Revit Architecture BIM Complete Design & Documentation

Launch Revit, load the imperial multidiscipline template, and set up the project by entering identity data and address details; then save the file as a Revit RVT project.

Configure project units in Revit by exploring the manage tab under settings, adjusting discipline, length, area, and angle formats, including feet and fractional inches and degree-minute-seconds.

Create and adjust levels in Revit Architecture by setting level heights, adding new levels with the datum tool, connecting them to scope boxes, and saving your work.

Follow the recommended sequence: grids, then columns, then walls, and learn to create grid lines with the gr shortcut and adjust dimensions with the di shortcut in Revit Architecture.

Create exterior and interior walls in revit, apply brick and plaster, and place a 10 by 10 inch structural column connected to level 2 for a coordinated bim model.

Identify plastering issues at columns by examining wall layers, plaster thickness, and joint alignment; explore how wall chain, alignment tools, and disallow join affect plaster connections around columns.

Learn to plaster around a column in Revit by creating an 11x11 architectural column around a 10x10 structural column, then join geometry, group, and align walls to achieve seamless plastering.

Complete column placement by copying columns across grids and grouping them for easy replication. Then ungroup to separate architectural and structural columns, and save the file.

Place architectural columns in Revit by selecting the architectural column family and 18-inch metal cladding column. Verify placements in 3D at the intersections and save the project.

Create exterior walls in Revit from L1 architectural flow plan, disable the chain option, snap points to structural columns, and ensure plaster joints with drag wall end and join tools.

Create interior walls in Revit, adjust joints, and connect spaces to form bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchen areas, then align to exterior faces and verify in 3d.

Learn to place and size doors in Revit using the DOE command, create and rename door types, set exact dimensions, and align doors to the room center with temporary dimensions.

Load the arch opening from the English Imperial library, place a 42x84 arch; adjust the jam to 6 inches, create a similar arch, flip orientation, and save the file.

Load Autodesk families, set the south asia region, place 1800 by 1500 windows with center snap in walls, and duplicate to create w1 and w2 window types in Revit.

Place and customize a fan light by loading its family, selecting a size from the window types, duplicating and renaming the type, and adjusting the sill height.

Create the flow for floors by sketching walls with a three-foot offset, trimming around the building, saving the file, and managing scope box visibility in the 3d view.

Create floor layers in Revit by editing the flow structure, adding concrete, insulation, and wood finishes, then review the section cut view at fine detail.

Connect the wall and flow by aligning their structural parts and finishing plaster layer. Use multiple join to apply the connection to all walls, hiding and revealing elements as needed.

Learn to customize flow finishes by editing the top layer to assign different materials—pine, carpet, tile, terrazzo—to dining, kitchen, bath, and exterior areas using flow plan view.

Explore custom floor finishes in revit by editing a flow's boundary and layers, swapping materials like pine, cork, carpet, tiles, and terrazzo across spaces.

Learn custom floor finishes method two by duplicating a flow, setting the top layer to carpet, and creating holes to apply materials. Use the paint tool on exposed surfaces.

Learn custom flow finish method 3 in Revit Architecture, including purging unused flows, creating a carpet flow with one-inch thickness, offset above level, and applying concrete and paint finishes.

Finalize custom floor finishes in Revit by duplicating the flow method 3, applying tile porcelain 6 inches, pine for rooms, and exterior terrazzo, and painting surfaces with the PT command.

Learn how underlay in Revit reveals elements from other levels via L1 to L3 flow plans, halftone display, and view properties to reference walls during design.

Create the level two flow using architectural flow and pick lines, then attach walls to the flow; add a finished flow with a one-inch height offset and attach bottom columns.

Create walls and columns for the upper level by copying ground level elements to L2, aligning to the selected level, and editing doors, windows, and partition walls as needed.

Create a roof by footprint in a 3d view and assign it to level three. Sketch a three-foot overhang, attach walls and columns to the roof, and adjust slope.

Create an extrusion roof by selecting a plane and drawing a profile, then adjust its height and thickness, align with the front face, and attach columns to support the roof.

