Seven hours of recorded content across 57 videos will soon be available for free on my YouTube channel.
If you are interested in learning about rendering with Enscape, early energy modeling with Autodesk Insight, or managing remodels and alternates within Revit MEP (or Revit, in general), you will want to keep reading!
I originally created these courses to be hosted and sold on ArchSmarter in 2019. Since then, the sales have dropped off due to several factors, so I decided to share them for free on my YouTube channel.
These courses are still highly relevant, but since Revit is being updated and enhanced annually, there are a few outdated areas.
Here are the course descriptions...
Enscape, Architectural Visualization
Want to create better renderings in Revit in less time? This course will teach you everything you need to get started at create amazing, photo-realistic renderings in Revit using Enscape.From how to organize your Revit model to creating better materials to optimizing your lighting, Dan Stine shows you how to get the most out of Enscape.If you're getting started with Enscape or have been using it for a little while, this course will fast-track your skills. Using practical examples and a sample model, Dan will show you how you can transform your images from 'ho-hum' to 'hot damn'!
Insight, Early Energy Modeling in Autodesk Revit
Energy modeling and building performance simulation are critical tools to help you understand the impact of design decisions on your building's performance. These tools are also essential to demonstrate your building meets specific energy guidelines.Autodesk Insight is an online tool from Autodesk that calculates building energy use and performance. It is integrated into Revit and provides visualizations on key building performance metrics.This course provides an in-depth look at Insight and how you can use it with Revit to better understand your building's performance.At the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Create massing models in Revit for energy simulation.
- Conduct building performance simulations on Revit models using Autodesk Insight.
- Develop different scenarios using Insight to compare the impact of design options.
- Experiment with different Revit elements and model settings to better understand their impact on building performance.
- Analyze Insight results to determine the best design options to meet your project's performance goals.
Revit MEP, Remodels, and Alternates
Let’s face it, renovation projects are hard.From less-than-accurate as-built information to seriously compressed project schedules, renovation projects are a LOT more difficult than new construction.And using Revit doesn’t always make the process any easier.Managing phases and design options can be a real challenge. Same goes for dealing with linked files. On top of that, getting your base model ready can be a major ordeal.This is especially true if you're an MEP engineer.Often times, you receive the building model from the architect and have to make sense of it day one. There might be lots of phases or design options you need to understand. There might also be extraneous model elements you need to ignore (or not).You need to properly configure your base model, aligning phases, levels, and rooms. Get any step wrong and you’ll be living with the consequences for the life of the project. No fun. . .Fortunately, there is hope.Veteran BIM manager and Revit expert, Dan Stine created this course to help you deliver better MEP renovation projects in Revit. With Dan's guidance, you will learn how to configure your renovation project for success. Dan covers it all, from setting up views, to tagging existing elements, to working with linked models. He also shares some great tips for using Design Options, setting up demolition plans, and dealing with electrical loads.Here’s some of what you’ll learn during the course:
- How to clean and prepare an existing architecture model
- How to properly setup your MEP project
- How to best link and bind existing Revit models
- How to work with Phase Filters
- How to work with Design Options in your model and other linked discipline models
- How and when to tag existing elements
- How phasing and MEP logical systems REALLY work
- Plus a whole lot more!
Through concise video tutorials and a 60+ page step-by-step reference guide, you’ll finish the course having a much better understanding of how to effectively deliver MEP renovation projects. You’ll also learn a bunch of tips and workflows for working more efficiently in Revit. Even if you’re a Revit expert, you’re sure to learn something new.This course is for you if:
- You want to be confident you are setting up your MEP renovation project correctly.
- You know you “should be” more efficient using Revit but aren’t sure how to get there.
- You want to better understand how phasing and design options can be used in a MEP renovation project.
- Are you ready to take your Revit MEP renovation project to the next level?
In closing... in case you did not know, I was on the team that created the MEP Productivity Pack in about 2012. In fact, it was my idea to package up what we had created for in-house use and sell it:) Here is one of many related posts on BIM Chapters: Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Productivity Pack.
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