Auto CAD & Revit Course

          

Auto CAD and Revit Training Course Syllabus Duration 120 Hours

Auto CAD

1. Creating a Simple Drawing

A. Getting Started with AutoCAD * Starting AutoCAD * AutoCAD's Screen Layout * Working with Commands * Opening an Existing Drawing File * Saving Your Work * AutoCAD's Cartesian Workspace B. Basic Drawing & Editing Commands * Drawing Lines * Erasing Objects * Drawing Lines with Polar Tracking * Drawing Rectangles * Drawing Circles * Viewing Your Drawing * Undoing and Redoing Actions

2. Making Your Drawings More Precise

A. Drawing Precision in AutoCAD * Using Object Snap * Object Snap Overrides * Polar Tracking Settings * Object Snap Tracking * Drawing with SNAP and GRID B. Making Changes in Your Drawing * Selecting Objects for Editing * Moving Objects * Copying Objects * Rotating Objects * Scaling Objects * Mirroring Objects * Editing Objects with Grips

3. Drawing Organization and Information

A. Organizing Your Drawing with Layers * Creating New Drawings with Templates * What are Layers? * Layer State * Changing an Object's Layer B. Advanced Object Types * Drawing Arcs * Drawing Polylines * Editing Polylines * Drawing Polygons * Drawing Ellipses C. Getting Information from Your Drawing * Measuring Objects * Working with Properties

4. Creating More Complex Objects

A. Advanced Editing Commands * Trimming and Extending * Stretching Objects * Creating Fillets and Chamfers * Offsetting Objects * Creating Arrays of Objects B. Inserting Blocks * What are Blocks? * Inserting Blocks from Tool Palettes * Inserting Blocks using Insert * Inserting Blocks with Design Center

5. Preparing to Print

A. Setting Up a Layout * Printing Concepts * Creating Viewports * Setting up Layouts * Guidelines for Layouts B. Printing Your Drawing * Printing Layouts * Printing a Check Plot

6. Annotating Your Drawing

A. Text * Working with Annotations * Adding Text in a Drawing * Modifying Multiline Text * Formatting Multiline Text B. Hatching * Hatching C. Adding Dimensions * Dimensioning Concepts * Adding Linear Dimensions * Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions * Editing Dimensions * Adding Notes to Your Drawing

7. Beyond the Basics

A. Working Effectively with AutoCAD * Setting up the Interface * Using the Keyboard Effectively * Working in Multiple Drawings * Using Grips Effectively * Additional Layer Tools B. Accurate Positioning * Coordinate Entry * Locating Points with Tracking * Construction Lines * Placing Reference Points

8. Creating and Organizing Blocks

A. Creating Blocks * Creating Blocks * Editing Blocks * Removing Unused Elements B. Blocks in Tool Palettes * Adding Blocks to Tool Palettes * Modifying Tool Properties in Tool Palettes

9. Drawing Setup and Utilities

A. Creating Templates * Why Use Templates? * Controlling Units Display * Creating New Layers * Adding Standard Layouts to Templates * Saving Templates B. Annotation Styles * Creating Text Styles * Creating Dimension Styles * Creating Multileader Styles

10. Advanced Layouts and Printing

A. Advanced Layouts * Creating and Using Named Views * Creating Additional Viewports * Layer Overrides in Viewports * Additional Annotative Scale Features B. DWF Printing and Publishing * DWF Plotting and Viewing * Publishing Drawing Sets

11. Other Topics

* How to Use Quick Calc * Additional Zoom Commands * Creating Model Space Viewports * Advanced Object Selection * Single-Line Text * Other Text Tools * Additional Dimensioning Tools * Creating Boundaries * Working with Regions * Temporary Overrides

12. 3D Foundations

* Why use 3D? * Introduction to the 3D Modeling Workspace * Basic 3D Viewing Tools * 3D Navigation Tools * Introduction to the User Coordinate System

13 Simple Solids

* Working with Solid Primitives * Solid Primitive Types * Working with Composite Solids * Working with Mesh Models

14 Creating Solids & Surfaces from 2D Objects

* Complex 3D Geometry * Extruded Solids and Surfaces * Swept Solids and Surfaces * Revolved Solids and Surfaces * Lofted Solids and Surfaces

15 Advanced Solid Editing

* Editing Components of Solids * Editing Faces of Solids * Fillets and Chamfers on Solids

