Revit Structure 2012 Advanced Training
Digital Edition with Jay Polding

Revit Structure 2012 Advanced Training Digital Edition with Jay Polding features expert instructor Jay Polding as he guides you through the advanced applications of Revit Structure, the industry-leader in BIM software. A DVD Edition is also available.

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Revit Structure 2012 Advanced Training Digital Edition with Jay Polding breaks the most complex subjects down into easy to follow segments including practical working files to further enhance the learning process and provide a degree of retention.

Introduction

• What You Will Accomplish
• About The Author

Defining Families and Parameters

• Defining Families
• Defining Parameters

Setting Up Annotation Standards

• Template Files
• Title Blocks
• Title Block Stamp
• View Titles
• Text
• Dimensions
• Level And Grid Heads
• Elevation Bubbles
• Section Bubbles
• Callout Bubbles
• Line Styles
• Materials And Hatching
• Object Styles

Starting the Project

• Audit and Purge
• Project Origin Levels and Grids
• Establishing a Starting View

Linking Revit Files

• Linking Revit
• Copy-Monitor and Coordination Review

Phasing

• Create Phases
• Objects and Phases
• Views and Phases
• Phase Filters
• Phase Filter Graphic Overrides
• Phase Mapping

View Management

• Project Browser Organization
• Refining Views on Sheets
• View Templates
• View Filters

Site Tools

• Toposurface
• Subregion and Split Surface
• Site Component
• Label Contours
• Spot Elevation
• Slope Tag
• Graded Toposurface
• Net Cut Fill Schedule

Foundation Walls

• Walls Review
• Wall Footings Review

Floors

• Floors Review
• Sloping Floors
• Thickened Slab
• Slab Recess In-Place Family

Make a Floor Grate Family

• Component Family Rules
• Choosing the Template
• Laying Out Reference Planes
• Adding Labels
• Adding Geometry
• Making Family Types
• Inserting and Testing the Family

Columns

• Column Review
• Load Concrete Column with Drop
• Edit Concrete Column with Drop Family
• Edit a Column Tag Family

Beam

• Beam Review
• Beam System

Trusses

• Load a Truss Family
• Purge and Reload Truss
• Make Two Roofs
• Attach Truss to Roof
• Adjust Beam System
• Show Truss on Roof Plan

Structural Standards

• Symbolic Cutback Distance
• Brace Symbols
• Beam Connection Symbols
• Column Connection Symbols

Shared Parameters

• Graphical Column Schedule Review
• Making Shared Parameters
• Applying Shared Parameters to a Project

Presentations and Rendering

• 3D Camera Views
• 3D Isometric View
• Refine Model
• Materials
• Rendering Settings
• Online Rendering

Refining 2D Views and Sheets

• Rename and Organize Views
• View Filter For Footings
• View Range for Framing And Slab Plans
• Detailing and Annotation Review
• Sheets and Printing Review
• Save as Template

Work Sharing With Worksets

• Work Sharing With Worksets Setup
• Using Worksharing with Worksets
• Collaborating with Other Consultants

Jay Polding has fifteen years of design and drafting industry experience earned both in Ontario and internationally. He is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP), as well as an Autodesk Certified Implementation Expert (ICE). In addition to these accreditations, Jay has managed a wide variety of technology implementation projects. He is also the Founder and Moderator of the Ontario Revit Users Group (ORUG). Jay is the author of the popular industry blog 'Revit in Plain English' with over 8,000 monthly visitors. As a published author and highly respected speaker and trainer, Jay contributes to industry magazines, speaks at events and has taught hundreds of students with much positive feedback.