Revit 2009 Architecture Advanced August 25, 2010

Course Objectives
This course is based on ASCENT’s Revit Architecture 2009 Fundamentals training guide and Revit Architecture 2009 Intermediate training guides. This advanced guide focuses on Revit Architecture 2009’s Preliminary Design and BIM Management features.

The first half of the book covers conceptual design tools including working with mass elements, space planning and area analysis as well as Visualization tools for creating perspectives, walk- throughs, and solar studies. It also includes a chapter on rendering with a focus on setting up lighting for the rendering.

The second half of the book focuses on topics a BIM manager would need to know including customizing templates with annotation styles, titleblocks, objects style and materials as well as creating custom object types (walls, roofs, and floors) and complex families. The concepts and details of creating families is covered step-by-step with a special section on how to create various types of families.

The objective of this course is to enable students who have worked with Revit to expand their knowledge in the areas of Preliminary Design (massing studies, space planning, visualization, and rendering) and BIM Management (setting up Revit and creating custom families).

Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should be comfortable with the fundamentals of Revit as taught in the Revit Architecture 2009 Fundamentals training guide, as well as have a working knowledge of the Revit Architecture Intermediate tools. Knowledge of basic tools is assumed, such as creating walls, roofs, and other objects; copying and moving objects; and creating and working with views.

Topics Include:

* Creating Mass Elements
* Using space planning and area analysis tools
* Creating Perspectives, Walk throughs, and Solar Studies
* Rendering 3D views
* Preparing templates with settings including annotation styles, title blocks, and object styles
* Creating custom wall, floor and roof types
* Creating parametric families and family types
* Creating specific families including doors and windows, in-place families, profiles, railings, and annotation families

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