Revit Architecture 2011 Training

Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011

Discover the program structure and essential features of Autodesk Revit with this Autodesk Revit 2011 training DVD covering 421 individual topics and over 29 hours of instructor-led training. Learn the skills building information modeling (BIM) in Autodesk Revit Architecture as your instructor, Sean Burke, covers the features and functions used to develop, analyze and document building designs. Lessons include concepts and demonstrations to guide you through modeling, drafting and detailing, components and families, collaboration, design analysis, annotation, printing and publishing, family creation, and much more.

As a flexible CAD training solution, you can sort the lessons and progress from beginner to advanced topics; or just review seldom used commands and added functionality of new releases.

Features & Benefits of Revit Architecture 2011 Training CBT:

• Use at Your Office or at Home
  Training software can be installed on a PC or laptop.
• Powerful Keyword Search
  Quickly locate relevant lessons or reference seldom used commands.
• Sort Lessons By Skill Level
  Work your way from Beginner to Advanced level topics.
• Project Files
  Make the most of your learning experience by opening the included project files directly in your own software while following along with the instructor-led video tutorials.
• Intelligent History
  Track the lessons you’ve completed or restart a lesson exactly where you left off.
• Multimedia DVD based Training
  With DVD based training, the lectures were video taped and then digitized and presented to you in Full Motion Video, Audio, & Graphics.

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Course Outline - Revit Architecture 2011 Training Series:

(Total of 421 Individual Video Lessons - Over 29 Hours of Instructor-Led Training)

Getting Started

• Starting Revit
• First Time Use and Setup
• Opening a Project File
• Identifying the User Interface Components
• Introduction to the Ribbon
• Understanding the Quick Access Toolbar
• Understanding the Options Bar
• Understanding the Application Menu
• Understanding the InfoCenter Toolbar
• Understanding the Project Browser
• Understanding the Type Selector
• Understanding the Properties Palette
• Understanding the Status Bar
• Understanding the Drawing Area
• Understanding the View Controls
• Understanding the Navigation Bar
• Understanding the ViewCube
• Understanding the Steering Wheels
• Understanding the Options Dialog
• Understanding the Units and Snaps
• Starting a New Project from Recent Files
• Starting a New Project from the Application Menu
• Using the Mouse: Fundamentals
• Using the Keyboard: Fundamentals
• Saving and Closing Files
• Managing Windows
• Closing the Application
• Understanding Ways to Select Objects

Modeling Essentials

• Introduction to Modeling with Revit
• Introduction to the Concepts of Families, Types and Instances
• Understanding Sketch‐Based Objects
• Understanding Project Datum
• Creating and Modifying Levels
• Creating and Modifying Grids
• Controlling Datum Visibility
• Limiting Visibility of Datum Using Scope Boxes
• Setting and Showing the Active Work Plane
• Creating Reference Planes
• Modeling Accurately with Length Snap Increments
• Working with Snaps
• Working in 3D Views to Aid in Modeling

Building Shell

• Starting Your First Project
• Understanding Wall Drawing Aids
• Creating Exterior Building Walls
• Creating Doors
• Creating Windows
• Modifying Door and Window Properties
• Creating Curtain Walls
• Creating Curtain Wall Door Panel Instances
• Creating Curtain Grids and Mullions
• Creating a Roof by Footprint
• Creating a Roof by Extrusion
• Adjusting and Aligning Model Patterns

Walls: An In‐Depth Look

• Understanding Wall System Families and Types
• Creating Walls by Sketch
• Creating Walls by Pick
• Creating a Wall by Face
• Understanding Wall Properties
• Modifying Walls to Increase Specificity
• Understanding Curtain Wall Types
• Creating a Curtain Wall
• Working with Curtain Wall Grids
• Selecting Curtain Wall Components
• Customizing Curtain Walls
• Modifying Curtain Wall Panels
• Understanding Curtain Wall Corner Conditions
• Modifying Curtain Wall Mullions
• Creating a Stacked Wall
• Modifying Wall Properties
• Modifying Walls with Modify Tools
• Modifying Wall Profiles
• Creating a Wall Opening
• Introduction to Wall Layer Functions
• Overriding Host Layer Display
• Understanding Layer Join Cleanups
• Understanding Wall Layer Wrapping
• Understanding Compound Structures
• Customizing Vertical Wall Structure ‐ Regions
• Customizing Vertical Wall Structure ‐ Sweeps
• Customizing Vertical Wall Structure ‐ Reveals
• Customizing the Base and Top Extension of Walls
• Creating Embedded Walls
• Creating In‐Place Wall Sweeps
• Creating In‐Place Reveals
• Modifying Walls by Attach Top or Base
• Creating Joined Walls for Complex Assemblies

Building Core

• Creating Building Core Walls
• Creating Floors
• Modifying Floor Properties
• Placing Components
• Placing Hosted Components
• Creating Duplicate Levels with Copy and Paste
• Creating Architectural Columns
• Creating and Modifying Railings
• Introduction to Railing Properties
• Customizing Railing Properties
• Creating Stairs by Run
• Modifying Stairs
• Modifying Stair Type Properties
• Creating Stairs with Landings
• Creating Stairs by Sketching Boundaries and Riser Lines
• Creating Spiral Stairs
• Creating Multi‐Story Stairs and Shafts
• Creating Ramps

Building Interiors

• Creating Interior Partitions
• Creating Storefront Glazing
• Modifying Wall Joins
• Creating Rooms
• Creating Room Separation Lines
• Creating Ceilings
• Placing Building Components in Ceilings
• Creating Ceiling Openings
• Creating Area Plans and Types
• Creating Area Boundary Lines
• Creating Areas
• Creating and Managing Color Schemes
• Managing Area Volume and Computation Settings

Components and Families

• Introduction to Components and Families
• Placing Components from the Project Browser
• Loading Families and Using Type Catalogs
• Loading Families as Groups
• Finding Components Using Autodesk Seek
• Editing Component Families Within a Project
• Understanding Types of Family Files and Templates Used for Creating Families

Basic Modify and Reporting Tools

• Selecting Objects
• Copying and Moving Objects
• Rotating Objects
• Creating Linear Arrays
• Creating Radial Arrays
• Scaling Objects
• Mirroring Objects
• Flipping Objects
• Using the Clipboard for Copy and Paste
• Splitting Objects
• Creating Elements Consistently with Match Type and Create Similar
• Aligning Objects
• Trimming and Extending Objects
• Offsetting Objects
• Pinning Objects in Place
• Deleting Objects
• Measuring versus Dimensioning Objects
• Understanding Element IDs
• Understanding the Nature of Warnings and Reviewing
• Reporting and Displaying Coordinates

Views and Sheets

• Creating Plan Views
• Creating Reflected Ceiling Plan Views
• Creating a Plan Region
• Creating Exterior Elevation Views
• Creating Interior Elevation Views
• Creating Framing Elevation Views
• Changing the Elevation Symbol
• Creating a Section View
• Breaking Section Lines
• Controlling Section View and Depth
• Segmenting a Section View
• Creating Callout Views
• Modifying a Callout
• Tag Visibility Behavior
• Creating Drafting Views
• Creating a Reference View
• Modifying the Clip Plane in a View
• Duplicating Views
• Duplicating as Dependent Views
• Creating Matchlines and View References
• Creating Sheets
• Placing Views on a Sheet
• Aligning Views on Sheets with a Guide Grid
• Configuring System Family Coarse Scale Cut Patterns

View Graphics

• Introduction to View Properties
• Working with Visual Styles
• Understanding Scale and Level of Detail
• Understanding View Discipline Graphics Settings
• Understanding Plan View Range
• Managing and Applying View Templates
• Understanding Object Styles
• Understanding Visibility Graphics Overrides
• Creating Element and Category Graphics Overrides in Views
• Creating Filter Overrides
• Understanding Crop Regions
• Understanding Annotation Crop Regions

Dimensions and Constraints

• Introduction to Dimensions and Constraints
• Using Temporary Dimensions
• Modifying Temporary Dimension Settings
• Controlling Temporary Dimension appearance
• Working with Permanent Dimensions
• Modifying Dimensions
• Setting Dimension Preferred Edges
• Overriding Dimension Text
• Creating and Modifying Dimension Styles
• Locking Dimensions
• Controlling Dimensions Using Equality Constraints
• Controlling Dimension Units
• Creating Automatic Dimensions of Walls and Openings