Create fascia boards and gutters on both roof types using 3d view and exterior loops, then adjust vertical and horizontal profile offsets and materials.

Create the soffit board inside the fascia board line, use pick line, then trim and extend to the exterior wall, align, and adjust thickness and level for proper roof join.

Create a gutter cap in Revit using a model in place within the roof category, set a work plane, sketch a cross section, and extrude into a 3d solid.

Create two downpipes for the extrusion and main roofs by using reference planes, setting the work plane, loading elbows, and mirroring across an axis in 3d view.

Design a staircase in Revit Architecture by creating an l-shaped stair, applying a 3D section cut with the section box, and defining a six-inch riser and nine-inch tread.

Create shaft opening for the staircase using the shaft opening tool, set the top constraint to level two with a one-inch offset, and verify in flow plan and section views.

Create the Revit railing around the stair on the L2 level using the sketch path, pick line, and a three-foot offset, then refine with edit path and trim and extend.

Create exterior railings using a sketch path with a three-inch offset in 3D and flow plan views, inspect the handrail in the south elevation, then save and proceed.

Create the grid ceiling with a 2x4 acoustic system, raise to eight feet six inches, and adjust windows to sit below the ceiling level.

Learn to place and align light fixtures in a grid ceiling in Revit, load two by four and two by two lights, and center them with detail lines.

Fine-tune the architectural space for ceiling arrangement by creating interior walls with arch openings and adjusting spacing to achieve a 3-foot width.

Place gypsum wallboard on metal stud ceiling (GWB on metal stud) via the ceiling plan, applying it to the lobby, while 3d view shows the shaft cutting the ceiling.

Create a model-in-place ceiling design for the dining area by tracing a path along the ceiling, editing the profile perpendicularly, and applying a ceiling material to fill the gap.

Create the gypsum wallboard ceiling, then place recessed down-light fixtures at midpoints in dining and lobby using detail lines, mirror and adjust positions, verify in 3D with section box.

Design a six-light layout for a gypsum wall board plain ceiling in a hall, using 1:2:1 axis ratios and Revit tools to place recessed lights precisely.

design a drop ceiling by lowering a second ceiling to eight feet, fine-tune boundaries with pick line and trim, offset edges to form opening, viewed in section cut and 3d.

Design the kids room in Revit by arranging interior elements in flow plan and 3D views, placing bunk bed, desk, chair, and storage cabinet.

Design and document the interior of a common bathroom in Revit Architecture, loading plumbing fixtures like water closets and lavatories, and align and dimension across plan, 3d, and elevation views.

Load and place beds and pedestals in a bedroom design using Revit. Adjust bed types and sizes via type selector, align furniture, and manage visual styles during modeling.

Design the hall interior by loading furniture families, placing a sofa and TV, aligning in 3d and 2d views, and using a section cut for precise placement.

Place the dining oval table and chairs in 2d and 3d views, load family furniture, use mirror and align to arrange the dining area, and adjust the window for lighting.

Load cabinet families, place base and corner units in 2d and 3d, use align and edit type to adjust heights, and raise the window sill for accurate flow cabin layout.

Place and align a kitchen range and base cabinets in Revit, load families from BIM objects, and adjust dimensions and hood height to fit the ceiling and walls.

Load countertop families in Revit, then place and align kitchen countertops over base cabinets. Adjust positions and sinkholes in 3d and 2d views to create the final arrangement.

Load the kitchen island sink from plumbing fixtures, place it on the countertop, and adjust corners. Use the joint geometry tool to render a single surface.

Load english imperial casework libraries, place upper corner wall cabinet and upper double-door wall cabinet, align to walls. Mirror, copy, and create similar layouts.

Load tall cabinet and refrigerator families in Revit, place them in the kitchen, set a 10-inch gap for the refrigerator and 6 inches for the cabinet, then align and save.

Design a masonry dressing closet in Revit, align the walls, and load a by fold two panel door from the Autodesk family for Australia region, placing it in the middle.

