Building Information Modeling

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Autodesk Revit (Structure)
KUA CHIN TONG

17 February 2019 – 17 March 2019

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OUTCOME: Understand a BIM workflow

: Leverage BIM processes
: Focus your investment in BIM

What is BIM?
Creation and use of coordinated, internally
consistent, computable information about a
building project in design and construction

What is REVIT?
Autodesk ® Revit ® software is a BIM application
that utilizes a parametric 3D model to generate
plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, details
and schedules.
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1. Info Center

2. Quick Access Toolbar

1. Info Center

Communication
center Sign in

Online Search for Show Exchange

help solution Favourites apps
2. Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar contain a set of default tools.

You can customize this toolbar to display the tools that you use most often.

The Quick Access toolbar contain a set of default tools. You can customize this toolbar to
display the tools that you use most often
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Set for the

keyboard
shortcut

3. Option
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4. Insert tab

Insert Tab
- Used to link external files (2D, 3D, image)
- Insert content from family files (Load Family command)

IFC – Industry Foundation Classes

3. Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) File Format

- IFC file format is maintained by building SMART ®.

- IFC provides an interoperability solution between different software applications.

- The format establishes international standards to import and export building objects and their properties.

- IFC improves communication, productivity, delivery time and quality throughout the life cycle of a
building.

- IFC reduces the loss of information during transmission from one application to another, with established
standards for common objects in the building industry.
3. Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) File Format
- Revit provides fully certified IFC import and export based on building SMART® IFC data exchange standards.

- For import (to open or link an IFC file), Revit supports IFC files based on the following building SMART International (BSI) data exchange standards:
IFC2x3, IFC2x2, and IFC2x.

- For import (link only), Revit also support IFC files based on the BSI IFC4 standards.

- For export, Revit supports the following standards: IFC4, IFC2x3, and IFC2x2.

- The Revit IFC Exporter is actively updated to contain new functionality and bug releases on a regular basis.

- When you export a Revit building information model to IFC format, the information can be used directly by other building specialists, such as
structural and building services engineers.

- For examples, building information models developed with Revit are saved to the RVT file format. You can export the building model using the IFC
format to an IFC-certified application that does not use the RVT file format. The drawing can be opened and worked on in the non-native
application. Similarly, in Revit you can import an IFC file, create a RVT file, and work on the building model in Revit.

- IFC uses architecturally meaningful containers to describe real-world building objects. Those container include parameters that have meaningful
values. Many standard Revit elements have corresponding IFC containers. These do not require any specific user action to export them.

- For example, Revit walls export as ifcwalls. Other Revit families (such as escalators) require that you map them to IFC containers before exporting.

- Tips: advanced user may want to modify the IFC export code.
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5. Annotate tab

Annotate Tab
- Add tag, detail, text, symbol, colour fill or dimension to graphically
document the project
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6. Analyze tab

Analyze Tab
- the analyze tab contains the tools necessary to modify energy analysis
setting and to run an energy simulation via Green Building Studio ®
- This feature requires an Autodesk Subscription account to access the
online analysis engine.
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7. Massing & Site tab

Massing & Site Tab

- Can add massing and site-related elements such as toposurfaces and
property lines.
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8. Collaborate tab

Collaborate Tab
- Use to coordinate and manage the project within own team and across
other teams and their linked files.
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9. View tab

View Tab
- To create 2D view, 3D view, schedules, legends, sheets
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10. Manage tab

Manage Tab
- Can access all project standards and other settings
- Design Option, Phasing tools, Review Warning and Select by ID are on
this tab

Object Styles
- Allow the designer to manage the global visibility settings for ust aout
everything in project: How it projects, how it cuts, and its associated
color and pen weight
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11. Modify tab

Modify Tab
- To manipulate/ edit the content like Cut, Join, Split, Move, Copy, Rotate
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12. Properties Palette

Properties Palette
- Contains the instance parameters
- In this palette, we can find the Type Selector, a selection filter, Edit
type button
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13. Project Browser

Project Browser
- A hierarchical listing of all the views, legends, schedules, sheets,
families, groups, and links in project.
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Filter icon
- Refine the selection set
Status bar
- Will display information about selected objects and active tools
- Will display prompts about the next step required of the tool
- Useful when we are using the Tab key to toggle between object snap
points or when selecting chains of elements.

14. Status bar

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15. Drawing Area

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16. Temporary View

Properties

Temporary View Properties

- These applied properties are only temporary they will not affect
printing and they will not saved with the project
- If you select Temporary Apply Template Properties, you can select from
any view template established in your project. Once a view template is
applied to the view with this tool, the view will be highlighted with a
purple boundary
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