Schedule*

*Class Schedule is subject to change.

last update: Feb 28, 2013

Class 1: Tuesday, Jan 08

Introductions, Overview of Syllabus and Class Expectations

Discuss: BIM Workflow vs. CADD | Identify Revit Resources

Demo: Revit User Interface

Assign: Project As-builts

At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Sections 1-3, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.10, 5.11

Class 2: Thursday, Jan 10

Have measured determined space and begin laying out in ACAD

Demo: Project Set-up (grids, levels); Working with linked .dwg and .dgn files; quick

introduction to phasing; Visibility

In-class set-up of project, development of ACAD as-builts

At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Section 8

Class 3: Tuesday, Jan 15

ACAD As-built drawings to be complete. Link ACAD to Revit model and begin adding walls.

Demo: Schematic Design Level Walls, Doors & Windows, Modifying/Editing tools, and

constraints; using ACAD underlay for adding as-built walls

In-class development of as-built model.

At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Section 4

Class 4: Thursday, Jan 17

As-built Checkpoint 1 (should include generic walls, doors, and windows)

Discuss project questions & concerns

Demo: Overview of Sketch Based Objects (ceilings, floors)

Assign: Design Project Proposal

In-class development of model – add ceilings and floors

At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Sections 6.1, 6.10

Class 5: Tuesday, Jan 22

Discuss project questions & concerns

Present Design Project Proposal to class

Demo: Complex walls, curtain walls, and sweeps; defining your own walls

Add complex walls and sweeps to as-built model

At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Section 7

Class 6: Thursday, Jan 24

As-built Checkpoint 2 (model should include complex walls, floors, ceilings and previous content)

Demo: Generic Families (light fixtures); revisit phasing; area plans

Assign: Design Layout Options

Class 7: Tuesday, Jan 29

Present sketched preliminary layouts (on trace) & area plans with square footage table

Demo: Design options, demo/hammer tool

In-class development of Design Layout Options

Class 8: Thursday, Jan 31

Demo: Addressing Object Styles, Graphic Overrides, and View Ranges, Setting up Sheets

At-home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Section 8

In-class development of Design Layout Options

Class 9: Tuesday, Feb 05

Due: Design Layout Options, Part 1

Assign: Design Layout Options, Part 2

Develop model with all three options

Class 10: Thursday, Feb 07

Due: Design Layout Options, Part 1
Assign: Schematic Design Model
Demo: In-place Modeling
Discuss Project Related Questions and Concerns
In-class development of schematic design model

Class 11: Tuesday, Feb 12

Demo: Building Families, part 1
Assign Component Family Exercise
At-home Review: Lynda.com Family Editor: Sections 1, 3-8, 11 and Essential: Section 12

Class 12: Thursday, Feb 14

DUE: Schematic Design Model
Demo: Building Families, part 2
Continue developing custom component family and populating model.
In-class development of component family

Class 13: Friday, Feb 15

Class meets 2:30-4:30pm: aTVfest Love, Marilyn Screening at DMC
Note: this is a make-up class from Thursday, March 07

Class 14: Tuesday, Feb 19

DUE: Component Family Exercise, Part 1
Discuss extracting information from model for evaluation
Demo: Rooms, schedules, and color fills
Add rooms and identify scheduling opportunities within schematic design model
At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Section 9

Class 15: Thursday, Feb 21

Assign: Schematic Presentation Sheets
Demo: 2D Annotations, Detailing, and Dimensioning
In-class development of Schematic Presentation Sheets
At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: Section 11, 13

Class 16: Tuesday, Feb 26

DUE: Component Family Exercise, Part 1

Demo: Stairs & Railings
Assign Stair & Railing Exercise
Discuss Project Related Questions and Concerns
In—class development of Stair & Railing Exercise
At home Review: Lynda.com Essential: 8,7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.11

Class 17: Thursday, Feb 28

Due: Stair & Railing Exercise, Friday @ 5:00pm

Grad Presentation: Wacom Tablet (Jessie Anderson)

Grad Presentation: Revit to 3DS Max Workflow (Zohreh Birjandian)
In-class discussion of railings
At home Review: Lynda.com Rendering: Sections 3-6,8

Class 18: Tuesday, Mar 05

DUE: Schematic Presentation Sheets
Assign: Revit Rendering Composition
Grad Presentation: Solar Studies/Daylighting (Stephanie Asielue)
Discuss: Materials and Lighting for renderings
In-class development, peer and faculty review of Revit Renderings

Note: Thursday, March 07 class is canceled and rescheduled for Friday, February 15th, 4-6:30pm


EXTRA HELP SESSION: TBD > Friday 3:30-5:30 or Sunday 3:30-5:30

Class 19: Tuesday, Mar 12

Grad Presentation: Conceptual Massing in Revit + Working cross platform between Revit and Sketch-Up (Meirav Goldhour-Shvorin) 
Demo: Rendering Settings for Export, Using the Autodesk Cloud
Discuss: Photoshop for post-processing
In-class development, peer and faculty review of Revit Renderings

Class 20: Thursday, Mar 14

Grad Presentation: Walkthroughs (Tariq Qarem)
DUE: Revit Rendering Composition
Present Final Compositions