Enable wrapping at inserts for exterior and interior walls to ensure plaster wraps around openings, then verify in section and 3d views.

Design a laundry space in Revit Architecture, adjusting door placement, mirroring layouts, and placing a washing machine using domestic specialty equipment; view results in 3D and 2D.

Create and organize rooms in a Revit project using the RM command and auto-identified boundaries, assign room numbers and tags, and refine layouts with room separators and flow plan views.

Edit rooms by toggling room number and area visibility, rename room tags with short forms, move and adjust tag locations, and save changes.

Explore room bounding in revit architecture by adjusting wall bounding elements; unchecking the bounding element expands the room to include the closet, increasing area from 162 to 172 square feet.

Explore graphic control in Revit, using object styles and visibility graphics to manage 2D ground floor drawings from a 3D BIM model, with global versus view-based changes.

Explore object styles in Revit architecture to control wall line weights, colors, and line patterns across all views, and learn how projection versus cut representations change with global style settings.

Explore visibility graphics in Revit by duplicating views and applying overrides for furniture, casework, and fixtures. Adjust line patterns, colors, and weights for projection lines and hide specific elements.

Explore the visibility graphics pattern in Revit Architecture by adjusting foreground and background patterns for furniture, applying solid fills, color overrides, and wood finish patterns with visibility controls.

Adjust visibility graphics, transparency, and halftone in a ground floor plan, setting furniture transparency to 40% and applying halftone for presentation mode.

Explore detail level in visibility graphics, adjusting walls and ranges from fine to coarse via the view control bar and by view settings for precise detailing.

Adjust visibility graphics for cuts in Revit and apply patterns, colors, and weights to walls, display as hidden or red lines, and set a diagonal fill pattern.

Create a ground floor floor plan presentation in Revit using visibility graphics, applying solid fill colors to walls, flow elements, plumbing fixtures, furniture systems, casework, specialty equipment, and stairs.

Explore visibility graphics for section cuts in Revit, adjusting view detail levels from low to fine and applying diagonal up small cut patterns to walls in both sections.

Learn to use visibility graphics to control stair and railing visibility, including the railing category with vertical post, balusters, and top rail, turning components on or off as shown.

Explore visibility graphics for elevational representation in Revit Architecture BIM, adjusting color fills for roof, walls, doors, windows, columns, and floor within a south architectural elevational view.

Create a view template from the current south architectural elevation and apply it to other elevations, using the apply template properties option and manage view templates for consistent presentation.

Learn to manage view templates in Revit by linking views to a template, applying color overrides instantly across linked views, and understanding the limitations of visibility overrides.

Explore the underlay tool in Revit Architecture BIM, including base level, flow plan views, and look down versus look up, to reference lower levels in multi-storey documentation.

Learn to use underlay on the ceiling plan to position a 2 by 4 lamp based on the furniture layout, then finalize with the reflected ceiling plan and align fixtures.

Display the roof edge in level three floor plan using underlay and overhead projection; compare visibility graphics, line work, and object style for roof graphics per element.

Create a shaft in Revit Architecture, adjust base offset and flow thickness with section cuts, and display it as an overhead element using the underlay in the L1 flow plan.

Learn how the view range governs flow plan visibility by setting the cut plane at four feet, top at seven feet six inches, bottom at zero, and view depth.

Explore how view range, cut plane, and top level determine visibility of windows and lights in flow plan and elevations by adjusting sill heights.

Explore view range, bottom level, and view depth in Revit, including how cut planes and section views influence hatch patterns and visibility in plans.

Explore how view range affects floor behavior in Revit by comparing flow visibility with walls in the flow plan view, and adjust the height offset to show both.

Create a plan region to limit view range to a defined area, displaying only the flow by setting the view range to minus four feet six inches.

Explore the general rules and exceptions of Revit's view range, including how walls and casework display in section and plan views, and how cut planes and primary range determine visibility.

Unhide and resize the scope box in the 3D view to reveal level lines in the elevational view. Hide the scope box again to finalize the view.