Are you required to submit a COBie deliverable from your Revit software model? Do you need to be able to apply classification data to Revit elements from systems such as UniFormat, MasterFormat, OmniClass, Uniclass, or even a custom database? This session will provide a deep dive into the 2 tools to help you do this: COBie Extension for Revit software and Classification Manager for Revit software. Learn how to get them, how they work, and how you can configure them to meet your needs. Walk away with the expertise necessary to manage and track COBie and classification system data in your Revit models. This session features Revit. AIA Approved

This class will cover the setup and deployment of Revit Server across 14 locations currently being used internally in production for multioffice, multicontinent collaboration. We will cover everything from planning and hardware selection to training as we complete our first year utilizing this technology. This session features Revit. AIA Approved

Globally, the construction industry is transitioning over to Building Information Modeling (BIM) at an accelerated pace. Governments are starting to include BIM as a requirement for their contracts. Landscape architects and urban designers around the world are wondering how to transition to a BIM environment to avoid being left behind. Building Information Modeling. Its name relates exclusively to building design, so the main questions is: Can landscape architects and landscape designers work with Revit software? The answer? Absolutely YES! This lecture will describe the basic workflows for modeling hard and soft landscape elements and topography using Revit software. We will also explore the main difficulties and how to overcome them. You will discover how you can build your landscape designs in Revit software and get the most from the software. This session features Revit. AIA Approved

In this class, you will learn how to create the shop drawings necessary for the precast/prestressed concrete industry in an effective and well-presented manner. These shop drawings will have all of the information vital for production, including piece weights, lengths, volumes, and counts, as well as the necessary reinforcement and embedded elements within each element. This class will walk you through the unique process of utilizing assemblies and schedules within Revit software to achieve a desirable shop ticket that any precast manufacturer can use. Finally, this class will show you how to use view templates to maintain the drafting integrity required for precast shop drawings. This session features Revit. AIA Approved

We all hear it... Revit doesn't do beautiful drawings. We hear it enough to sometimes believe it but we know the reality. With a little extra care and some playful control of tools such as Filters and Depth Cueing, we can make a tired flat 2D drawing spring off the page. designtech and BPTW Partnership have worked closely on these workflows, tested over the past year on delivered projects. Together we will show attendees how to use every available tool for 2D graphic representation within Revit. At no point will we take information away from Revit, enabling the BIM process to remain robust while giving designers the ability to turn complex data into beautiful drawings.

In this class, you'll learn how to create the shop drawings necessary for the precast/prestressed concrete industry in an effective and well-presented manner. These shop drawings will have all of the information necessary for production, including piece weights, lengths, volumes, and counts, as well as the necessary reinforcement and embedded elements within each element. This class will walk you through the unique process of utilizing assemblies and schedules within Revit software to achieve a desirable shop ticket that any precast manufacturer can use. Finally, this class will show you how to use view templates to maintain the drafting integrity required for precast shop drawings.

This session will be an interactive roundtable discussion about tips, tricks, and user experiences with technical training for Revit building design software. These tips, tricks, and experiences will be suggested by the attendees and presenter alike, but will then be discussed and perhaps debated by all, with the end goal of an improved process at the close of the discussion. We will add all of the content collected during the session to the handout and share it with all attendees after the session has concluded. All topics are fair game as long as they pertain to Revit software and the training of Revit software. See some examples of topics in the learning objectives below. This session features Revit.

The ability to use the Revit API to modify visual appearances of materials was among the top customer requests for years. This new API has been finally implemented. This class will present the new Materials API, coding workflows, and usage of multiple schemas for the visualization properties of materials in Revit software.

Did you know you can get your keynote data from a database or your company wiki, or that you can share links across multiple users without complicated setups with mapped network drives? This class will teach Revit API users how to use the external resource service to manage linked models and other external data. You will learn how to easily create references to Revit software, DWG™ software, or Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) models that are provided by a Revit plug-in. This can give you more control over how to manage and control access to links. For example, in a work-shared environment, users with different machine setups can still access the same linked data. (Or not access it!) You will also learn how to customize your keynote data and avoid using a keynote file entirely if you wish. We'll also go over some tips and tricks for using links, including some enhancements made in Revit 2018 software.

Autodesk brings into play a new automated workflow for precast elements, turning slabs and walls into assemblies via automatic segmentation. Automatic reinforcement, shop drawings, and CAM files then step in to complete the design process. Respecting designers' and fabricators' perspectives and switching between different levels of development are some more key benefits of embracing a Revit-software-based workflow. But no model is truly complete until multidisciplinary coordination between structure, MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing), and architecture is achieved, which is greatly enabled in this all-Revit-software-based solution. The purpose of this class is to demonstrate a Building Information Modeling (BIM)-connected design-to-fabrication workflow from Revit for a precast model, and we'll also explore some other great productivity and modeling tools dedicated to precast that are delivered by Autodesk partners.

