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.