Agenda

Attendees who have a Revit on their laptops are encouraged to bring their laptops to the seminar and follow along with the instructor.

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

BIM/Revit Overview

   What is BIM?
   Revit central/local concept
   Revit elements hierarchy/categories, families and types
   User interface/modify and contextual ribbon
   Basic commands: move/align/copy/array/trim/dim EQ
   Selections/hide and isolate
   View cube and mouse
   Keyboard shortcuts
   Create views
   3D views/orient to view/section boxes

Project Setup

   Create a revit project from a template
   Model linking strategy
   Copy monitor levels and grids
   Revit origin
   Link CAD as reference

Model Elements

   Floors/slope/shaft opening
   Walls/layers/joints/wall opening
   Structural columns and beams
   Mechanical duct and piping
   Scheduling basic elements

Design Options

   Create design options
   Create views/schedules with design options
   Comparison

Drafting

   When to draft
   Revit detail library/transfer details between projects
   Detail component vs detail group
   Annotation (text, annotation and detail tag)
   Room and room tag
   Space and space tag
   Tag all

Create Sheets

   Sheet group and sheet series parameters
   Create sheets and place views on sheets
   Align views on sheets
   Drawing list

Interoperability

   Revit views and section boxes add-in
   Enscape and live rendering
   Navisworks/BIM360 glue
   Dynamo

Model Management

   Line styles and object styles
   Filter
   View template
   Four key elements for a successful BIM/revit implementation

Credits

Architects
     7.0 CE Hours
     7.0 AIA Learning Units

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 7.0 continuing education hours to architects and 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in most states. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).

This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA. Architects Note: The AIA does not deem the subject matter of this course to be HSW. HalfMoon Education recommends architects not claim the hours earned at this course as HSW.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors; it has not been approved in any state which has a contractor continuing education requirement.

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

Ngoc Nguyen

PARALLEL Consultants

Founder of PARALLEL ConsultantsMr. Nguyen is a director of PARALLEL, an agile boutique and integrated BIM/Revit consultancy based in New York City. PARALLEL was created to help architects and other AEC professionals manage building information modeling (BIM)/Revit technology that enable more efficient ways to design, document and coordinate and ultimately to make their projects more profitable. Mr. Nguyen has been working in the architectural profession for over 15 years with a number of internationally renowned design firms including PTW Architects in Sydney, and SOM and KPF in New York City. Before establishing PARALLEL in April 2015, he served as an associate principal/ firm-wide BIM manager at KPF where he was in charge of implementing and supporting BIM/Revit projects for 600 architects in four different offices including New York, London, Shanghai and Hong Kong. He graduated from The University ofNew South Wales, Australia, with the Master of Architecture degree in 2000. Mr. Nguyen is an Autodesk certified professional in Revit@ Architecture.