AutoCAD + Revit1 + Photoshop Rendering

AutoCAD® is computer-aided design (CAD) software that architects, engineers, and construction professionals rely on to create precise 2D and 3D drawings.

• Draft, annotate, and design 2D geometry and 3D models with solids, surfaces, and mesh objects.

• Automate tasks such as comparing drawings, counting, adding blocks, creating schedules, and more...

Use Revit® BIM (Building Information Modeling) software to drive efficiency and accuracy across the project lifecycle, from conceptual design, visualization, and analysis to fabrication and construction.

• Begin modeling in 3D with accuracy and precision.

• Automatically update floor plans, elevations, and sections as your model develops.

• Let Revit handle routine and repetitive tasks with automation so you can focus on higher-value work.

Photoshop: As a new architecture student it is easy to feel overwhelmed with the amount of new stuff you have to learn. It is likely everyone is telling you that you need to learn Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-Ray and whatever other softwares there are out there. On top of this, you need to use photoshop, but most likely it isn’t even on your curriculum. Photoshop is often left up to you to learn for yourself.

• Likewise, if you are already working in practice, it wasn’t too long ago that working in Photoshop to enhance images either wasn’t an option, or was outsourced, or put through to a different department. Nowadays, everyone seems to be expected to use Photoshop for architecture with ease!

AutoCAD

The objective of this course is to teach users the basic commands and tools necessary for professional 2D/3D drawing, design and drafting using AutoCAD.

After completing this course users will be able to: 

• Use AutoCAD for daily working process. 

• Navigate throughout AutoCAD using major navigating tools. 

• Understand the concept and techniques to draw. 

• Create multiple designs using several of tools. 

• Create layers to control the objects’ visibility. 

• Explain drawing using annotations. 

• Plot or print the drawing by scale. 

• To use constraint for certain design. 

Revit Part 1

• Introduction to BIM and Autodesk Revit 

1. BIM and Autodesk Revit 

2. Overview of the Interface 

3. Starting Projects 

4. Viewing Commands 

• Basic Drawing and Modify Tools 

1.  Using General Drawing Tools 

2. Editing Elements 

3. Working with Basic Modify Tools 

4. Working with Additional Modify Tools 

• Setting Up Levels and Grids 

1. Setting Up Levels 

2. Creating Structural Grids 

3. Adding Columns 

4. Linking and Importing CAD Files 

5. Design Development Phase

• Modeling Walls 

1. Modeling Walls 

2. Modifying Walls 

• Working with Doors and Windows 

1. Inserting Doors and Windows 

2. Loading Door and Window Types from the Library 

• Working with Curtain Walls 

1. Creating Curtain Walls 

2. Adding Curtain Grids 

3. Working with Curtain Wall Panels 

4. Attaching Mullions to Curtain Grids 

• Working with Views 

1. Setting the View Display 

2. Duplicating Views 

3. Adding Callout Views 

4. Elevations and Sections

• Adding Components 

1. Adding Components 

2. Modifying Components 

• Modeling Floors 

1. Modeling Floors 

2. Creating Shaft Openings

3. Creating Sloped Floors 

• Modeling Ceilings 

1. Modeling Ceilings 

2. Adding Ceiling Fixtures 

3. Creating Ceiling Soffits 

• Modeling Roofs 

1. Modeling Roofs 

2. Creating Roofs by Footprint 

3. Establishing Work Planes 

4. Creating Roofs by Extrusion 

• Modeling Stairs, Railings, and Ramps 

1. Creating Component Stairs 

2. Modifying Component Stairs

3. Working with Railings 

4. Sketching Custom Stairs 

5. Creating Ramps 

6. Construction Documents Phase 

• Working on materials

• Rendering types

Photoshop Rendering

• Adding color to plans or elevations

• Creating Sections

• Creating diagrams or axonometric drawings

• Presentation boards