16 Working Drawings from 3D Models

* Creating Multiple Viewports * 2D Views from 3D Solids

Revit Architecture

Session 1

1: Overview and Basic Drawing Tools * Building Information Modeling * Revit Terminology * Overview of the Revit Interface * Starting Revit Projects * Viewing Commands * General Drawing Tools * Editing Revit Elements * Modifying Tools 2: Datum Elements – Levels and Grids * Setting Up Levels * Importing CAD Files (Covered in more detail in a later class) * Creating Structural Grids * Adding Columns 3: Drawing and Modifying Walls * Drawing and Modifying Walls (Creating custom walls is in a later class) * Helpful Editing Tools 4: Adding Doors and Windows * Adding Doors and Windows * Loading Door and Window Types from the Library * Creating Additional Door and Window Sizes * Creating Storefront Windows

Session 2

1: Floors * Creating Floors * Creating Openings * Creating Building Sections 2: Roofs * Creating Roofs by Footprint * Setting Up a Roof Plan * Reference Planes and Work Planes * Creating Roofs by Extrusion * Cleaning Up Wall and Roof Intersections 3: Vertical Circulation * Adding Callout Views * Creating Standard and Custom Stairs * Creating Ramps * Adding and Modifying Railings 4: Reflected Ceiling Plans * Creating Ceilings * Adding Ceiling Fixtures

Session 3

1: Interiors * Duplicating Views * Setting the View Display * Adding Furniture and Fixtures to a Project * Creating Interior Elevations 2: Construction Documents * Setting Up Sheets * Placing and Modifying Views on Sheets * Printing Sheets 3: Annotating Construction Documents * Working with Text * Adding Detail Lines and Symbols * Working with Dimensions 4: Tags, Schedules & Quantities * Adding Tags * Working with Schedules (Creating custom schedules / Quantities)

Session 4

1: Project Phasing and Design Options * Project Phasing * Design Options 2: Groups and Links * Using Groups * Linking Revit Files * Links and Groups * Visibility and Graphic Overrides in Linked Views * Interference Checking 3: Importing and Exporting * Importing Vector Files * Working with Imported Files * Importing Raster Image Files * Exporting Files 4: Project Team Collaboration * Introduction to Worksets * Opening Workset-Related Projects * Working in Workset-Related Projects * Setting Up Worksets * Best Practices for Worksets

Session 5

1: Advanced Modeling Tools * Creating Sloped Floors, Roofs, and Slabs * Creating Dormers 2: Curtain Walls * Creating Curtain Walls * Adding Curtain Grids * Creating Curtain Wall Types with Automatic Grids * Working with Curtain Wall Panels louvers * Attaching Mullions to Curtain Grids 3: Site Design * Creating Topographical Surfaces * Property Lines and Building Pads * Modifying Toposurfaces * Annotating Site Plans * Site Components * Shared Coordinates

Session 6

1: Detailing in Revit Architecture * Setting Up Detail Views * Creating Details * Annotating Details * Patterning 2: Schedules * Creating Schedules * Creating Material Takeoff Schedules 3: Advanced Annotation * Keynoting and Keynote Legends * Creating Legends * Revision Tracking 4: Advanced View Setup * View Templates * Working with Dependent Views * Enhancing Views

Session 7

1: Massing Studies * Basic Mass Elements * Custom Mass Elements * From Massing to Building * Working with SketchUp Files 2: Space Planning & Area Analysis * Space Planning * Area Analysis * Creating Color Schemes 3: Visualization * Perspectives * Creating Walkthroughs * Solar Studies 4: Rendering * Basic Rendering * Working with Lighting * Enhancing Renderings

Session 8

1: Creating Custom Templates * Preparing Templates * Presetting Annotation Styles * Creating Titleblocks * Creating Object Styles * Materials and Fill Patterns 2: Custom Walls, Roofs, & Sections * Creating Wall, Roof, and Floor Types * Adding 3D Profiles * Vertically Stacked Walls * Vertically Compound Walls 3: Family Concepts & Techniques * Introduction to Families * Creating Parametric Dimensions * Creating Family Elements * Creating Family Types * Adding Family Parameters * Visibility Display Settings 4: Creating Specific Families * Creating Custom Doors and Windows * Creating In-Place Families * Creating Profiles * Creating Angled Cornices and Copings * Creating Custom Railings * Adding Custom Posts * Creating Annotation Families * Working with Shared Parameters