Revit: Modeling Best Practices for BIM
1h 5mIntermediate2020-03-05
Authors

Fanny Angeles
Consultant specializing in BIM management and BIM and Revit training
Course details
Explore ways to leverage Revit in the building information modeling (BIM) process. Discover the value of developing a BIM Execution Plan and how it affects modeling in Revit. BIM expert Fanny Angeles shares best practices for naming and code conventions and covers how they impact a BIM model. She also explains how to optimize time and concentrate efforts by defining a level of development (LOD) and creating a responsibility matrix. Plus, learn about how to choose the most effective approach and tools for a project.
Topics include:
- Defining BIM
- BIM modeling best practices
- Collaborating and delivering a better model
- Choosing the right tool for the right category
- Naming and code conventions
- Defining the level of development
Topics include:
- Defining BIM
- BIM modeling best practices
- Collaborating and delivering a better model
- Choosing the right tool for the right category
- Naming and code conventions
- Defining the level of development
Skills covered
RevitArchitectural VisualizationCivil EngineeringAutodesk3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Use best practices for BIM modeling
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Why do you have to model differently for BIM
1. BIM Modeling Best Practices
- 04 - Developing a BIM execution plan
- 05 - Using naming and code convention
- 06 - Define the level of development
- 07 - Choosing the right tool
2. Modeling for Pre-Construction Estimate
- 08 - What the estimator expects from a model
- 09 - Modeling per level
- 10 - Joining elements
- 11 - Configuring keynotes
3. Modeling for Energy Analyses
- 12 - Closing the envelope
- 13 - Room calculation
- 14 - Exporting to gbXML
4. Coordinate with Structural
- 15 - Managing a multilayer wall
- 16 - Coordinating wall opening
Conclusion
- 17 - Next steps
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