric Dining Table Family

Day 10 Family Editor Part 2

» Understanding Advance Family Editor Techniques by Creating
Parametric and Nested Computer Table Family.

» Create Dimension parameter
» Cut Geometry / Join Geometry
» Profile family template
» Using of Profile Family
» Create Nested family
» Parametric Model Text
» Symbolic Lines
» Visibility Parameter
» Modify View Visibility Settings
» Create Formula and Lock dimensions
» Model In place – Create Façade, Pot and wall decorations
» Create Louvered Door
» Create Louvered Window (3 Panel)
» Curtain Family
» LED Strip Light Family

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Day 11 Roof Designs
» Create Roof Modify Roof Structure
Day 12 » Roof by foot print
Day 13 » Understanding overhang and defines slope
» Create Flat roof
» Create Open Gable roof
» Create Sand Box roof
» Create Hip and Valley roof
» Create Combination roof
» Create Dutch Gable roof
» Create mansard roof
» Create Gambrel roof
» Create complex hip and valley roof
» Create Dome, summer hut, cone shape roof
» Join unjoin roof
» Roof Opening and dormer opening
» Create Dormer roof
» Roof by massing

Roof Detailing
» Create Timber Wall plate, Ridge Plate, Rafters and Bat-
ton Family
» Place Wall plates
» Place Ridge plate
» Coping and trimming
» Place Rafters by Beam systems
» Understanding beam system modification
» Place Batton
» modify and place valence board and gutter
» Create soffit and soffit by model in place
» Create rafter embedded finishing ceiling
» Place down pipes
» Create roof tile family
» Create parametric ridge place family.

» Introduction of BIM Concepts
» Understanding work sets, collaboration
» Understanding of work sharing between departments
» Understanding concept of project phasing (BIM 4D)
» Create your own project template
» Explain and start BIM Project
» Create view template

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Day 14 BIM Project – Session 1
» Create Levels and Grids
Day 15 » Create Structural Modeling views
Day 16 » Model structural elements
Day 17 » Setting up rebar cover
Day 18 » Create Isolated footings (F1, F2, F3)
Day 19 » Create Plinth beam (PB 1, PB2, PB 3)
» Create RRM Wall (retaining wall)
» Create Slab Beams
» Create Columns
» Create Architectural Modeling views
» Create External and internal walls
» external / internal plaster
» Place Door and windows
» Create structural and architectural floors (Floor Slab
with Finishers)

» Create Skirtings
» Create Stair Case (Monolithic and assembled Stair)
» Create Railings and parapet wall
» Create wall decorations
» Add paints, decals and texturing

» Model topography
» Create perimeter wall with entrance gate
» Design interior features in Bed room, office room
» Create your own ceiling design
» Use sketch-up 3d warehouse in Revit
» Use enscape
» Create enscaape images
» Reinforcement Modeling
» Reinforcement settings
» Rebar shapes
» Rebar families and types
» Model rebar for isolated footing (F1, F2, F3)
» Model Rebar for Columns (C1, C2, C3, C1.1, C1.2 etc.…)
» Model Rebar for Structural Beams (Plinth Beam, Slab

beam)
» Model Structural slab (1st Floor, 2nd Floor and roof top)
» Model Staircase reinforcement

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Day 20 » Create your Own title block (A0, A1, A3)
» Scale Site plan (1:1000, 1:500)
» Create setting out drawing
» Foundation Layout drawing
» 1st floor Beam Layout, 2nd Floor Bam Layout Drawing
» Foundation Detail drawings
» Slab reinforcement drawing

Day 21 » Slab reinforcement drawing
» Beam Longitudinal section and cross sections
» Create Architectural Drawing set
» Create Ground Floor 1st Floor and 2nd Floor Plans
» Create Room Lagend and area plans

Day 22 » Create section plan
Day 23 » Create Elevations
Day 24 » Create Opening legend
» Create Draught views
» Create Furniture Layout drawing
» Create Room Layout drawing
» Create Council Drawing
» 3D detail drawing

» Concept of revit scheduling
» Understanding the difference of Quantity takeoff and

Material takeoff
» Create Door Schedule
» Manage appearance of schedule
» Create window Schedule
» Create Foundation schedule
» Create calculated parameter, automatic total and for-

mular
» Create Structural column Schedule
» Create Structural Beam Schedule
» Create RCC Slab Schedule and Floor concrete schedule
» Create Floor finishers Schedule
» Create wall Schedule
» Create wall skirting Schedule
» Create Paining Schedule

» Lumion Interface
» Revit to Lumion live sync
» Export and live sync project file
» Creating of views and camera angles
» Lumion Objects
» Lumion environment settings
» Texturing and texture modification
» Lighting

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