Professional Diploma in Computer Aided Building Design

• Identifying buildings
• Types of buildings
• Elements of buildings
• Overall idea of manual drawings
• Introducing AutoCAD and Revit

• AutoCAD model space
• Ribbon, Menu Browser, Toolbars and Status Bar
• Saving AutoCAD in different formats
• Customizing AutoCAD general interface

• Creating a new AutoCAD project
• Opening an existing project and saving
• AutoCAD mouse functions
• Zooming, panning and regenning
• Drawing lines and circles
• Dealing with ortho and polar modes

• Understanding units of measurements
• Working with architectural units
• Working with metric units

• Understanding AutoCAD coordinate system
• End-point object snap
• Center-point object snap
• Mid-point object snap
• Intersection object snap
• Quadrant object snap
• Tangent object snap
• Perpendicular object snap
• Parallel object snap

• Drawing lines (lines with distance & angle)
• Drawing circles
• Drawing rectangles
• Drawing polygons

• Understanding the importance of hatching
• Using hatching in different AutoCAD models

• Moving elements
• Copying elements
• Rotating elements
• Using offset tool
• Undoing and redoing actions

• Using trimming and extending tools
• Creating fillets and chamfers
• Using array tool
• Using mirror tool
• Stretching elements
• Scaling elements
• Exploding and joining elements

• Dealing with layer property manager
• Using layers in practical situations

• Using single-line text
• Using multi-line text
• Creating text styles
• Editing texts
• Creating bulleted and numbered lists
• Inserting different symbols
• Spellings checking tool

• Creating and modifying dimension styles
• Inserting callouts
• Dealing with property changer

• Creating and inserting blocks
• Leveraging blocks
• Redefining blocks
• Creating a new block library

• Performing a quick plot
• Preparing a suitable title block
• Working with layouts
• Scaling an AutoCAD drawing
• Performing a full plot (printing an AutoCAD drawing)

• Scale factor calculation
• Sizing modelspace texts and dimensions
• Adjusting line type scale

• Example 01
• Example 02
• Example 03

• Major Components of Revit Software
• Overview of Revit User Interface

• Selecting a Suitable Scale and an Appropriate Drawing Unit
• Setting Up Levels
• Creating Structural Grids
• Adding Columns
• Basic Dimensioning and Annotation

• Modelling Walls
• Modifying Walls

• Inserting Doors
• Inserting Windows
• Inserting Openings (Arches)

• Setting Up View Display
• Building Elevations
• Building Sections
• Adding Callouts

• Adding Floors
• Creating Shaft Openings

• Modelling Stairs and Modifying
• Adding Railings
• Adding Ramps

• Introduction to Basic Roof Types
• Creating Roofs by Footprint
• Creating Roofs by Extrusion

• Adding Isolated Pad Footings
• Adding Combined Pad Footings
• Adding Wall Foundations
• Adding Pile Foundations
• Modelling Ordinary Rubble Foundations

• Working with Dimensions
• Adding Tags
• Annotation of Drawings
• Creating Legends

• Schedule of Doors
• Schedule of Windows
• Material Take-off

• Setting Up Sheets
• Placing and Modifying Views on Sheets
• Plotting Detailed Drawings

• Modelling a High-Ride Building
• Modifying a High-Rise Building

• Adding Lights and Ornamental Components
• Internal Rendering
• External Rendering

• Exporting Plan Views from Revit to AutoCAD
• Exporting Elevations from Revit to AutoCAD
• Exporting Sectional Views from Revit to AutoCAD
• Plotting (Printing)