Revit Conceptual Design (BIM Series: LOD 100)

Start a Revit project by selecting a metric architectural template and setting project units. Learn to create sections, define levels, generate floor plans, and save your file.

Model the top surface in Revit concept design by importing survey data, defining boundary points, and creating a building pad at basement level to align with topography.

Master view settings in Revit conceptual design to hide and reveal elements, use visibility/graphics to control categories, and apply a section box to define topography extent.

Explore Revit design options to develop, evaluate, and select multiple concepts, organize alternatives into sets and options, activate a chosen alternative in the main model, and compare before transferring.

Create mass in Revit using in-place mass, conceptual mass families, and Dynamo, then develop solid and void forms with basic drawing tools and planes.

Divide surfaces and apply surface patterns to panels or adapted components within conceptual design environments.

Design a curtain panel pattern-based component in the family template environment using the Rumbold pattern, then model the circular frame and glass panel and apply it to the surface.

Set your Revit project location to establish a geographical identity, then rotate to true north to align with sun and shadows for optimized site orientation.

Learn to set and customize materials for the mass and its surfaces in Revit conceptual design, using the material browser, pattern assignments, and surface representation to create varied finishes.

Explore how to adjust graphic display settings in Revit conceptual design, switching styles, refining edges and lines, tuning lighting, shadows, and background for a clearer conceptual view.

Learn to create a Revit walkthrough by defining a camera path in 3d views, adjusting keyframes in plan view, and exporting the animated concept as video or image sequences.

Compare side-by-side conceptual options in Revit by duplicating views, adjusting visibility, then transfer the chosen concept to the main model via design options and render a walkthrough video.