Revit Basics of Building Modeling Seminar
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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.
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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 – 5:00 pm
Building Information Modeling/Revit Overview
What is BIM?
What is Revit?
Revit overview
Differences between Revit and AutoCAD
What makes Revit the best tool to use?
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
Structural
Curtain walls
Foundations
Link files
Roofs
Room and area tools
Managing Links
Worksets
Managing Links
Creating Sheets
Group sheets in project browser
Create sheets and place views
Title blocks
Drawing Sheet list
Drafting
Detail group and detail component
Annotations
Dimensions
Hatches
3D Views and Model Management
Perspective views and 3D views
Navisworks
Managing large Revit projects
Sending, receiving and archiving files
The Bottom Line
What a project in Revit can do for you
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Architects
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours*
7.0 AIA Learning Units
*Does not qualify in Ohio
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 continuing education hours to architects in in most states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio. The subject of this seminar does not qualify as HSW for Ohio architects and AIA members.
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.
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
David Fast
Fast Cadd Works, Cooler Design Inc.Owner, Fast Cadd Works, Plainfield, Indiana
Mr. Fast has 35 years of drafting and design experience in the industry. He started Fast Cadd Works in 2012 to be able implement and train companies and employees in Revit. Mr. Fast is professionally certified in AutoCAD and Revit. He has experience with numerous types of projects including medical facilities, large warehouses, sporting facilities, churches, schools, assisted living facilities, restaurants, and government buildings. Working closely with architects, engineers, and outside consultants, Mr. Fast has coordinated the details of projects of all sizes. He has been responsible for generating construction documents for every stage of the design process. He is proficient in the building information modeling (BIM) software, Revit, and has spent time training employees at firms throughout Indianapolis area on the Autodesk software.