List of Topics Covered in Revit Platinum Ticket Series_2011

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List of topics covered in Revit Platinum Ticket 1.0

Project based training: Comprehensive training program helping you learn Revit tools bypracticing on a simple Residential design from the ground up.

Part-1

Maintain a Revit Diary tart your daily practice Ritual Capturing doubts and ideas in your diary !o" to familiari#e the interface R$ - !o" is it useful $amilies: %hat are they& !o" to search the "eb for information !o" to 'oo(mar( useful "ebsites %hat are the different Parts of interface landscape )sometric vie"s !o" to create Perspective vie"s Ribbon: !o" is it useful

*R+-menu: %hat are the useful options in R-menu& !o" to create ne" items !o" to navigate the interface %hat do the t"o small buttons do& Recent files and ,pen documents !o" to play Revit class recorded videos

Part- !o" to access !elp file offline& Recent Documents Pushpin feature !o" to setup (eyboard shortcuts ool tip assistance !o" to prevent losing your "or(&

!o" to set up default path for template files& )ncreasing temporary dimension si#e&

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Part-7 Control bar 8isual styles

8ie"ing styles "ith mouse Crop region tools - "o types: $unctionality related - Display related !iding objects on your screen

Part- Control bar 8isual styles 8ie"ing styles "ith mouse

Chameleon nature of Ribbon ,ptions bar ;enie bar !idden "orld of tools Disclosure arro"s

Dropdo"n button !o" to end from current active tool - MD for modify PP dit ype button Crop region tools - "o types: $unctionality related - Display related !iding objects on your screen

Part-4

tarting a Residential Project emplate $ile types ?nits Creating your Residence ?< for units


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%all centerline Core center line $inish face eBterior ength accuracy "ith (eyboard entry

Part-11

,ffset tool and its "eird nature !o" offset "or(s in Revit !o" to match properties ,@ H,bject ool @ctionI method !o" to loc( position of objects !o" to dimension "alls GntireG option for "alls !o" to edit dimensions !o" to end dimensions

Part-1 'lue boBes on Dimension lines !o" blue boBes behave "hen clic(ed

Concept of vie"s in Revit ypes of parameters Dimension: "itness line gap to element Closing vie"s !o" to create multiple copies of a vie" ypes of duplications !iding objects in vie"s @pplying visibility settings to many vie"s Creating vie" templates @pplying vie" templates

Part-17 !o" are objects categori#ed&

diting dimensions bet"een "alls %all creation methods )nscribed - Circumscribed - @rc "alls "o types tart - end - radius Center - ends - arc angent !o" to create rounded corners $illet arc !o" to create line "or( Creating "alls "ith Gpic( linesG method %all creation method $lipping "alls "ithout changing interior dimensions

,ffset: best option for offsetting "alls ,ffset problem addressed ,ffset value treated in Revit ocation to location line

Part-1 @ctive vie" Reducing project loading time %hat is previe"& ,ffsetting "alls Detecting location line used to draft "alls !o" to trim "alls

!o" are objects categori#ed& $loor creation P)CJ tools



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(etch mode 'ig green chec( mar( Duplicate before creating floors diting floors plitting elements

Part-14 $loor creation best practices $loor behavior "hen using pic( "alls and pic( lines tool tair creation from pavement to ;round floor MaBimum riser height means Minimum tread depth means tair calculator Deleting railings GMonolithicG means Removing stringers tringer carriage !eight means

Disabling Gnd "ith RiserGPart-15

ubtraction: Reveal Reveal in "alls "eep: profiles !o" to see ref. planes in family ditor oad into project !o" to add information to templates !iding objects in Revit Printing hidden objects !o" to detect hidden elements Detecting elements in temporary hidden mode

Bit from temporary hiding mode hort (eys for temporary hiding and permanent hiding

Part-1 'ase eBtension for "alls tac(ed "all Parameter types op eBtension for "alls ;eneral editing moves

Part-1E plitting elements @dding and subtracting from "alls %rapping "alls

G@t )nsertsG G@t endsG %all reveals $amilies %all Reveal profiles $amily ditor !o" to vie" hidden planes in families 8 8 Reveal Profile base and ref. planes

Part-16

!o" to subtract or remove portions from floor or any solid geometry Model )n-place 8oid forms



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8oid Btrusions Cut ;eometry tool 'read and (nife eBample !o" to create eBtrusion in elevation Defining a plane

Part-3 %or(ing environments in Revit Project environment $amily environment Project bro"ser Closing hidden vie"s %hy GCut ;eometryG not "or(ing& 8oid eBtrusion Custom visibility features !o" to define a plane for eBtrusion& !o" to (no" the plane of drafting Creating nosing around slab

