# Introduction to Revit

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/introduction-to-revit-course>

## Overview

Learn the industry-standard software for Building Information Modeling (BIM) in our Introduction to Revit course. Designed for aspiring architects, engineers, and designers, this hands-on course teaches you to design, document, and analyze buildings with greater precision and efficiency. Through guided instruction and real-world projects, you’ll build a solid foundation in Revit’s core tools and workflows.

## What you'll learn

- Understand the basics of the Revit interface, workspace, and essential tools to get started on your designs
- Learn to create parametric 3D models of buildings, including aspects like walls, doors, windows, and floors
- Create documentation of aspects of construction, such as floor plans, sections, and elevations, directly from your Revit models
- Create and manage Revit families to customize unique or useful components for your projects
- Create photorealistic renderings and walkthroughs to give stakeholders a clearer picture of your design
- Utilize Revit’s collaboration features to manage multi-disciplinary project teams effectively

## Curriculum

#### **1: UI and Basics**

- Revit concepts: file types, parametric objects, bi-directional associations, and the Category/Family/Type/Instance hierarchy
- Exploring the User Interface: Ribbon, Properties Palette, Type Selector, Project Browser, and View Control Bar
- Navigating a project: Zoom, Pan, 3D Orbit, and managing views
- Understanding Floor Plan views, View Range, and Callouts
- Visibility/Graphic Overrides, Object Styles, Detail Levels, and Line Weights
- Elevation, Section, and 3D views including Perspective cameras and the Section Box

#### **2: The Habitat House**

- Project setup: Levels, datums, and wall Location Lines
- Drawing exterior and interior walls, creating new wall types with Edit Type and Duplicate
- Using Aligned Dimensions and the Tab key for precise placement
- Adding doors and windows: hosted families, the Spacebar, the Align tool, and Plan Regions
- Creating floors and a sloped roof by footprint, and attaching walls
- Loading and placing component families from the Imperial Library
- Rooms, Room Tags, dimensions, and Roof Plan annotations
- Creating Sheets, placing views, and printing to PDF

#### **3: The Office Building**

- Establishing multiple Levels and placing Grid Lines with the EQ toggle
- Drawing exterior and interior walls using Split, Trim/Extend, Mirror, Offset, and Copy
- Editing wall profiles in 3D and using the Wall Joins tool
- Placing doors and windows across multiple levels with Copy to Clipboard and Paste Aligned
- Drawing curtain walls: Curtain Grids, Mullions, Add/Remove Segments, and storefront doors

#### **4: Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs**

- Drawing floor slabs with Draw Lines and Pick Walls methods
- Placing ACT grid and Gypsum Board ceilings and editing materials
- Creating a flat roof with Shape Editing tools for drainage slope
- Roof annotations with Spot Slope and Spot Elevation

#### **5: Stairs, Components, and Groups**

- Drawing stairs with automatic riser calculation and mirroring stairwells
- Loading furniture and plumbing fixture families and copying them between levels
- Creating and editing Model Groups for repeating layouts
- Placing Rooms, assigning Departments, and adding Color Fill Legends
- Section cleanup with Join Geometry and soffit elements

#### **6: Graphics, Elevations, and Sheets**

- Floor plan cleanup: Object Styles, stair visibility overrides, and Color Fill formatting
- Elevation and 3D graphics: Shadows, Silhouettes, Ambient Occlusion, and material appearance
- Creating presentation-quality Perspective views with Sketchy Lines
- Creating Sheets, arranging views, and adjusting Crop Regions and View Titles
- Final quality check and printing to PDF at scale

## Schedule
- Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026 — NYC
- Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 — NYC

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $579