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

BIM/Revit Overview

   What is BIM?
   Revit overview/Revit user interface

Project Setup

   Revit template
   Revit central and local file concept
   Revit origin, grids, and levels

Basic Model Elements

   Columns
   Floors
   Ceilings
   Doors
   Curtain walls
   Roof
   Scheduling all basic elements

Room and Area

   When to use area and room tools
   Area schemes and area plans
   Create room and room data

Create Sheets

   View browser
   View use parameter
   Sheet browser
   Sheet group and sheet series parameters
   Create sheets and place views and sheets
   Title block families
   Drawing list

Drafting

   When to draft
   Detail group vs. detail component
   Annotation (text, annotation, and detail tag)
   Dimensions
   Hatches (filled regions and mask regions)

3D Views

   Setup a perspective view
   Explore a 3D view
   Enscape/live rendering
   Naviswork for coordination

Model Management

   How to manage a large Revit project
   Send and receive Revit files
   Archive Revit files

Summary

   Four key elements for a successful BIM/Revit implementation

Credits

Architects
     7.0 Contact 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/contact hours to architects and 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in most states. Attention architects: The subject matter of this course is not classified as HSW. Architects need to be aware of any state prohibitions or limitations on non-HSW coursework.

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35) and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).

The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 7.0 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey and District of Columbia architects.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This event offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, but it has not been approved by any state with a continuing education requirement for contractors.

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.