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Quick Look Course Summary:Autodesk Revit Architecture Essentials (3 days)
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Length: 3 day(s)
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Price (at your venue): 1 Person R 21,125 EX VAT 3 Person R 13,658 EX VAT 10 Person R 9,155 EX VAT
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Certification Type:Non-Accredited
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Locations & Venues: Off-site or in-house. We train in all major city centres throughout South Africa.
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Autodesk Revit Architecture Essentials (3 days)
Your architectural team models buildings in Revit and produces coordinated plans, sections, schedules and sheets from one model.
Practices that move from AutoCAD to Revit often lose time on their first projects: walls that will not join, views that do not match and schedules nobody trusts. Clients, contractors and engineering consultants increasingly expect a coordinated building model as well as drawings. Structured Revit Architecture training gets a team past that learning curve, so the model drives every plan, section, elevation and schedule instead of being redrawn in 2D.
This three-day essentials course follows the order a real project is built. Day one covers building information modelling, the interface, levels and grids, linked AutoCAD and Revit files, walls, doors and windows. Day two builds the rest of the model: curtain walls, views and sections, floors, roofs, components, stairs, ramps and railings. Day three turns the model into construction documents – sheets, dimensions, tags, rooms, schedules, legends and details – ready for client and council submissions.
Delegates work on your own licensed Revit software throughout, completing a small building from levels to printed sheets. Send us your office template, title block or a past project and the facilitator uses them in the exercises, so the habits learnt on the course carry straight into live work.
Why this course
For your organisation
- Drawings, sections and schedules that stay coordinated as the design changes
- Faster production of submission and construction drawing sets
- Staff ready for BIM requirements from clients and consultants
- More value from the Revit licences you already hold
For your delegates
- A clear modelling sequence for a building, from levels to sheets
- Hands-on practice on every tool, on the software you use at work
- Confidence with curtain walls, stairs, roofs and schedules
- A training guide and practice files to keep for reference
What delegates will be able to do
- Explain how a Revit model differs from 2D drafting and set up a new project
- Create levels and grids and link AutoCAD and Revit files into a project
- Model walls, doors, windows and curtain walls with the correct types
- Build floors, roofs, stairs, ramps and railings
- Create plans, elevations, sections, callouts and 3D views and control their display
- Lay out, annotate and print sheets for a construction set
- Add tags, rooms, schedules and legends that update with the model
- Prepare details with detail components, keynotes and fill patterns
Who should attend
Architects, architectural technologists and draughtspersons, interior designers and building designers who are new to Revit or moving from 2D AutoCAD drafting. Delegates should understand architectural drawing conventions; no previous Revit experience is needed.
Course outline
Day 1 – BIM basics, walls, doors and windows
BIM and the Revit way of working
- What building information modelling means for an architectural practice
- One model driving plans, sections, elevations and schedules
- Revit terms: projects, families, types and instances
- Starting a project from a template
- Moving around views and the project browser
Drawing and editing tools
- Sketching with alignment lines and temporary dimensions
- Selecting and filtering elements
- Move, copy, rotate, mirror, array, trim and offset
- Pinning elements that must not move
Levels, grids and linked files
- Setting up a level for each storey
- Structural grids and columns
- Linking and importing AutoCAD DWG drawings
- Linking other Revit models and keeping levels in step with Copy/Monitor
Walls and wall finishes
- Placing exterior and interior walls by type
- Wall height, location line and wall joins
- Editing wall profiles and openings
- Adding finish layers to walls
Doors and windows
- Placing doors and windows in walls
- Loading door and window families from the library
- Adding new sizes as types
- Sill heights, swing direction and flipping
Day 2 – Building the model
Curtain walls
- Creating curtain walls for glazed facades
- Curtain grids to set out the panel layout
- Swapping panels for doors, glazing or solid infill
- Placing mullions on the grid
Views, elevations and sections
- Duplicating views for different drawing purposes
- Callouts for enlarged plans
- View display settings and view templates
- Elevations, sections and 3D views
- View filters to highlight elements
Floors and roofs
- Sketching floors and slab edges
- Shaft openings through several floors
- Sloped floors
- Roofs by footprint and by extrusion
- Reference planes, work planes and joining walls to roofs
Components and in-place families
- Placing furniture, fittings and equipment
- Changing component types and parameters
- Modelling one-off elements as in-place families
Stairs, ramps and railings
- Stairs assembled from standard runs and landings
- Editing stair runs and landings
- Sketching custom stairs
- Ramps
- Hosted and free-standing railings
Day 3 – Construction documents
Sheets and printing
- Setting up sheets and title blocks
- Placing, cropping and aligning views on sheets
- Printing and exporting sheets to PDF and DWG
- Organising the sheet set for a submission
Annotation
- Aligned, linear, angular and radial dimensions
- Text and leaders
- Detail lines and symbols
- Keeping annotation consistent across views
Tags, rooms and schedules
- Tagging doors, windows and walls
- Rooms, room tags and room schedules
- Door and window schedules
- Legends
- Area plans and area tags
- Shared parameters for project data
Detailing
- Setting up detail views
- Drafting details with detail components
- Annotating details
- Keynotes and keynote legends
- Fill patterns
Putting it together
- Practice project: a small building from levels to printed sheets
- A checklist for a clean, reliable model
- Questions on delegates' own projects
How it is delivered
Three days, 08:30-16:00. Training runs on your licensed Autodesk software at your offices (or on licensed machines you provide), anywhere in South Africa. One delegate or a group of up to about 20, each at their own workstation. Each delegate receives a training guide and practice files; exercises can use your office template and title block on request. We deliver it at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and anywhere else in South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online for teams in different places.
AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor and Civil 3D are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. BOTI is an independent training provider.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you run the training at our offices?
Yes. The facilitator comes to your offices anywhere in South Africa and trains on your own licensed Revit installations, or on licensed machines you provide. BOTI does not supply Revit software or licences.
How many people can attend?
From one delegate to a group of about 20, each working at their own computer. Smaller groups get more one-on-one time with the facilitator.
Is the course accredited, and will delegates get a certificate from Autodesk?
No to both. It is a non-accredited short course and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance. BOTI is an independent training provider, not an Autodesk training partner. Delegates who want a vendor credential can book the Certified Professional exam that Autodesk offers through Pearson VUE themselves.
Do our engineers need a different Revit course?
Yes, if they model services or structure. This course covers the architectural tools. The Autodesk Revit MEP Essentials Course and the Autodesk Revit Structure Essentials Course share the same Revit basics but spend their time on building services and structural modelling.
Can we use our own template and title block?
Yes. Send them to us before the course, with a past project if you like, and the facilitator builds the exercises around them.
Can you run this course in Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban?
Yes. We train on site at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and across South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online so a team spread over several offices can attend together.
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