Revit Basics of Building Modeling Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
Learn more about the on-demand format in our FAQ or contact us at (715) 835-5900 or customerservice@halfmoonseminars.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 5:00pm
Building Information Modeling/Revit Overview
What is building information modeling (BIM)?
Revit overview
The Revit User Interface
Working in Revit
Using the ribbon
Using the view window
Selecting objects
Modifying, mirroring and duplicating
Building a Model in Revit
Project setup
Revit template
Revit central and local file system
Origin, grids and levels
Creating Basic Model Elements
Walls
Floors
Ceilings
Doors
Columns
Curtain walls
Roofs
Using area and room tools
Creating Sheets
Group sheets in project browser
Create sheets and place views
Title blocks
Drawing list
Drafting
Detail group and detail component
Annotations
Dimensions
Hatches
3D Views and Model Management
Perspective views and 3D views
Enscape/live rendering
Navisworks
Managing large Revit projects
Sending, receiving and archiving files
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Architects
7.0 Contact/Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 contact/CE hours to architects in most states, including Illinois. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Illinois.
Architects: The subject matter of this seminar is not HSW/public protection. Architects should be aware of state restrictions or limitations on claiming non-HSW coursework. Illinois allows eight non-HSW contact hours biennially.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 7.0 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing board for continuing education approval.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Adam Wallen
McHenry County Planning & Development Department
Mr. Wallen is the building division manager and building enforcement officer for the McHenry County Planning & Development Department. He is a registered architect in the State of Illinois who focuses on residential and light commercial work throughout Northern Illinois. Mr. Wallen is an adjunct instructor at McHenry County College where he teaches classes on building information modeling (BIM) and the creation of construction documents using REVIT. He is a member of the United States Green Building Council and earned his B.S. degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.