Learn its history
Know its features
Understand its different uses

Revit formats: .RVT, .RTE, .RFA, .ADSK
Exchange formats: DWG, DXF, .FBX. and .IFC 

Use the menu bar
Use the ribbon
Understand the graphics area
Use the property panel
Use the project tree panel

Use the workspace
Configure units
Configure snaps and increments
Navigate in named views
Navigate in the graphics space
Zoom
Panoramic
Orbit, free and continuous orbit
3D compass
Navigation disc
Modify the visual style
Use contextual information
Control temporary dimensions
Adjust the detail level of the active view

Workshop: navigate in the Revit default project

Navigate in the project browser
Rename or delete a view
Duplicate views

Workshop: observe the file tree structures according to the types of project

Use the rectangular selection
Add or remove elements from the selection
Refine a selection in the view
Control the selection of occurrences
Save a selection
Load a selection
Modify a selection

Workshop: select categories of elements in Revit  

Make the distinction between a project and a family
Create a new project
Discover the Architecture template
Discover the Construction template
Define the number of floors in the project
Create and rename levels
Understand level creation tool options
Create corresponding floor plans
Delete one level and the corresponding view
Observe the repercussions in the project browser
Create a grid on the first level
Understand the characteristics of the display
Reposition, rename the lines
Propagate the grid on other levels
Create an elevation view
Control the elevation bullets options

Workshop: create and organize several levels and a grid

Use the levels in the background
Use the view range
Use the cropped view
Display or hide objects
Manage the visibility / graphics property
Insert a saved selection in the visibility / graphics  filters

Workshop: display and hide categories, elements in the different Revit views  

Use sketches
Use models to define a work area
Use the drawing tools, contextual options bar and status bar:
Line, rectangle, inscribed and circumscribed polygon, arc, spline, ellipse, partial ellipse
Use the tool selection
Control the constraints of the sketch space
Use the modifiers
Move, copy, orient, align, mirror axis / drawing, shift in numerical / graphic value, scale, adjust / extend in angle, adjust / extend one element / several elements, split an element, split with a space
Use arrays
Associative linear network, associative polar network, modify the network, explode an associative network
Pin or unpin an object
Match the properties of one object to other objects

Differentiate structural wall and architectural wall
Discover the contextual options bar and status bar
Define the height of the wall by constraint: levels / height / floor plan
Justify walls
Chain
Choose a type of wall in the system family
Use the object information
Use the object control handles
Use the snaps in relation to the wall components
Modify a wall profile
Observe the consequences on the constraints
Redefine the profile
Work the junction walls

Modify the type
Modify the structure
Visualize the interior / exterior side
Understand the principle of priorities between the materials
Insert layers
Define the thickness of layers
Modify the hierarchy between layers
Modify the offsets of lower and upper levels of layers
Assign the materials to the layers
Load profiles from system families
Add profiles
Modify position, distance, lateral position, offset, etc.

Workshop: create a new type of wall with several layers, profiles and wrapping

Choose vertical / horizontal orientation
Choose a wall
Place a profile on several contiguous walls
Adjust the height of the profile
Edit the profile
Use the walls with inversion
Wrap to the openings
Wrap to the ends
Modify the assembly accordingly

Workshop: load and place a cornice and roofing profile on a wall

Use the different types of openings
Choose the type of opening
Place the opening on the fly
Adjust the position
Adjust the constraints

Workshop: create a free opening in a wall

Differentiate the types of floors: architectural, floor, floor by face, slab edge
Navigate between the architecture ribbon / structure ribbon
Select or load the family according to needs
Use the contextual options bar and status bar
Use the floor sketch
Align floor to multiple levels
Open floor opening cut
Choose lower constraint floor
Define upper constraint

Use the different roof tools: by path, by extrusion

Understand the options of the roof tool: overhang, inclination
Draw based on walls with overhangs
Draw with traditional drawing tools without overhangs
Add split lines on a flat roof
Add control points
Split by choice of supports
Modify the sub-elements and determine the elevation
Create a roof opening cut
Create a roof with several slopes
Attach the walls
Modify the inclination of the slopes: via the inclination / via the control handles

