Datamat Architectural and Building CAD Course Catalog

AutoCAD MEP Fundamentals

AutoCAD MEP is an advanced, powerful engineering design and documentation packing covering the disciplines of HVAC, plumbing, piping, and electrical design. This course contains a comprehensive introduction to the methods, philosophy, and procedures of Revit MEP software.

This 3-day class covers the tools for parametric MEP systems design and documentation. The class begins with the fundamental features of Autodesk AutoCAD MEP, then progresses through schematic design, system analysis, and construction documentation, and finishes with design visualization. It includes exercises representing practical, real-world engineering design scenarios. Each exercise contains step-by-step procedures and graphics to help you complete the exercise successfully.

Course Objectives: After completing this class, you will be able to:

Use the different parts of the AutoCAD MEP user interface and work with different types of AutoCAD objects.
Manage the different views and change their properties, control the visibility and appearance of elements in different views, and work with section, elevation, and 3D views.
Set up a project using different templates, link AutoCAD architectural drawings, define discipline settings, and import and edit DWG details.
Manage the project using the Project Navigator.
Create spaces and zones in an AutoCAD MEP model.
Analyze an analytical model for conducting a building performance analysis, define heating and cooling loads information, and calculate heating and cooling loads.
Create HVAC systems, generate HVAC system layouts, and create and modify ductwork using Revit MEP tools.
Create system piping and plumbing systems.
Create electrical circuits and wiring.
Create conduit systems.
Create equipment and fitting content.
Work with callout, detail, and drafting views.
Work with text and tags, dimensions, legends, and schedules.
Add titleblocks to a sheet, update the project information in a titleblock, and work with sheets.
Create floor plans suitable for background drawings.
Share files with consultants

Topics include:

AutoCAD MEP Basics
Starting a New Project
Building Performance Analysis
Mechanical Systems
Piping Systems
Electrical Systems
Conduit Systems
Content Creation
Documentation and Coordination
Working with Architects and Engineers
Detailing and Drafting
Annotations and Schedules
Construction Documentation

Prerequisites: This course is intended for MEP engineering professionals, either users new to AutoCAD MEP or for existing AutoCAD MEP users who wish to expand their knowledge. It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of:

Basic MEP engineering and design skills
Basic level of AutoCAD experience
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows 7.

Length: 3 days
Cost: $895.00

Revit Architecture Fundamentals (Four Days)

Revit Architecture is a powerful parametric Building Information Modeling (BIM) program that works the way Architects think. From Preliminary Design through Design Development, and into Construction Documents, the program streamlines the design process with a central 3D model.

This course covers the basics of Revit Architecture. Students are introduced to the concepts of Building Information Modeling and the tools for parametric building design and documentation. You then learn the fundamental features of Autodesk Revit Architecture, progressing through schematic design, construction documentation, and design visualization. It also covers the tools of Revit Architecture to create architectural details based on design requirements.

The objective of the Revit Architecture Fundamentals course is to enable students to create full 3D architectural project models and set them up in working drawings. Most of the course is focused on Design Development tools - building the 3D model with walls, windows, doors, floors, roofs, stairs, creating reflected ceiling plans and furniture plans. The course finishes with adding views and annotation to the sheets to create a set of Construction Documents.

Course Objectives: After completing this course, you will be able to:

Describe building information modeling, bidirectional associativity, and parametric relationships in Revit
Understand the user interface, parametric objects, and families, and start projects using templates
Create and modify levels and grids
Create a basic floor plan, add and modify walls and compound walls, use editing tools, and work with doors and windows
Work with component families
Duplicate and manage views, control object visibility in views, and create elevation, section, and 3D views
Learn how to use dimensions and constraints
Create floors and ceilings, add roofs and curtain walls, and work with stairs and railings in a building model
Learn how to create callout views and work with text and tags, detail views, and drafting views
Create schedules, rooms and room schedules, and legends and keynotes
Work with drawing sheets and titleblocks, manage revisions, and present the building model using rendering, walkthroughs, and sun and shadow settings.

Topics:

Building Information Modeling
Revit Architecture Basics
Starting a Design
The Basics of the Building Model
Loading Additional Building Components
Viewing the Building Model
Using Dimensions and Constraints
Developing the Building Model
Detailing and Drafting
Construction Documentation
Presenting the Building Model

Prerequisites: This course is targeted new users of Revit Architecture and is geared toward architects, architectural technicians, interior designers, design professionals, and building professionals. No previous CAD experience is necessary.

The courseware covers the basics of Revit Architecture to create an architectural drawing and draft details based on design requirements. It also covers tools and utilities used in Revit Architecture that you use for architectural modeling and creating construction documentation drawings.

It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of:

Architectural design, drafting, or engineering experience
Microsoft® Windows XP, or Vista.
Knowledge of AutoCAD-based products is not required.

