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Comprehensive Guide to Revit Structural BIM

The document outlines a comprehensive training program for Revit, focusing on Structural BIM Engineering and Specialist skills. It covers various topics including creating structural elements, modifying tools, documentation, advanced concrete modeling, steel structures modeling, reinforcement, and structural analysis. Each section details specific tasks and techniques to enhance proficiency in using Revit for structural design and analysis.

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Comprehensive Guide to Revit Structural BIM

The document outlines a comprehensive training program for Revit, focusing on Structural BIM Engineering and Specialist skills. It covers various topics including creating structural elements, modifying tools, documentation, advanced concrete modeling, steel structures modeling, reinforcement, and structural analysis. Each section details specific tasks and techniques to enhance proficiency in using Revit for structural design and analysis.

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Str. Bim Engineer


Introduction
 Introduction to BIM.

 User Interface .

Revit - Structural Bim Engineer


 Navigation and selection tools .

Creating datum elements


 Creating levels - Creating associated str plans

 Creating Structural grids - grids setting and options

 Creating reference planes

 Understanding temporary dimensions

Architectural underlay cad files


 Import / link cad files.

 Controlling cad layers visibility and graphics.


 Using cad files as an underlay for the BIM model.

Modifying tools
 Undo, Redo, Cancel and repeat an action.

 Move, copy, rotate, scale, mirror and flip items.

 Align, trim/extend tools, offset and arrays.

 Split, Delete, pin and unpin

 Join, unjoin, switch join order and delete items.

Structural columns
 Creating (vertical/slanted) structural columns .
 Placing columns to grids - locking columns to grids.
 Column end Attachment justification and cut styles.
 Modifying columns properties.
 Working with architectural columns.

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Structural walls
 Modelling walls - Walls: option bar.

 Creating wall openings

Revit - Structural Bim Engineer


 Editing wall profiles Structural walls

 Walls : Working with Drawing Tools.

 Walls : Working with Modify Tools.

Foundations
 Placing isolated foundations.

 Modify footings.

 Wall foundations.

 Slab foundations - Slab openings.

Beams
 Placing beams on grids.

 Sketching beams.

 Curved beams in plan and elevation.

 Structural usages.

 Controlling the beam location vs the sketched beam path

 Beam and column joins.

 Creating beam openings .

Structural floors
 Creating structural floors (slabs) .
 Creating sloped structural floors.
 Creating slab openings - slab edges and associated profiles.
 Adding a drop panel to structural floor.
 Creating hollow-block, waffle and hollow core slabs.
 Slabs with variable thicknesses
 Copying the floor systems to multiple levels.

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Stairs and Ramps
 Creating stairs by sketch (linear - spiral).

 Creating complex stair shapes.

Revit - Structural Bim Engineer


 Creating multi-level stairs.

 Creating Component Stairs (Linear - spiral).

 Assembled (Steel) stairs type properties.

 Concrete Cast-inplace type properties.

 Concrete precast type properties.

 Creating stair shaft openings.

 Creating Ramps (linear - spiral).

 Introduction to railings.

Documentation and schedules


 Creating structural plan views.

 Duplicating Views

 Creating Callout Views and detail views.

 Creating section views - 3D sectional views .

 Adding text and dimension to views.

 Introduction to schedules and BOQs.

 Using schedules templates.

 Creating sheets and placing views to it.

 Export views and sheets to Autocad .

 Printings sheets and views.

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Working with Views
 Creating looking (up - down) structural plans.
 Setting the view range, creating plan regions.

Revit - Structural Bim Specialist


 Underlay setting, hidden lines settings.

 Scope box, crop region settings.

 Creating and applying view templates to views.

 Duplicating Views.

 Adding Callout Views and detail views.

 Elevation views, framing elevation views.

 Section views and 3d sectional views.

 Legend views.

 Controlling visibility and graphics of categories in views.

 Controlling the visibility and graphics of elements based

on conditions by view filters.


Creating Details
 Setting Up Detail Views.

 Adding Detail Lines and Symbols.

 Adding Detail Components - Repeating Details.

 Create a Detail Based on a CAD File.

 Creating filled regions and masking regions.

 Intro to detailing families.

Annotating Construction Documents


 Working with Dimensions - Text.

