Introduction
Revit 2026 for architecture
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Imperial or metric and the exercise files
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What is Revit?
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Understanding Revit release versions and file formats
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1. Core Concepts
Introducing building information modeling (BIM)
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Working on one model with many views
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Understanding the Revit element hierarchy
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Editing elements within the Revit hierarchy
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Exploring the Revit sample model
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2. The Basics of the User Interface
The home screen
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Getting familiar with the user interface
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Choosing your display theme
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View navigation
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Selection
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Configuring Revit options
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Accessing a multi-user project using Worksharing
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3. Starting a Project
Creating a new project from a template
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Configuring a new project
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Configuring save and backup options
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Adding levels
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Adding grids
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Refining a layout with temporary dimensions
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Adding columns
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Purging a file
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Using keyboard shortcuts
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4. Modeling Basics
Adding walls
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Wall properties and types
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Using snaps
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Configuring a working view
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Locating walls
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Using the Modify tools
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Adding doors and windows
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Adding plumbing fixtures and other components
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Wall joins
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Using constraints
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5. Links and Groups
Linking AutoCAD DWG files
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Linking CAD civil engineering files
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Creating topography from a DWG link
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Controlling line weight settings of CAD links
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Linking a PDF
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Creating Revit links: Custom positioning
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Creating Revit links: Origin to origin
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Rotating and aligning a Revit link
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Establishing shared coordinates
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Managing links
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Creating groups
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Duplicating groups to create a floor layout
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6. Sketch-Based Model Elements
Creating floors
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Creating footprint roofs
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Attaching walls and columns to roofs
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Creating extrusion roofs
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Using the shape editing tools to create a flat roof
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Working with slope arrows
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Creating ceilings
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Adjusting ceiling patterns
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Adding shafts and dormers
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7. Stairs and Railings
Adding stairs
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Editing stairs
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Multistory stairs
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Adding extensions to railings
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Adding railings
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8. Wall Families and Types
Understanding wall families
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Creating a custom basic wall type
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Stacked walls
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Adding curtain walls
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Adding curtain grids, mullions, and panels
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Creating wall sweeps and reveals
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Model lines
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Adding slanted walls
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Tapered walls
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9. Visibility and Graphics Control
Understanding visibility and graphics control
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View extents and crop regions
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View range
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Displaying objects above and below in plan views
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Using object styles
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Working with visibility and graphic overrides
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Recommendations for annotation visibility
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Using view templates
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Hiding individual objects in a model
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Using display filters
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Using the Linework tool and depth cueing
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Using cutaway views
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Using graphical display options
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10. Rooms
Adding rooms
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Planning room numbering
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Room bounding elements
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11. Schedules and Tags
Tags
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Adding schedule views
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Modifying schedule views
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Creating a key schedule
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12. Annotation
Adding text
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Text formatting
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Configuring a working view
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Adding dimensions
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Adding symbols
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13. Detailing
Adding legend views
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The hybrid detailing process
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Creating a detail callout
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Adding detail components
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Using arrays to parametrically duplicate objects
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Adding filled and masking regions
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Finishing the detail
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14. Family Editor Basics
Families
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Creating a new family from a template
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Managing saved views
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Using reference planes, parameters, and constraints
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Editing and creating family types
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Adding solid geometry: Extrusions
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Adding solid geometry: Sweeps
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Cutting holes using void geometry
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Adding solid geometry: Blends
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Completing the family
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15. Sheets
Understanding sheet and view references
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Adding a new sheet
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Adjusting sheet composition
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Duplicating sheets and views
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Aligning views with saved view position
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Filtering by sheet
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Working with a view list
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Working with a sheet index
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16. Output
Exporting to AutoCAD
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Exporting a PDF
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Generating a cloud rendering
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Conclusion
Continuing with Revit
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