Cost: $945.00

Revit Architecture Intermediate (Three Days)

Revit Architecture 2012 is a powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) program that works the way Architects think. From Preliminary Design through Design Development, and into Construction Documents, the program streamlines the design process with a central 3D model. Changes made in one view update across all views and on the printable sheets. The name "Revit" implies this ease of revision that is at the heart of the software.

The main goal of the Revit Architecture 2012 Intermediate course is to enable students who have a basic knowledge of Revit to increase their productivity through additional collaboration tools, advanced design development tools, and advanced construction document tools.

Set up project phasing.
Create and display a variety of design options.
Use groups.
Link Revit files.
Import and export files, including exporting for energy analysis.
Understand, use, and set up worksets.
Create multiple-slope floors, roofs, and slabs.
Create dormers.
Create monument stairs and ramps.
Create curtain walls.
Work with site design and structural design tools.
Create and annotate details.
Create schedules, including material takeoff schedules.
Add keynotes and legends.
Work with advanced viewing tools.
Convert 2D AutoCAD drawings to 3D Revit Project files.

Prerequisites: This course is intended for students who have completed Revit Architecture Fundamentals training and are ready to explore more advanced features in the software. Knowledge of basic techniques, such as creating walls, roofs, and other objects, copying and moving objects, and creating and working with views, is assumed.

Length: 3 days
Cost: $895.00

Revit Architecture Advanced (Two Days)

Since building projects themselves tend to be extremely complex, Revit Architecture is a necessarily a complex program. Revit Architecture 2011 Advanced builds upon Datamat's Revit Architecture 2012 Fundamentals and Revit Architecture 2012 Intermediate courses.

The main goal the Datamat Revit Architecture 2012 Advanced course is to enable students who have worked with Revit to expand their knowledge in the areas of Preliminary Design (massing studies, space planning, visualization, and rendering) and BIM Management (setting up Revit and creating custom families). It focuses on customizing and expanding tools that Revit Architecture 2012 users work with on a daily basis including the Project Browser, schedules, and elevations. It includes advanced family processes for creating custom cornices and copings as well as stairs and railings. It exposes users to data exchange options with other design packages for energy analysis and massing studies and provides an in-depth look at templates for efficient project creation.

Students will learn how to:

Create massing studies from scratch or SketchUp files and create a Revit building design based on these studies.
Create space planning and area analysis schedules based on room layouts.
Create visualizations of the project including perspectives, walkthroughs, and solar studies.
Render the project and work with lights.
Create custom templates including annotation styles, titleblocks, object styles and material and fill patterns.
Create custom walls, roofs, and sections.
Understand Family concepts and techniques in the creation of Family elements.
Create specific Families including angled cornices and copings, custom railings and posts.
Create profiles and work with shared parameters.

Prerequisites: This course is intended for students who have completed Revit Architecture Fundamentals and Intermediate training and are ready to explore more advanced features in the software. Knowledge of basic techniques, such as creating walls, roofs, and other objects, copying and moving objects, and creating and working with views, is assumed.

Length: 2 days
Cost: $695.00

Revit MEP Fundamentals (Three Days)

Revit MEP is an advanced, powerful engineering design and documentation packing covering the disciplines of HVAC, plumbing, piping, and electrical design. This course contains a comprehensive introduction to the methods, philosophy, and procedures of Revit MEP software.

This 3-day class covers the tools for parametric MEP systems design and documentation. Taking full advantage of Building Information Modeling, the class has been designed to teach the concepts and principles of creating 3D parametric models of MEP systems from engineering design through construction documentation.

The course is intended to introduce students to the software's user interface and the basic HVAC, electrical, and plumbing/piping components that make Revit MEP a powerful and flexible engineering modeling tool. The class begins with the fundamental features of Autodesk Revit MEP, then progresses through schematic design, system analysis, and construction documentation, and finishes with creating and working with architectural models which are used as backgrounds for engineering design. The objective is to familiarize students with the tools necessary to create, document, and print the parametric model.

The course focuses squarely on the rationale and practicality of the Revit workflow. It emphasizes the process of creating projects in Revit rather than as a series of independent commands and tools. Included are exercises representing practical, real-world engineering design scenarios. Each exercise contains step-by-step procedures and graphics to help you complete the exercise successfully. The examples and practices are designed to take the students through the basics of a full Revit MEP project from linking in an architectural model to construction documents.

Course Objectives: After completing this class, you will be able to:

Describe Building Information Modeling methodology.
Use the different parts of the Revit MEP user interface and work with different types of Revit elements and families.
Manage the different views and change their properties, control the visibility and appearance of elements in different views, and work with section, elevation, and 3D views.
Set up a project using different templates, link Revit models, share projects using worksets, define discipline settings, and import and edit DWG details.
Create spaces and zones in a Revit model.
Analyze an analytical model for conducting a building performance analysis, define heating and cooling loads information, and calculate heating and cooling loads.
Create HVAC systems, generate HVAC system layouts, and create and modify ductwork using Revit MEP tools.
Layout and create piping and plumbing systems.
Create electrical circuits, wiring, and conduit layouts.
Monitor changes in files of other disciplines linked to Revit MEP and check and fix interference conditions.
Work with callout, detail, and drafting views.
Work with text and tags, dimensions, legends, and schedules.
Add titleblocks to a sheet, update the project information in a titleblock, and work with sheets.
Create an architectural model suitable for use as a background for engineering layouts.
Use architectural drawings and projects as a background for engineering layouts.