Site Tools

• Introduction to the Site Tools
• Creating a Toposurface with Points
• Creating a Toposurface from CAD
• Creating a Toposurface from a Points File
• Modifying a Toposurface
• Managing Site Settings
• Creating Toposurface Subregions
• Creating Building Pads
• Creating Split and Merged Surfaces
• Creating a Graded Region
• Creating Site and Parking Components
• Creating Property Lines and Contour Labels

Design Analysis

• Enabling the Sun Path Diagram
• Creating a Solar Study

Schedules and Tags

• Introduction to Schedule and Tag Parameters
• Introduction to Tag Concepts
• Introduction to Schedule Concepts
• Placing Element Tags
• Managing Loaded and Default Tags
• Placing Room/Area Tags
• Creating a Schedule and Specifying Fields
• Modifying Schedules with Filters
• Modifying Schedules with Sorting and Grouping
• Modifying Schedule Formatting
• Modifying Schedule Appearance
• Placing Schedules on Sheets
• Creating a Room/Area Schedule
• Introduction to Key Schedules
• Working with Calculated Values in Schedules
• Creating and Managing a Sheet List
• Creating and Managing a View Schedule
• Tagging Elements in a Linked Model
• Creating Material Tags
• Material Takeoff Schedules
• Reusing Schedule Views
• Creating Placeholder Sheets
• Exporting a Schedule

Annotation

• Creating Text Annotation
• Modifying Text and Adding Leaders
• Checking Spelling in a View
• Using Find and Replace in Text Annotation
• Modifying Text Type Properties
• Creating Keynotes
• Modifying Keynotes
• Managing Keynote Settings
• Creating a Keynote Legend
• Creating a Symbol
• Using Symbols in a Note Block
• Creating a Legend
• Annotation Legend Components
• Placing Components from a Legend into a Project View
• Dimensioning Spot Coordinates and Spot Elevations
• Dimensioning Spot Slopes

Publishing and Printing

• Introduction to Printing
• Managing Print Settings
• Selecting Print Range and Options
• Printing to PDF
• Publishing to DWF and Buzzsaw
• Publishing to DWG and Buzzsaw
• Publishing Files to Share with Autodesk Seek
• Publishing to DWF
• Managing Sheet Issues and Revisions
• Creating Revision Clouds and Tags
• Modifying Titleblocks into Sketch Title Blocks
• Creating Revised Schedules
• Managing Revision Schedules
• Importing DWF Markups

Worksets

• Introduction to the Concept of Worksharing
• Revit Worksharing Terminology
• Enabling Worksharing in a Project File
• Creating the Central File
• Creating the First Local File
• Creating Worksets
• Understanding Workset Visibility
• Understanding How Central and Local Files Communicate
• Closing a Workshared Project
• Understanding Editing Requests
• Understanding the Active Workset
• Specifying Open Worksets
• Managing Linked Revit File Worksets
• Working Offline and Recovering Project Data
• Viewing History and Project Comments
• Restoring and Rollback of a Workshared Project
• Detaching a File from Central

Leveraging Other Files

• Importing, Placing and Managing Image Files
• Linking Revit Files
• Importing/Linking CAD Files
• Managing Linked Files
• Using Imported CAD Files to Create Building Model Objects
• Importing an Autodesk Exchange File (ADSK)
• Controlling Line Weights in Imported CAD Files
• Controlling Visibility and Constraints in Linked Project Files
• Understanding How Schedules Interact with Links
• Creating and Using Nested Links
• Publishing Coordinates to Linked Files
• Building Structure
• Understanding and Managing Structural Settings
• Creating Beams
• Creating Structural Walls
• Creating Structural Columns
• Creating Floors
• Creating Slab Edges
• Creating Trusses
• Creating Structural Braces
• Creating Beam Systems
• Creating Isolated Foundations
• Creating Wall Foundations
• Creating Stepped Foundations
• Creating Foundation Slabs
• Understanding Structural Beam Types
• Creating Sloped Beams

