Building Information Modeling

Prerequisite: ARC189, or degree in architecture, or experience in an architectural or interior design office

Department Policy

Basic Revit Exercises

Text: Workbook Revit to 3dMax

Text: Dormer exercise

Text: Stair exercise

Text: Structural Framing exercise

Text: Kitchen Exercise (use kitchen without cabinets.rvt file on T: drive)

Sustainablity Exercises

Text: Getting Started in Sustainable Design using Revit

Text: Building Performance Analysis using Revit MEP

Text: Revit Sustainable exercise No. 2

Text: Revit Sustainable exercise No. 3

Text: Revit Sustainable exercise No. 4

Text: Revit Sustainable exercise No. 5

Text: Revit Sustainable exercise No. 6

Heating and Cooling Loads for Exercise 6 Calculated by Revit MEP

Text: Revit Sustainable exercise No. 7

Text: Revit Sustainable exercise No. 9

Resources

Revit Questions and Answers

Glossary and Acronyms

Triton BIM Standards Manual

How to obtain free Revit Software

Computer Hardware Requirements for Revit Architecture 2008

Autodesk "Seek" web site (online source for component files)

"Revit City" web site (another online source for component files - you will need to become a member at no cost to be eligible to download files)

Click here to subscribe to Cadalyst magazine's Online Plan Room (a free SAAS)

How to calculate total wall costs

Text: Adobe Acrobat Cool Tips and Tricks - click here to open this file

Text: Adobe Acrobat online collaboration manual - click here to download a copy

Readings

Autodesk Design Review Software Tips and Tricks

AIA Integrated Project Delivery Guide 2007

Project Information Management

Introducing BIM into small practices

BIM Reading 1

BIM Reading 2

National BIM Standard

IFC ("Industry Foundation Classes") Building Model developed by the IAI ("International Alliance for Interoperability")

NIBS (National Institute of Building Sciences) "Smart Building" web site

Building Smart International (Formerly the "International Alliance for Interoperability")

Autodesk Revit Discussion Group: go to http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=3805313

All Things BIM blog: http://bimguru.blogspot.com/

Transitioning to Bim

BIM for Sustainable Design

BIM in China

BIM - Concept to Completion

BIM Survey results

Text: BIM at KPF

IES ("Integrated Environmental Solutions") software add-on to Revit

Cadalyst article on BIM use in sustainability, part 1

Cadalyst article on BIM use in sustainability, part 2

Photoshop Exercises

Text: Photoshop Exercise No. 4

Text: Photoshop Exercise No. 4a

Text: Photoshop Exercise No. 5

Text: Photoshop Exercise No. 6