Advanced Revit Structure 2012

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Advanced Revit Structure 2012

Video description

In this video based Autodesk Revit Structure 2012 training course, author Jay Polding takes you beyond the basics, into advanced tricks and techniques for using the tools available to you in this BIM (Building Information Modeling) software for structural engineering.
To get the most out of this video tutorial, you should already have a good working knowledge of Revit Structure 2012. In this computer based course, you will cover topics such as annotation standards, phasing, working with walls, floors, columns, beams and trusses. You will also cover structural standards, such as brace, beam connection and column symbols, learn about shared paramaters and even how to render and present your models. Finally you will learn how to work share with worksets, and discover tips for collaborating with other consultants.
By the conclusion of this advanced training course on Autodesk Revit Structure 2012, you will have a deep understanding of advanced techniques, and how to use the tools that are available in this software, to create and share your structural models. Extensive working files are included to allow you to work alongside the author as he explains the techniques he is teaching in this video tutorial.

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Introduction

What You Will Accomplish 00:04:14

About The Author 00:02:03

Defining Families And Parameters

Defining Families 00:06:44

Defining Parameters 00:07:57

Setting Up Annotation Standards

Template Files 00:02:08

Title Blocks 00:08:46

Title Block Stamp 00:04:59

View Titles 00:08:47

Text 00:04:57

Dimensions 00:04:12

Level And Grid Heads 00:08:04

Elevation Bubbles 00:08:36

Section Bubbles 00:06:48

Callout Bubbles 00:06:51

Line Styles 00:06:42

Materials And Hatching 00:07:03

Object Styles 00:06:03

Starting The Project

Audit And Purge 00:06:27

Project Origin Levels And Grids 00:02:40

Establishing A Starting View 00:03:00

Linking Revit Files

Linking Revit 00:03:28

Copy-Monitor And Coordination Review 00:06:16

Phasing

Create Phases 00:04:13

Objects And Phases 00:01:39

Views And Phases 00:02:20

Phase Filters 00:03:30

Phase Filter Graphic Overrides 00:04:14

Phase Mapping 00:03:49

View Management

Project Browser Organization 00:07:13

Refining Views On Sheets 00:08:05

View Templates 00:06:09

View Filters 00:05:25

Site Tools

Toposurface 00:07:27

Subregion And Split Surface 00:02:52

Site Component 00:03:43

Label Contours 00:03:24

Spot Elevation 00:03:10

Slope Tag 00:04:55

Graded Toposurface 00:04:30

Net Cut Fill Schedule 00:05:47

Foundation Walls

Walls Review 00:07:31

Wall Footings Review 00:04:33

Floors

Floors Review 00:03:41

Sloping Floors 00:05:17

Thickened Slab 00:06:11

Slab Recess In-Place Family 00:05:08

Make A Floor Grate Family

Component Family Rules 00:02:07

Choosing The Template 00:02:53

Laying Out Reference Planes 00:04:42

Adding Labels 00:04:22

Adding Geometry 00:08:15

Making Family Types 00:02:40

Inserting And Testing The Family 00:06:46

Columns

Column Review 00:04:09

Load Concrete Column With Drop 00:06:40

Edit Concrete Column With Drop Family 00:05:33

Edit A Column Tag Family 00:08:05

Beam

Beam Review 00:04:01

Beam System 00:03:14

Trusses

Load A Truss Family 00:04:06

Purge And Reload Truss 00:04:53

Make Two Roofs 00:05:16

Attach Truss To Roof 00:02:16

Adjust Beam System 00:03:27

Show Truss On Roof Plan 00:06:14

Structural Standards

Symbolic Cutback Distance 00:04:43

Brace Symbols 00:02:01

Beam Connection Symbols 00:02:47

Column Connection Symbols 00:05:23

Shared Parameters

Graphical Column Schedule Review 00:05:29

Making Shared Parameters 00:04:13

Applying Shared Parameters To A Project 00:08:02

Presentations And Rendering

3D Camera Views 00:06:02

3D Isometric View 00:05:28

Refine Model 00:02:34

Materials 00:07:00

Rendering Settings 00:07:08

Online Rendering 00:03:53

Refining 2D Views And Sheets

Rename And Organize Views 00:04:45

View Filter For Footings 00:05:49

View Range For Framing And Slab Plans 00:05:36

Detailing And Annotation Review 00:06:36

Sheets And Printing Review 00:08:22

Save As Template 00:06:15

Work Sharing With Worksets

Work Sharing With Worksets Setup 00:08:44

Using Worksharing With Worksets 00:07:41

Collaborating With Other Consultants 00:02:15

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