COURSE SYLLABUS

Title: REVIT for Architectural Design

Lecture Duration: 1 Hour
Huzaifa Zafar
Instructor’s Information:
(316) 4551905; huzaaifazafar@gmail.com

Course Objective:
This course aims to teach the concepts of the building information modelling and principles of
building design through construction documentation using the Autodesk Revit software. This training
is intended to introduce students to the user interface and the basic building components of the software
that makes it a powerful and flexible structural modeling tool. The goal is to familiarize you with the
tools necessary to create, modify, and document your parametric model.

Teaching Methods:
Lectures, use of software, hand-on practice and a few multimedia presentations.

Days Title Contents

1 Introduction
2 User Interface
3 Tools
4 Elements
5 Project Setup
6 Exercise
7 Special Elements
8 Revit Environment
9 Creating Views
10 3D View
11 Starting Project
Introduction to Autodesk Revit, overview of BIM, CAD
import and Revit link, file formats
Tour of the user interface, selecting elements in Revit,
project preparation, setting up levels and grids
Basic drawing and editing tools, working with views
Starting project based on linked architectural model,
adding structural columns and walls
Transferring project standards, project information,
adding foundations and slabs, edit properties
Practice Exercise 1
Adding other elements (windows, doors, roof, fixtures,
stairs, etc), adding materials, rendering
Customizing user interface, keyboard shortcuts and tips,
Revit preference, importing from other sources, site
design
Creating floor plans, creating elevations and sections,
creating callouts
Section box, orient to other view, changing material
properties, creating and assembling sheet views
Starting project with template, adding text and
 dimensions, creating sheets, tagging and detailing
Create legend, creating schedule, creating families,
12 Schedules
structural reinforcement, drafting and publishing
13 Exercise Practice exercise 2
14 Project Project / Final Assessment

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