Data for Architectural Design

1h 4mBeginner2021-12-23

Authors

Brian Myers

VDC Design Office Lead at Jacobs

Course details

Are you looking for new skills to better prepare yourself for a career that uses building information modeling (BIM)? Find out how to bring the methods and insights of data analysis into the early phases of a design project. In this course, instructor Brian Myers shows you how to enter, analyze, and optimize architectural design data.

Discover functional, easy-to-use tools for creating project programs in either Revit or Excel. Get the skills you need to create schedules, automatically update revisions, output graphics and visualizations, and map out objects and room relationships. By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools to analyze and leverage design data to make more effective project decisions. BIM adoption is growing fast—learn more about how you can grow with it.

Skills covered

Architectural DesignPower BIRevitBIMAutodeskAECMicrosoftOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - How to use data in the earliest phases of design

1. Introduction to Concepts

02 - Exploring the project program
03 - Creating the initial program
04 - Input data into Revit
05 - Using shapes to communicate design concepts

2. The Ease of Entering Data

06 - Using schedules to understand design information
07 - Revising the design program
08 - Output schedules and graphics
09 - Add preliminary furniture or equipment information to a room
10 - Adding an automatic schedule to calculate furniture or equipment
11 - Design validation reports

Conclusion

12 - Next steps