Define a work plane
Choose a level
Sketch with the spline tool
Start and finish the extrusion
Modify the alignments and association of the alignments
Attach the walls

Make a mansard roof
Join two separate roofs
Add roof soffits and fascia
Add gutters

Workshop: model a pavilion-type building

Modify their directions and depths
Switch to the section view
Name the sections

Workshop: create a section in a building to attach slabs to walls

Use the different types of columns: architectural, structural
Choose the types of columns in the default family
Import a family
Use the contextual options bar and status bar
Define the lower floor plan
Define the upper floor plan
Understand the behavior in relation to the grid
Understand the behavior in relation to existing walls

Choose the type of columns
Use the contextual options bar and the status bar
Define the depth
Define the height
Automatically place: on the grid or on a selection of architectural columns

Choose the type of beam
Use the contextual options bar and status bar
Define a starting level
Define an end level

Workshop: set up columns and beams on a building

Use the automatic ceiling tool, the ceiling by sketch tool
Operate by region
Create according to regions
Associate a ceiling
Use the ceiling by sketch tool
Choose a level
Offset from the level
Choose a type of ceiling: basic, compound
Modify the type of ceiling
Customize the ceiling structure

Workshop: install ceilings in a building

Use the default doors
Import a door family
Download a door family
Use the contextual options bar and status bar
Position and orient on the fly
Adjust the position with smart guides / on the fly
Adjust the smart guide handles
Understand the door properties: sill height, lintel height
Rename or duplicate
Understand construction properties
Understand dimension properties
Modify instance or modify object type

Use default windows
Import a window family
Download a window family
Use the contextual options bar and status bar
Position and orient on the fly
Adjust position with smart guides / on the fly
Adjust smart guide handles
Understand the door properties: sill height, lintel height
Rename or duplicate
Understand construction properties
Understand dimension properties
Modify instance or modify object type

Workshop: install doors and windows on a building

Discover the different types of stairs: by component, by sketch
Choose a type of component: straight, spiral, swinging, U- shaped
Use the contextual options bar and status bar
Lay a straight staircase
Define a lower floor plan
Define an upper floor plan
Sketch on the fly according to the number of risers
Select the type and add railings
Position
Use the control handles
Reverse the stairs direction
Understand the properties
Understand the modifications

Workshop: create a straight, spiral, swinging, U-shaped staircase. Choose the right staircase for each building

Discover the different types of ramps
Create your own type of ramp
Manage the inclination of the ramp
Lay a ramp
Define a lower floor plan
Define an upper floor plan
Position
Use the control handles
Reverse the ramp direction
Understand the properties
Understand the changes

Workshop: create and position access ramps

Discover the different types of railings
Create your own type of railings
Draw the sketch of the railings
Modify the railings
Modify the structure of the balusters
Modify the positioning of the posts
Change the host of a railing

Workshop: install railing on the balconies of a building

Understand temporary dimensions
Configure temporary dimensions
Modify extension lines
Modify the status of temporary dimensions to permanent dimensions
Use the annotate ribbon
Differentiate the different types of dimensions: aligned, linear, radial, arc length, elevation dimensions
Switch snaps
Manage dimension families
Create your own dimension style
Modify dimension graphic styles
Work with substitute texts 
Dimension in the different views

Workshop: dimension the different views taking into account the wall openings

Place rooms
Understand the characteristics of rooms
Name rooms
Split rooms
Assign labels to rooms

Workshop: install the parts of a building respecting floor to ceiling heights

Create new sheets
Choose a title block
Load a title block family
Load this new sheet into a project
Fill in the title block
Insert the choice of view
Modify the view frame
Insert a second view
Insert and align section views
Document the view with schedules

Modify a title block family
Modify title block information
Insert a logo

Workshop: create several sheets including different views in plan, section and elevations

Create a new schedule
Choose fields
Sort and group the different fields
Layout the schedule
Filter the schedule
Insert a second view

Workshop: create a room schedule indicating room names, level, surface, volume and finish of the floor

Import a sheet set family
Name the sheets
Place a view in the presentation

Choose sheets to export
Configure printing

Workshop: export a PDF containing a building’s plans and schedule