 Dimension styles - text styles.

 Adding Tags - Creating custom tag families.

 Multi-category tags - Tagging 3d views.

 Spot elevation - spot coordinates - spot slopes.

 Project origin - survey point.

 Beam annotations.

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Parameters and Schedules (BOQs)
 Creating structural column schedules.

 Creating foundations schedules .

Revit - Structural Bim Specialist


 Creating Beams & slabs schedules.

 Creating Rebar schedules.

 Creating stair schedules.

 Creating graphical column schedules.

 Concrete material take off.

 Setting schedule appearance settings.

 Conditional formatting data to highlight extremes.

 Using filters, sorting and grouping tools to manipulate

schedules.
 Creating formulas in schedules

 Controlling and modifying projects using schedules.

 Exporting schedules to excel.

 Creating schedule templates.

Sheets
 Setting Up Sheets.

 Modifying title block parameters.

 Creating new title block family.

 Placing and Modifying Views on Sheets.

 Splitting a view on more than one sheet.

 Printing Sheets and printing settings.

 Managing revision clouds.

 Exporting views and sheets to Autocad.

 Export to Autocad settings.

 Exporting the whole project to Html and Navisworks.

 Sheet lists, views lists and note blocks.

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Advanced concrete modelling
 Modeling inplace components.

Revit - Structural Bim Specialist


 Modeling in place hosted items.

 Creating custom domes.

 Creating custom stairs and ramps.

 Creating parts (walls - floors - roofs ).

 Dividing parts / parts settings.

 Scheduling and tagging parts.


 Creating assemblies and generating views.

 Using model groups and detail groups.

 Complex and double curved walls and roofs.

Steel structures modelling


 Steel columns and beams members.

 Generating members types based on global steel codes.

 Columns and beams join cutbacks and setbacks.

 Modeling member in 3d and hosted on inclined planes.

 Modelling horizontal bracing, roof bracings, joist and purlins

 Modelling vertical bracings.

 Modelling trusses - trusses settings and options.

 Creating custom truss families.

 Coping and notching members.

 Custom steel connections.

 Generating automatic steel connections.

 Linking Revit files to Advance steel softwares to make

use of advanced steel modelling tools and generating


part and assembly drawings.
 Adding structural deck profile to structural floors.

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Reinforcement
 Adjusting rebar (orientation plane - placement plane).

 Adjusting rebar cover settings.

Revit - Structural Bim Specialist


 Creating rebar types (Egyptian code).

 Loading rebar shape families (Egyptian code).

 Rebar-set quantity and spacing.

 Sketching custom rebar shapes.

 Modifying rebar constraints.

 Varying rebar sets.

 Creating radial and circumferential reinforcement.

 3D path reinforcement modelling.

 Reinforcing columns, Beams, footings and stairs.

 Area and path reinforcement layers and settings.

 Adjusting rebar splice settings.

 Reinforcing Walls, Slabs and slab foundations.

 Additional reinforcement in slabs - slab opening - slab

corners and wall corners.


 Reinforcing retaining walls, parapets and piles.

 Visibility control of reinforcing bars .

 3D rebar views.

 Using automatic reinforcement creation tools.

 Creating custom rebar families.

 Rebar schedules for calculating ( weights - Lengths -

quantities - shapes - shape ids - …..).


 Creating custom rebar schedule for each ( Category -

concrete part - rebar number - …).


 Generating rebar shop drawing.

 Rebar detailing and annotations.

 Using our custom codes to facilitate rebar modelling.

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Structural analysis
 Visibility control of analytical elements.

Revit - Structural Bim Specialist


 Creating analytical plans and 3D views.

 Checking the connectivity of the analytical model and solving

the connectivity of member (Automatic - manual).


 Controlling the area analytical elements.

 Definition of load cases load combinations.

 Defining (point - linear - area) loads.

 Defining boundary conditions (supports).

 Checking consistency of the model.

 Performing analysis in cloud ( Autodesk 360).

 Sending model from Revit to robot structural analysis.

 Performing analysis in robot structural analysis.

 Reviewing results in Revit and Robot structural analysis.

 Exploring the bidirectional link with robot.

 Linking with other softwares (Sap - Safe - Etabs - … ).

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