Topics: The main topics covered in the course include:

Introduction to Revit MEP, its interface, including viewing, drawing, and editing commands.
Working with linked architectural files.
Creating and modifying views.
Understanding Revit MEP systems in general.
Creating spaces and zones.
Analyzing heating and cooling loads.
Working with the HVAC module to add air terminals, mechanical equipment, and create HVAC systems.
Working with the Piping module to add mechanical equipment as well as creating hydronic piping systems.
Working with fire protection systems.
Working with fixtures and piping systems in the Plumbing module.
Working with components, circuits, cable tray, and conduits in the Electrical module.
Creating and annotating construction documents.
Adding tags and creating schedules.
Detailing in Revit MEP.

Prerequisites: This course is intended for MEP engineering professionals, either users new to Revit or for existing Revit users who wish to expand their knowledge. It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of:

Basic MEP engineering and design skills
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows 7.

Length: 3 days
Cost: $895.00

Revit Structure Fundamentals (Three Days)

Revit Structure is a powerful parametric 3D modeling program for designing buildings and analyzing the structure.

This course covers the essential features and functionality of Revit Structure, from schematic design through construction documentation. Students are introduced to the concepts of Building Information Modeling and the tools for parametric design, analysis, and documentation. This course offers hands-on exercises representing real-world structural design scenarios.

Course Objectives: After completing this class, you will be able to:

Describe building information modeling methodology and its benefits.
Use different parts of the Revit Structure user interface and work with different types of structural elements and families.
Use the different views listed in the Project Browser, control the visibility and graphical representation of objects in a structural model, and work with elevation, section, and 3D views.
Set up a project and transfer standards between projects, add and modify levels in a structural model, and create and modify grids.
Work with structural columns and structural walls.
Add floor framing using beams, work with beams and beam systems, add and edit structural steel moment and braced frames, and work with concrete beams.
Add floors in structural models, create a roof, and add structural framing to the roof for support.
Add foundations to a structural model.
Create stairs and various types of ramps.
Add dimensions and spot dimension symbols, work with text and tags, create a legend with notes, annotation symbols, and legend components, and work with different types of schedules.
Work with detail views, add 3D and 2D reinforcement elements and detail components to concrete detail views, and work with drafting views and CAD details.
Work with sheets and titleblocks, print sheets, and export Revit Structure content to CAD formats.

Topics include:

Building Information Modeling for Structural Engineering
Revit Structure Basics
Viewing the Structural Model
Starting a New Project
Creating Structural Columns and Walls
Creating Frames
Creating Floors and Roofs
Creating Foundations
Stairs and Ramps
Creating Plan Annotations and Schedules
Creating Detailing
Creating Construction Documentation

Prerequisites: This course is designed for new users and covers the basics of Revit Structure, from structural design through construction documentation. No previous CAD experience is necessary.

It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of:

Basic structural engineering and design skills.
Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.

Length: 3 days
Cost: $895.00

AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals

Contact Datamat for details

Length: 3 days
Cost: $895.00

Autodesk NavisWorks Fundamentals (Two Days)

This course provides students with the skills and knowledge to use NavisWorks effectively. Using hands-on exercises, it covers the functionality of Autodesk NavisWorks Review, Simulate, and Manage features. You will learn how to open, review, and run object-interference checks on 3D models. You will also learn how to link to task-scheduling files and create 3D construction simulations. Using the Animator and Scripter tools, students create interactive animations. In addition, students learn how the Presenter tools can help them to create photorealistic images and animations.

Course Objectives: After completing this course, you will be able to:

Describe the main features and functionality of Autodesk NavisWorks.
Open and append 3D files of different formats and save in NavisWorks format.
Create links to object properties files and scheduling files in external databases.
Perform visual project model reviews using the built-in review and reporting tools.
Create construction simulations of a project model to check validity of construction schedules.
Use Animator and Scripter to create interactive animations for presentations and demonstrations.
Add true-to-life materials, and lighting and backgrounds to project models, to create photorealistic output.
Perform interference detection tests between 3D files of different disciplines to check integrity of the design.

Topics include:

Getting Started
3D Model Review
TimeLiner
Animator
Scripter
Presenter Basics
Presenter Advanced Features
Clash Detective

Prerequisites: This course is meant for new Autodesk NavisWorks users for the review, 4D simulation, clash testing and presenting of existing 3D geometry files. It is recommended that you have a basic understanding of 3D design and task scheduling software.

Length: 2 days
Cost: $695.00