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Autodesk Revit Structure Essentials (3 days)
Your structural team models frames, foundations and slabs in Revit and issues coordinated structural drawings from one model.
Structural offices that still draft in 2D spend hours keeping plans, sections and schedules in step, and coordination problems with the architect's design surface late, when they are expensive to fix. Revit Structure training moves that work into one model: columns, beams, walls, foundations and slabs are modelled once, and every plan, section, schedule and material take-off comes from the same data.
This three-day essentials course follows how a structural model is built. Day one covers BIM for structural teams, the interface and views, selection and visibility control, setting up a structural project on a linked architectural model, and placing columns, walls, beams and bracing. Day two adds foundations and piling, slabs, system families, in-place families, stairs and ramps, and schedules. Day three covers beam systems and trusses, construction phasing and design options, detailing, sheets, collaboration and an introduction to families.
It is hands-on throughout. Delegates practise on your own licensed Revit software on a small steel and concrete structure, and the facilitator can work your office template or a past project into the exercises so the method carries straight into live work.
Why this course
For your organisation
- Structural drawings and schedules that stay coordinated as the design changes
- Clashes with architectural and services models found before they reach site
- Quantities for concrete and steel taken from the model, not counted by hand
- More value from the Revit licences you already hold
For your delegates
- A clear sequence for setting up and building a structural model
- Hands-on practice with columns, beams, foundations, slabs and trusses
- Confidence with phasing, design options, details and sheets
- A training guide and practice files to keep for reference
What delegates will be able to do
- Set up a structural project with the correct units, settings and linked architectural model
- Place and connect columns, structural walls, beams and bracing on grids
- Model pad, strip and pile foundations and structural slabs
- Create beam systems and trusses and attach them to roofs and floors
- Use phasing to show existing, new and demolished work
- Compare alternative schemes with design options
- Schedule structural elements and produce material take-offs
- Annotate, detail and publish structural sheets
Who should attend
Structural engineers, technologists and draughtspersons, steel and concrete detailers, and engineering teams moving structural drafting from AutoCAD to Revit. Delegates should be able to read structural drawings; no previous Revit experience is needed.
Course outline
Day 1 – BIM, project setup and the structural frame
Revit Structure and BIM
- How the physical model and the analytical model work together
- What BIM changes for structural engineers and draughtspersons
- BIM maturity levels, roles and deliverables
- Questions to settle on fees, responsibility and model ownership
- How a structural model develops from template to issue
Interface, views and navigation
- Ribbon, properties palette and project browser
- Plans, sections, elevations and callouts from one model
- 3D views, section boxes and walkthroughs
- Grids, levels and dimensions
Selecting, editing and controlling the display
- Selection methods and filters
- Instance parameters versus type parameters
- Modify tools and snaps
- Visibility overrides for the project, a view or a single element
- View templates for consistent structural drawings
Establishing a structural project
- Project units and structural settings
- Symbolic display of beams, braces and connections
- Analytical model settings
- Linking the architect's Revit model and AutoCAD drawings
- Copy/Monitor and coordination review
Columns, walls, beams and bracing
- Placing vertical and slanted columns on grids
- Structural walls and how slabs relate to walls and framing
- Beam placement, justification and joins
- How connected elements behave and display
- Adding vertical and horizontal bracing
Day 2 – Foundations, slabs and families
Foundations and piling
- Foundation types available in Revit
- Isolated pads, piles and pile caps
- Strip footings under walls
- Foundation slabs, slab edges and ground beams
- Foundation walls, piers and pilasters
Slabs and roofs
- Sketching structural slabs and setting span direction
- Cantilevers and sloped slabs
- Slab edges and thickened edges
- Basic roof structures
System families
- How compound walls and floors are built from layers
- Layer function and wrapping at ends and openings
- Building a system family library for your office
Solid forms and in-place families
- Building solids and voids with extrusions, blends, revolves, sweeps and swept blends
- When an in-place family is the right choice, and when it is not
- Practice: a non-standard plinth or foundation
Stairs, ramps and railings
- Standard stairs from components
- Multi-storey and non-standard stairs
- Simple ramps
- Hosted and free-standing railings
Schedules and legends
- Column, beam and foundation schedules
- Material take-offs for concrete and steel
- Formatting schedules
- Legends
Day 3 – Framing systems, phasing and documentation
Beam systems and trusses
- Creating beam systems inside a sketched boundary
- Changing beam system spacing and layout
- Concrete framing and pan joist slabs
- Placing trusses and attaching them to roofs and floors
- Creating a simple truss family
Phasing and design options
- Setting up construction phases
- Phase filters and graphic overrides
- Existing, new and demolished elements in alterations work
- Design option sets for alternative schemes
- When to use design options and when to use separate models
Annotation and detailing
- Annotation tools and categories
- Detail components and repeating details
- Lines, text, tags and keynotes
- Framing tags and annotation
Sheets and issue
- Organising the browser for working and issued drawings
- Creating sheets and placing views and schedules
- Publishing to PDF and DWG
- Keeping issue records
Collaboration and families
- A BIM strategy for the structural team
- Worksharing and splitting larger models
- Model issue and transmittal routines
- A step-by-step method for building reliable loadable families
How it is delivered
Three days, 08:30-16:00. Training runs on your licensed Autodesk software at your offices (or on licensed machines you provide), anywhere in South Africa. One delegate or a group of up to about 20, each at their own workstation. Each delegate receives a training guide and practice files; exercises can use your office template on request. We deliver it at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and anywhere else in South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online for teams in different places.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you run the training at our offices?
Yes. The facilitator comes to your offices anywhere in South Africa and trains on your own licensed Revit installations, or on licensed machines you provide. BOTI does not supply Revit software or licences.
How many people can attend?
From one delegate to a group of about 20, each working at their own computer. Smaller groups get more one-on-one time with the facilitator.
Is the course accredited, and will delegates get a certificate from Autodesk?
No to both. It is a non-accredited short course and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance. BOTI is an independent training provider, not an Autodesk training partner. Delegates who want a vendor credential can book the Certified Professional exam that Autodesk offers through Pearson VUE themselves.
Does Revit do the structural design calculations?
No. Revit models and documents the structure and holds an analytical model that can be sent to analysis software. Design checks still happen in your analysis and design software and remain the engineer's responsibility.
How is this different from the Architecture and MEP courses?
All three share the same Revit basics. This course spends its time on the structural frame, foundations, slabs, trusses and phasing. The Autodesk Revit Architecture Essential Training Course covers walls, roofs and construction documents, and the Autodesk Revit MEP Essentials Course covers building services.
Can the exercises use our own projects?
Yes. Send us your office template or a past project before the course and the facilitator builds it into the practice.
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