Revit software is without question one of the most powerful design tools; however, by its own virtues, it is limited by its need to suit all users. To truly get the most of Revit and the Building Information Modeling (BIM) environment, Autodesk gives us access to an API wherein we can develop add-ins to help streamline our workflows and achieve specific BIM objectives. This class will show the benefits of creating your own platform for sharing project-specific add-ins, and help you understand the advantages and challenges of using the Revit API in your day-to-day design routine. We will show you how to move to the next level of standards and workflow development in your business. We will use real-life samples to better understand how Revit API can impact the efficiency of Revit users.

The DirectContext3D API exposes an interface to Revit plug-ins that lets graphics supplied by the external applications coexist with standard content in Revit software. Because external graphics can have diverse uses, external applications that utilize DirectContext3D can have a redefining effect on typical workflows in Revit. For example, a display of external content can be viewed as an alternative to linking or importing. In Revit 2018, this API capability enables the direct display of Navisworks content in Revit as a part of the Coordination Model feature. This class will provide the necessary foundation for Revit API developers to begin using DirectContext3D to display external graphical objects directly in Revit views. We will provide several examples, including Coordination Model.

We’ve all heard a lot lately about the Dynamo extension and Revit software. We can’t read a blog or go to a conference without someone mentioning this new and exciting tool. We’ve been told it can help us with geometry. We’ve been told it can speed up repetitive tasks. Come see some practical uses of the Dynamo extension and how it can expand the data in your model. Take a look at how we can use it to pass information between linked files, talk to Microsoft Excel, and finally automate those day-to-day tasks. This session features Revit. AIA Approved

This class will discuss the uses of Revit families, data, scheduling, and the Revit API to push Revit content to the prefabrication factory floor. We'll discuss what goes into the families, how we condition the families for prefabrication-specific content, and how we pull that content out with custom tools to send to the factory floor. We'll cover the main issues of communication between the design team and the prefabrication team, how we've solved these issues, what we output for the team, and how they use it to create the preconstruction packages.

This class will provide an introduction to building Revit plug-ins using C# programming language. We will start by using Microsoft Visual Studio to create and deploy a Revit plug-in using C#. Once we understand how to build and use Revit plug-ins, we will delve deeper into the C# programming language, using it to tap into the Revit API to extend the functionality of Revit software. We will focus on 3 different exercises that utilize different areas of the Revit API, touching on useful C# techniques as we do.

Have you ever built a family in Revit software and needed to create rotation and dimensional parameters because there were multiple moving parts? This class will show you how to create parameters within the Revit software massing, adaptive component, and traditional Family Editors so your families can move. Forget what you've learned about how to apply rotation and dimensional parameters to Revit software families. This lecture will show new and exciting methods that could be applied to most Revit software families and is intended to be Part 2 to the class titled "Families in Motion" in previous years at Autodesk University. The class is sure to be fun, exciting, and fresh. This session features Revit. AIA Approved

Revit cloud is quickly picking up speed in many offices, but the small ins and outs can hold back even the strongest Revit users from running a cloud project. From firsthand experience, this class will go over what you need to know and to expect when making the transition from server to cloud. We'll go over troubleshooting, best practices, order of operations for implementation, and what would be considered optimal project types for Collaboration for Revit.

Learn advanced skills capitalizing on the new Fabrication functionality in Revit 2017 software. Using Revit schedules, assemblies, tags, views, interference checking, and new features in Revit 2017 software, we can produce fabrication documentation inside of the Revit software interface, which enables us to be fully coordinated with design consultants. While Fabrication Parts was introduced in 2016, it was in Revit 2017 software that they became fully functional while remaining in a single interface. We’ll cover how to model using Fabrication Parts; how to convert the design model into Fabrication Parts; how to use assembly views to create spools sheets and details; how to annotate Fabrication Parts in plan view and 3D; how to coordinate with other consultants in Revit software; how new Revit 2017 software features relate to Fabrication Parts; and how to import existing as-built conditions from Fabrication CADmep software into a new renovation project. This session features Revit and Fabrication CADmep.

Revit software is highly tuned for architects and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) and structural engineers, but "out of the box" it doesn't quite meet all of the needs and unique workflow requirements of some other disciplines, such as interior design. This class will explore some of the ways that interior designers can successfully incorporate Revit into their workflows, understanding when it is important to model and when it is better not to model. We'll also document materials and finishes, including using Area plans and Key Schedules, note blocks and note tags, and techniques for quickly and easily generating graphics for presentations.

This session will cover a case study on how the move to Revit software helps you win more business. During this presentation, we'll look at how Scott Hughes Design in the United Kingdom implemented Revit for structural detailing. A key driver in the successful implementation was the switch from 2D reinforcement detailing to supplying a fully compliant Building Information Modeling (BIM) model as part of client deliverables. With an overview of successful key milestones and strategies utilized, we'll identity the key workflows adopted that helped Scott Hughes retain and win business again and again.