Managing Your Projects

• Managing Project Information
• Specifying the Location, Weather and Site
• Setting Project Units
• Creating and Using Project Parameters
• Managing Project Browser View Organization
• Using Parameters for Browser Organization
• Managing Project Browser Sheet Organization
• Managing Project Settings for Location and Site
• Introduction to Coordinate Systems
• Displaying and Working with Coordinate Systems
• Understanding Relocating a Project
• Orienting View to True North or Project North
• Understanding Rotate True North and Project North
• Understanding Mirror a Project
• Understanding Project Template Files
• Managing Project Standards
• Inserting Views from File
• Understanding Purge Unused
• Managing Model Object Styles

Managing Settings

• Understanding Model and Drafting Patterns
• Managing Fill Patterns
• Understanding the Render Appearance Library
• Managing Object Styles
• Managing Line Styles
• Managing Line Weights
• Managing Line Patterns
• Managing Halftone/Underlay Settings
• Managing Detail Level

Managing Application Settings

• Managing the User Interface Components
• Managing File and Template Locations
• Managing the Places Bar
• Customizing the User Interface
• Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
• Temporary Display Settings
• Macro Manager
• Macro Security

Groups

• Introduction to Groups
• Creating a Model Group
• Creating and Managing Groups of Model and Annotation Elements
• Attaching Annotation Detail Groups
• Creating Detail Groups
• Editing Groups
• Creating Slight Variation in Group Instances
• Converting Groups to Links
• Saving and Loading Groups
• Best Practices of Working with Groups

Drafting and Detailing

• Introduction to Detailing Methodology
• Loading and Placing Detail Components
• Placing Repeating Details
• Creating a Repeating Detail Type
• Creating Detail Lines
• Showing Hidden Lines in a Detail View
• Modifying the Cut Profile of Model Elements
• Overriding Linework in a View
• Creating Filled Regions
• Creating Masking Regions
• Creating Batt Insulation
• Placing Annotation on Details
• Leveraging Detail Groups
• Saving Detail Views to a File
• Inserting 2D Elements from File

Collaboration

• Introduction to Collaboration Tools
• Using The Monitor Tool Within a Single Project
• Using the Copy‐Monitor Tool With Linked Projects
• Performing a Coordination Review
• Performing a Reconcile Hosting Check
• Checking For Interference In a Single Project Or Between Linked Projects
• Exporting Revit Views to 2D CAD Files
• Controlling Layers in Exported CAD Files
• Exporting To 3D CAD
• Exporting To 2D and 3D DWF
• Linking And Working With DWF Markups
• Exporting Views to Image Files
• Exporting a Building Site
• Exporting to gbXML
• Exporting to 3ds Max, and Room & Area Reports
• Exporting and Importing IFC Format Information
• Exporting a Model Using ODBC For Collaboration

Family Creation

• Introduction to Family Creation
• Understanding the Family Editor
• An Overview of Form Creation
• Deciding When to Use Reference Planes versus Reference Lines
• Understanding the Family Types Dialog
• Creating Your First Family
• Creating the Family "Skeleton" with Reference Planes
• Creating Critical Dimensions
• Flexing to Test for Correct Model Behavior
• Creating The Family Geometry
• Assigning Materials and Subcategories
• Specifying Resulting Project Display of Geometry
• Defining Family Types
• Saving the New Family and Loading into a Project
• Creating New Types in the Project and Editing the Family
• Creating Solid Extrusions and Blends
• Creating Solid Revolves
• Creating Solid Sweeps and Swept Blends
• Creating Void Forms
• Creating Complex Form with Cut and Joined Geometry
• Using Voids to Drive Complex Geometry
• Creating Openings in Host Geometry
• Understanding the TitleBlock Family Editor UI
• Creating a Custom TitleBlock
• Creating and Modifying TitleBlock Labels

Phases

• Introduction to Phases
• Understanding Element States in Phases
• Managing Phases
• Phases in Project Templates
• Understanding the Impact of Phases on Documentation
• Demolishing Elements
• Assigning Phases and Phase Filters to a View
• Managing Phase Filters and Graphic Overrides

Design Options

• Introduction to Design Options
• Working with Design Options and Sets
• Editing Design Options
• Creating Design Option Views
• Understanding the Impact of Design Options on Documentation
• Promoting and Accepting Design Options

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