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Upcoming Live Training

Apr

Revit 2025 Level I: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing

Apr 21 – Apr 24, 2025//1:00pm – 8:30pmUTC

$1,600

Online

Number of days: 4

Description:

This hands-on, comprehensive class reviews design development, documentation, and analysis methods using Revit®. This class is designed to teach the mechanical/electrical/plumbing professional how to use Revit to create a Building Information Model (BIM), analyze that model, and then generate construction documents.

Continued Learning:
As a benefit of training with us, you'll get 1 year of access to this class - PLUS all Autodesk classes - on-demand through the CADD Community. The interactive training content & resource are proven to help refresh knowledge throughout the year.

Agenda:

Overview
Building Information Modeling
Exploring the Interface
MEP Elements and Families
Starting a Project
System Browser
Spaces and Room Naming

Views and Visibility
Project Browser
Floor / Ceiling Plans, Sections, Callouts
Visibility / Graphics
Filters
View Templates
Phasing

Mechanical Standards
Settings

Mechanical Design
Air Terminals and Mechanical Equipment
Duct and Flex Duct
Duct Fittings and Accessories
Duct Color Fill Legends

Piping (Mechanical and Plumbing)
Plumbing Equipment and Fixtures
Pipes, Fittings, and Accessories

Electrical Standards
Settings
Load Classifications and Demand Factors

Electrical Design
Devices and Fixtures
Electrical Equipment
Panel Schedules and Circuiting
Wiring
Cable Tray and Conduit

Annotating
Text, Dimensions, Tags, Symbols
Schedules
Drafting Views
Revisions

Output and Collaboration
Printing
Worksharing

This class comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, provides AIA/CES Continuing Education Credits (CEUʼs), and each student receives a certificate of completion.

Prerequisites:

General computer and Windows experience, knowledge of terminology, systems, and workflows found in the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing disciplines.

Who can benefit?:

MEP professionals actively using design and documentation software to produce 3D BIM, and 2D documentation

Download course outline

May

Revit 2025 Level II: Revit Standards Setup and Management

May 8 – May 8, 2025//1:00pm – 8:30pmUTC

$400

Online

Number of days: 1

Description:

This class is designed for intermediate to advanced Revit® users who want to move beyond simple architectural families and learn many different techniques for creating complex content. The class will provide you with the skills necessary to organize, create, and manage your Revit families.

Agenda:

Project Setup
Creating an Organized Project Browser
Configuring Object Styles
Creating Line Patterns
Creating Line Styles
Creating Basic and Custom Fill patterns
Create Filled Regions
Create Project, Shared, and Global Parameters

View Standardization
Create View Templates
Create View Types and associate View Templates
Create View Filters and assign to View Templates
Creating Sample Sheet set and placeholder sheets
Create Titleblocks

Legends
Create Standard Legend with Legend components
Create Keynotes Legend
Create Keynote File

Standard Annotations
Create Symbolic Annotations
Using Annotation symbols for Sheet Notes

Schedules
Create schedule with Calculated values
Create conditional formatting based off parametric values
Create Key schedule to drive data in other schedules
Create Note Block schedule
Create unsorted table

Area Plans and Schemes
Creating Area Schemes
Creating Area Scheme Schedules
Create predefined Color Schemes
Configuring Color Scheme Legends

Materials
Create Material
Create a Material Library
Adding additional parameters to
materials

This class comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, provides AIA/CES Continuing Education Credits (CEU’s), and each student receives a certificate of completion.

Prerequisites:

Revit 2022-2025 Level I (or equivalent) plus 3 months continuous Revit experience, or at least 6 months continuous Revit 2022-2025 experience

Who can benefit?:

Revit users who are responsible for creating architectural families for their firms

Download course outline

May

Revit 2025 Level I: Architecture

May 12 – May 15, 2025//1:00pm – 8:30pmUTC

CADD Alexandria

$1,600

In-person

Number of days: 4

Description:

This hands-on, comprehensive class demonstrates and instructs design development and documentation methods using Revit®. The class is designed to teach the architectural professional how to use Revit to create a Building Information Model (BIM) and from that model generate construction documents. Attendees of this class will experience this process of 3D model creation to 2D detailing firsthand on a sample project they will build from scratch.