"eep tool electing appropriate vie" for drafting "eep path "eep profile 8ie" cube Btrude profile along path

Part-1 Different types of "or(ing environments in Revit !o" to recogni#e different project environments Ma(ing custom components inside project management Creation mode Positive objects


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Drafting tools in Revit Creating drafting vie"s heet vie" Changing drafting vie" scale Detail lines

@lign tool Multiple alignments Move tool Moving "ith accuracy ?sing constrain in options bar ,ffset tool pacebar to flip "all sides Changing location line Copying objects Multiple copies Rotating objects hifting aBis of rotation

Rotating and copying simultaneously Mirroring objects

Part- !o" to create floor projection )n-place modeling "eep "eep path "eep profile 8ie" cube to vie" drafting profile @pplying materials Moving gridlines "ith tab (ey @ll corrections in dit mode

Modify tools: rim9Btend to corner !o" to dra" in 7D environment ools for creating ref. planes etting "or(planes ho"ing "or( planes Model lines in 7D vie"

Part-4 !o" to emphasi#e projection on eBternal "all ine "or( tool 'ac( to normal line "eight Pinning objects to "or( environment Removing pin

Measure /uic( distance Creating array of objects ;roup and @ssociate @rray options: nd last Radial option Choose nd sets the angle bet"een objects Move to last option

Part-5 Default styles for "alls9floors9objects Manage object styles !o" to override line style of a single "all

,verride by element 'ringing ne" hatch patterns Removing overrides

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Resi#ing objects: graphicallyPart-

Creating vie" templates @pplying vie" templates !o" to remove information from projects

Purging items $etching families from internet Changing "all types electing similar objects Changing "all material hifting rooms "ithout resi#ing

Part-E Placing doors Resi#ing doors Door graphics study D symbolic lines in doors ;rouping symbolic lines

!o" to ma(e objects invisible Matching properties

Part-6 tair design tringer height Monolithic anding carriage height tringer carriage height ,pen stringer offset tringers: open0 closed0 none

Part-73 tair creation

Btend Riser 'ehind read Btend read ?nder Riser tair: 'oundary K Riser tair calculation rules ransferring info from project to project ?nderstand line color notations: ;reen0 'lac( lines

Part-71 Creating curved stairs Ref. planes for creating curved stairs %hy ref. planes & Ref. planes dra"n in any direction 'aluster correction

'rea(line in stairs 8ie" range !o" is the brea(line created& Creating landing in curved stairs

Part-7 Creating stairs "ith varying "idths 'oundary line s(etch tools Custom stair creation 'oundary K Risers nap shortcuts emporary isolate option

!R emporary hidingPart-77

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Creating stone stairs GPic( linesG tool tairs "ith varying "idths 'ase s(etch in @utoC@D D)8 command in C@D

$ormat point style ,snap mode Perpendicular 'R )mporting to Revit 'oundary Pic( lines option 3 remaining ! to hide

Part-7 tair modeling Creating a custom stair

!o" to generate D cad dra"ing of a 7D vie" in Revit& Hheet vie"sIPart-74

tairs: solid eBtrusions K void eBtrusions Repeated void eBtrusions Cutting steps "ith 8oid eBtrusion Railing correction Rule for plitting and reshaping boundary lines Create solid eBtrusion and void eBtrusion in same editing session !andles to adjust shape Railing follo"ing stairs plitting railing to create flat railings

Part-75

Creating eBtrusions using tracing method )mported LP; 'order around line "or( 'aluster offset problem Railings: add more railings )nsert button Railing profile Rail offset means


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Creating details "ith calloutsPart-76

%or(planes in Revit %hy ref. planes not sho"n %or(plane types

Btrusion start Btrusion end Fero eBtrusion point ;rid lines different types @uto numbering in grid lines Resetting value in grid lines ;rids in structural design pacebar to rotate columns tructural columns from structural folder

Part-3 ;rid line graphics lbo"

7D to D eBtents D to 7D eBtents ast number or alphabet remembered

Part-1 Datum )maginary reference to help construction "itching from 7D to D eBtents evels ;rid lines Reference planes Changing to 7D eBtents Changing to D eBtents

D is vie" specific Creating "al( through %al( through paths diting "al( through Jey frames and frames Previous (ey frame Creating an @8) file

Part- %all drafting techni/ue "ith detail lines pacebar for flipping "alls Detail lines for splitting ab (ey to cycle through elements

Loining different "alls Loining "alls core to core %all joins tool %all drafting and editing @ccurate interior dimensions Drafting "ith detail lines !iding dimension lines by filtering !iding by visibility overrides ,rienting to vie" !o" to load families

