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Datamat Architectural
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AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® MEP
Revit® Architecture
Revit® MEP
Revit® Structure
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Datamat Educational Workshops for Architecture, Engineering and
Construction Design,
Drafting and Documentation:
Other Datamat Educational Workshops:
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AutoCAD
Architecture Fundamentals (Three Days)
AutoCAD Architecture is "AutoCAD optimized for
architecture." In addition to all the standard AutoCAD tools, the
software offers a host of features to greatly increase the speed and
efficiency of architectural drawings. It is designed to work from first
concept (conceptual design or mass model) all the way through to design
development, working drawings, and facility maintenance.
This course provides new users with comprehensive
training in AutoCAD Architecture. It focuses on the design
development and construction documentation features of AutoCAD
Architecture-the basic tools that the majority of end-users need in their
work. The hands-on lessons cover features, commands, and techniques for
creating, editing, and printing drawings. Users are exposed to the tools
required to create a basic floor plan and specialty objects such as column
and ceiling grids, stairs, and roofs. Drawing management through the Project Navigator is also
introduced.
Course Objectives: After completing this course,
you will be able to:
- Identify the basics of building design used to create
architectural drawings.
- Identify tools and utilities used to group
information and create an interactive view of an architectural
drawing.
- Use architectural modeling to create and modify an
architectural drawing.
- Use AutoCAD Architecture to create construction
documents to communicate architectural design.
- Use AutoCAD Architecture to draft details in an
architectural drawing.
Topics include:
- Creating basic floor plans with walls, doors, and
windows
- Creating specialty objects, such as column or ceiling
grids, stairs and railings
- Adding roofs and floor slabs
- An introduction to Projects and the Project Navigator
- Adding furniture, fixtures, and equipment
- Creating details
- Showing elevations, sections, and perspectives
- Marks, tags & schedules, and other documentation
Prerequisites: This course is targeted toward
architects, architectural technicians, interior designers, design
professionals, and building professionals who are experienced users of
AutoCAD.
The courseware covers the AutoCAD Architecture to create
an architectural drawing and draft details based on design requirements. It
also covers tools and utilities used in AutoCAD Architecture that you use
for architectural modeling and creating construction documentation drawings.
It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of:
- The current or a previous release of AutoCAD.
(AutoCAD Fundamentals course or equivalent is recommended)
- Architectural design and construction documentation
- Microsoft® Windows XP, or Vista.
Length: 3 days
Cost: $895.00
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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
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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
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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.
Since building projects themselves tend to be extremely
complex, Revit Architecture is a necessarily a complex program. Revit
Architecture 2012 Intermediate builds upon Datamat's Revit Architecture
2012 Fundamentals course.
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.
Students will learn how to:
- 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 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.
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
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Revit Architecture Advanced (Two 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.
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
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Revit
Architecture BIM Management (One Day)
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an approach to
the entire building life cycle. Revit Architecture is a powerful BIM
program that supports the ability to coordinate, update, and share design
data with team members throughout the design, construction, and management
phases of a building's life. A key component in managing the BIM process
is to establish a company foundation for different types of projects by
creating standard templates and custom elements. Having this in place
makes the process of any new project flow smoothly and efficiently.
The objective of the Revit Architecture BIM
Management course is to enable students who have worked with Revit to
expand their knowledge in setting up office standards with templates that
include annotation styles, preset views, sheets, and schedules, as well as
creating custom element types and families.
Topics include:
- Create custom templates with annotation styles, title
blocks, and custom element styles
- Create schedules, including material takeoff
schedules with formulas
- Create custom wall, roof, and floor types
- Set up a family file
- Create family geometry
- Create family types
- Create standard and custom stairs
- Create specific families, including custom doors and
windows, in-place families, profiles, railings, and shared parameters
Prerequisites: Students should be comfortable
with the fundamentals of Revit as taught in the Revit Architecture
Fundamentals course. Knowledge of basic techniques is assumed, such
as creating walls, roofs, and other objects, copying and moving objects,
creating and working with views, etc.
Length: 1 day
Cost: $395.00
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Revit
Architecture - Conceptual Design & Visualization (One Day)
As architects and designers start a project, they
frequently think about the overall massing of a building or the area of
the footprint. This course, using Revit Architecture's powerful Building
Information Modeling (BIM) engine, covers tools for creating mass elements
that can be modified into many shapes. Students then apply walls, roofs,
and floors applied to the mass elements.
This training course also covers space planning tools
for setting up areas for rooms and also applying colors to them to show
the connections. For presentations and analysis, this course teaches you
how to create and render perspective views and create walkthroughs and
solar studies.
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 include:
- Creating In-Place Conceptual Mass elements and
Conceptual Mass families
- Creating building elements from massing studies
- Using Rooms AND Areas for space planning and analysis
- Creating perspectives, walkthroughs, and solar
studies
- Understanding the concepts of rendering and lighting
Prerequisites: Students should be comfortable
with the fundamentals of Revit as taught in the Revit Architecture
Fundamentals course. Knowledge of basic techniques is assumed, such as
creating walls, roofs, and other objects, copying and moving objects,
creating and working with views, etc.
Length: 1 day
Cost: $395.00
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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. 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 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.
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 include:
- Building Information Modeling
- Revit MEP Key Concepts
- Basic Project Setup
- Building Performance Energy Analysis
- Mechanical Systems
- Plumbing and Piping Systems
- Electrical Systems
- Detailing and Annotation
- Working with Schedules and Tags
- Ceiling Plans and Interior Elevations
- Printing, Publishing, and Exporting
- Detailing and Drafting
- Annotations and Schedules
- Construction Documentation
- Creating an Architectural Model for Use as a
Background
- Working with Architects and Engineers
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
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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
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Revit Family Editor
Where's the content? This cry is often heard from
beginning (and even more advanced) Revit users. Most new users of Revit
are coming from other CAD environments, the most common being AutoCAD. In
AutoCAD, content is created as blocks. And because AutoCAD is so prevalent
in the industry, many vendors are creating and making available block
libraries of their catalogs. But since Revit is a relatively new product,
fewer families (the Revit equivalent of blocks) are currently available.
Further, users typically will want to create their own symbology.
Autodesk's continuing policy is to provide generic
families of the most common architectural, mechanical, electrical, piping,
and plumbing components and leave the development of vendor-specific
families to vendors and/or the end-user.
This class will remove the mystique from creating your
own custom family libraries. We begin by defining and comparing system,
in-place, and loadable families. Families are then examined in detail from
concepts through practical examples and hands-on exercises. Suggested
workflows are developed and used to complete the exercises. Finally, we
explore the Family Editor as a method for generating your own families.
Course Objectives: After completing this class,
you will be able to:
- Use Revit families in your projects
- Obtain additional libraries through the Web.
- Describe the concepts of parametric design and family
creation
- Make minor changes to existing families to create
entirely new families.
- Develop your own families using best practices.
Topics include:
- Family Concepts and Techniques
- Getting Family Content from Public Domains
- Loadable Families Overview
- In-Place Editing
- Introducing the Family Editor
- Modifying Existing Content
- Family Creation Methodology
- Planning a Loadable Family
- Choosing a Family Template
- Creating the Family Framework
- Adding Parameters to the Family Framework
- Creating Family Geometry
- Assigning Family Geometry to Subcategories
- Managing Family Visibility and Detail Level
- Creating Family Types
- Testing a Family in a Project
- Advanced Loadable Family Techniques
- Exercises - Architectural
- Exercises - Mechanical
Prerequisites: This course is intended for beginning, intermediate, and advanced Revit
users. Although any
sketching and 2D or 3D modeling experience is helpful in understanding how
to work with families, you should have a basic understanding of Revit
Architecture and/or MEP. If you do not, it is recommended that you review
the tutorials included in the software or attend a Datamat Revit
Fundamentals course prior to attending this class.
Length: 1 day
Cost: $395.00
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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
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