Agenda:

Introduction
Building Information Modeling
Exploring the Interface
Elements and Families

Views and Visibility
Project Browser
Floor and Ceiling Plans
Sections and Elevations
3D views
Schedules
View Properties and View Range

Using Modeling Tools
Levels and Grids
Structural Columns
Walls, Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs
Curtain Walls
Doors and Windows
Stairs and Railings
Rooms

Working with Families
Loading into Projects
Placing Components (Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment)

Basic Detailing and Annotation
Detail Lines and Detail Components
Text and Dimensions
Tags and Symbols
Linking and Exporting to CAD

Sheets and Printing

Introduction to Worksharing

This class comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, provides AIA/CES Continuing Education Credits (CEU’s), and each student receives a certificate of completion.

Prerequisites:

A strong architectural background or education, as well as general computer and Windows experience

Who can benefit?:

Architects and designers who are actively involved in project design and the development of drawing sets

Download course outline

Jun

Revit 2025 Level II: Families for Architecture

Jun 5 – Jun 5, 2025//1:00pm – 8:30pmUTC

$400

Online

Number of days: 1

Description:

Agenda:

Overview
Exploring the Family Editor
Family Templates and Categories
Best Practices

Laying the Foundation
Reference Planes
Reference Lines
Constraints

Creating Geometry
Solid and Void Forms
Model and Symbolic Lines
Filled and Masking Regions

Adding Intelligence
Type vs. Instance
Family and Shared Parameters
Visibility
Materials

Advanced Family Techniques
Nested Families
Formulas

Other Family Types
Detail Components
Tags
Symbols
Profiles

This class comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, provides AIA/CES Continuing Education Credits (CEUʼs), and each student receives a certificate of completion.

Prerequisites:

Revit 2022-2025 Level I (or equivalent) plus 3 months continuous Revit experience, or at least 6 months continuous Revit 2022-2025 experience

Who can benefit?:

Revit® users who are responsible for creating architectural families for their firms

Download course outline

Jun

Revit 2025 Level I: Architecture

Jun 16 – Jun 19, 2025//1:00pm – 8:30pmUTC

$1,600

Online

Number of days: 4

Description:

Agenda:

Introduction
Building Information Modeling
Exploring the Interface
Elements and Families

Views and Visibility
Project Browser
Floor and Ceiling Plans
Sections and Elevations
3D views
Schedules
View Properties and View Range

Using Modeling Tools
Levels and Grids
Structural Columns
Walls, Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs
Curtain Walls
Doors and Windows
Stairs and Railings
Rooms

Working with Families
Loading into Projects
Placing Components (Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment)

Basic Detailing and Annotation
Detail Lines and Detail Components
Text and Dimensions
Tags and Symbols
Linking and Exporting to CAD

Sheets and Printing

Introduction to Worksharing

This class comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, provides AIA/CES Continuing Education Credits (CEU’s), and each student receives a certificate of completion.

Prerequisites:

A strong architectural background or education, as well as general computer and Windows experience

Who can benefit?:

Architects and designers who are actively involved in project design and the development of drawing sets

Download course outline

Jun

Revit 2025 Level I: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing

Jun 23 – Jun 26, 2025//1:00pm – 8:30pmUTC

$1,600

Online

Number of days: 4

Description:

Agenda:

Overview
Building Information Modeling
Exploring the Interface
MEP Elements and Families
Starting a Project
System Browser
Spaces and Room Naming

Views and Visibility
Project Browser
Floor / Ceiling Plans, Sections, Callouts
Visibility / Graphics
Filters
View Templates
Phasing

Mechanical Standards
Settings

Mechanical Design
Air Terminals and Mechanical Equipment
Duct and Flex Duct
Duct Fittings and Accessories
Duct Color Fill Legends

Piping (Mechanical and Plumbing)
Plumbing Equipment and Fixtures
Pipes, Fittings, and Accessories

Electrical Standards
Settings
Load Classifications and Demand Factors

Electrical Design
Devices and Fixtures
Electrical Equipment
Panel Schedules and Circuiting
Wiring
Cable Tray and Conduit

Annotating
Text, Dimensions, Tags, Symbols
Schedules
Drafting Views
Revisions

Output and Collaboration
Printing
Worksharing

This class comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, provides AIA/CES Continuing Education Credits (CEUʼs), and each student receives a certificate of completion.

Prerequisites:

General computer and Windows experience, knowledge of terminology, systems, and workflows found in the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing disciplines.