Part-7

!o" do families behave& %hat happens "hen loading families& %here do families accumulate&

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ave @s ,bject style for "alls GManageG object styles %alls: Common0 hidden0 "all s"eep %all object styles and eBport settings

Main challengePart-43 !o" to match properties !o" did "e create 7 panel "indo" graphics "ith D line"or( racing frame racing "indo" panels Fero dimension loc(ing

Part-41 Difference bet"een annotation teBt and model teBt !o" to center "indo" in plan /uality constrain ;iving finish for structural columns "ith help of @rchitectural column

!o" to eBclude "alls from area calculation Removing room number from @rea tool !o" to remove boB from room tab !o" to change area notation from ft Hfeet s/uareI to D !o" to separate areas of spaces "ithout "alls !iding room separation lines

Part-4 @rchitectural and structural classification $oundation tructural foundation %all foundation tac(ed "all for creating foundation

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ine angle ine spacing Cross hatching

Part-45 !o" to minimi#e "astage of tiles

Problem: ile pattern overlapping on D "ash basin family Problem: ;rains of carpet overlapping D bed Designing stair for residence tringers Railings Btending railings

Part-4 tair creation ?se detail lines ?sing Ghaft openingsG to create cut outs on floors haft openings "ill not delete objects pecifying offset for shaft openings

)mproving rail connections Rail connection: %eld !and rails in edit mode: Magenta %ill shaft openings affect "alls& Can shaft openings embed each other&

Part-4E Correcting overlapping "hile joining t"o "all types Cut geometry tool Loin geometry tool pecial: @dding hatch pattern for "all eBterior urface pattern Do"nloading hatch pattern

Matching material and surface patternPart-46

)f "all layers do not sho" up Cut plane 8ie" range Plan region cut plane overrides Projection for parapet "all Profile for s"eep %all s"eep "arnings Creating plaster thic(ness for parapet "all top Chec(ing "all eBterior orientation Profile s"eep not displayed in section

Part-53 Creation of profile for s"eep %all s"eep "arnings Plaster thic(ness for parapet "all top Bterior layer orientation - chec(ing its correctness Profile s"eep not displayed in section

Part-51 ?seful hort (eys in Revit

Part-5 !o" to specify number of bac(up files .333s in bac(ups

Detecting origin of R8 file Dragging cad file to R8 file Creating steps from pavement to ground floor



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Monolithic option and stringers Creating fill inside stairs tringers: ,pen 9 Closed Riser type: none

Part-57

Creating openings in building eBterior %all openings tool %all profile editing combination ,verlapping condition of eBterior "all and slab %arning studies: %alls attaching to bottom of floor %alls upto floorGs level means& @ttach to its bottom means&

Part-5 !o" to create openings on "all eBteriors diting profiles of "alls for eBterior modeling pa!o" to solve overlapping of "alls and floors !o" to create base eBtension for "alls

?nloc(ing the basePart-54


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Part- !o" to generate plan vie" in project bro"ser if there is no corresponding plan vie"

for a level !o" to remove roof from interior of tan( room !o" to solve overlapping condition of "all and roof&

Dar( lines on edges !o" to eBtend "all so that it meets roof&Part-4

!o" to create site& %hat is G@ssociated evelG& Parameters to chec( before creating oposurface ?sing GDG for detail lines to create toposurface

Part-5 Preparations for creating sunshade ?se detail lines to do preparatory "or( Mar( height of sunshade using detail lines Creating sunshade

Pic( lines tool )nteresting situation in creating sunshade !o" to hide all detail lines Clear GDefines slopeG @dditional set of roof liens created inside !o" to close gap bet"een sunshade and beam& Loin geometry tool

Part- Plug-in soft"are for rendering umion 7D Points at different heights in section Contour lines: !o" are they formed&

%hy are contour lines not in straight lines& hallo" slope and steep slope Creating a site !o" to change display of contour line intervals& plit site tool

Part-E %hy is site9toposurface not visible in evel 1& 8isibility setting !atch pattern in level 1 8ie" range Cut plane !o" to ma(e /uic( copies of objects

!o" to center objects& !o" to create steep slopes& !o" to remove site from interior of building bloc( Massing and site Defining grass for bac(yard 9 toposurface ubregion !o" to place trees in site& !o" to hide circular plates belo" trees& Merge surface tool: condition

Part-6 Massing and site: 'uilding pad

pecifying material for building pad ,ffset from level !o" to control contour line display



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Disclosure arro" button Contour lines display @dditional contour lines Property lines

Part-E3

!o" to fill cut outs in site& ;rading in site ,verall process to calculate volume of sand removed !o" does grading tool "or(& ?sing schedules to calculate volume of sand to be removed ;rading creates t"o copies !o" to calculate volume of earth removed&

Part-E1 heet set-up !o" to edit logos on default sheets oading edited sheets into project !o" to place a vie" on sheet&

Part-E !o" to create graphical representation of families on a sheet& 'enefit of legends Placing legend components Choosing the right vie"s plan 9 elevation %here are legends in project bro"ser&

Part-E7 egends HcataloguesI @ctivate sheet vie" Placing legends on sheets !o" to edit dra"ing from sheet Callout used for detailing areas of your building model

!o" to access callout& "o boBes "hile mousing over callout !o" to teBts outside callout Controlling depth of callout Detail components oading a brea(line !o" to rotate a detail component& !o" to hide crop boB&

Part-E Mas(ing region $illed region !o" to edit filled region

$amilies: !o" to create custom components& E-step frame"or( for creating families 1I Plan carefully I Careful choice of template 7I @dd ref.planes I @dd parameters and constraints 4I $leB the model 5I @dd geometry I $leB the model "ith geometry EI oad it into project Hfinal testI

Part-E4

Model a pool table )nsertion of ref. planes @dding ref.planes



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@dding e/uality constraints !o" e/uality constraints "or( Dimension reference planes ength parameter Define the height of pool table

$leBing the model Defining thic(ness of table Defining ne" types

Part-E Creating a parametric pool table %or(ing in tile mode F@ H#oom all to fitI G,riginG aying out reference planes etting height of table @pplying constraints and parameters


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Part-63 !o" to create a room tag that can read finish material from rooms& Creating annotation symbol MRoom tag template )ntersection of ref. planes

ample teBt to determine tag si#e ine tool Dimension to correct boB si#es !o" to end dimensions& GMDG to eBit from any command A button Placing labels pacing bet"een parameters %hy are values not displayed inside tag Modifying tag

Part-61 Create a Room tag that has different materials on all four "alls

Reason "hy this (ind of parameter could not be created "ith usual parameter addingmethod

hared parameter techni/ue 7 methods to introduce shared parameters Creating an annotation tag aving your tag !o" to set the si#e of your tag Creating a s/uare by e/uali#ing dimensions )ntroducing labels Creating ne" parameters 'ring ne" parameters to GRoomG Properties panel Part-6

$amilies modeling: Create a conference table Choosing family template file G,rigin PointG Defines origin 'ehavior of ref. planes @dd ref. planes ntering feet values in metric environment Mirroring ref. planes @dding constraints @dding parameters )nstance or ype $leBing the ref. plane frame "or(

Btrusion tool @utomatic s(etch dimensions Defining thic(ness of table surface Moving eBtruded plane to a different plane


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!o" to model supports for table 8ie"ing form left et GeftG ref. plane as the active "or( plane Choose GeftG ref. plane from "indo" Gho"G button to start seeing ref. planes

Dra" a profile using boundary line option Completing the support by pressing big green chec( mar( Creating more supports using mirror command %ireframe mode to see objects Problem 1: upports do not move "hile fleBing olution 1: @ssociate supports to "or( plane Gdit "or( planeG button

Part-6 $amily modeling tools 4 solid forms Btrusion profile should be closed for eBtrusion Creating a hollo" "ith profile inside profile

Cannot eBtrude overlapping profiles Ma(ing parametric eBtrusions @ssigning height parameter oc(ing surfaces to ref. planes Ma(ing dimensions parametric Ma(ing parametric radius )mportant: Place radius "hile in dit mode olid forms 'lend Depth parameter op surface 'ottom surface

Part-64

$amily modeling tools Creating a revolve Care "hile "or(ing in family environment Revolve: t"o step process ilting revolve aBis tart angle and end angle @pplying materials to solids )mportant: @pply materials in dit mode '


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$amily ;eometry Modeling "ept 'lend "o phases 1I Path I Profiles ?se irregular splines as path

?se G8ie"erG for drafting accurate profiles Create a spring using s"ept blend toolPart-66

ighting fiBture studies !o" to bring directional focus to lighting fiBtures 'eam angle o ma(e a spot that is small and bright pot tilt angle pot field angle !o" to limit spread of spot light Gilt angleG to aim light in the desired direction G$ield angleG

!o" to do"nload revit libraries ;oogle search Grevit library do"nloadG

Part-133 Conference table revision !o" to mirror ref. planes etting up height of table surface "ith reference planes !o" to set up thic(ness of surfaces "ith ref. planes Renaming ref. planes for identification !o" to activate "or( planes et button Modeling supports on "or( planes

!o" to associate supports 9 objects to "or( planes !o" to find out "hether an object is associated to any "or( plane

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