University and College Classroom Curriculum

BIM and Visualization Curriculum

Utilize professionally developed lecture notes, student workbooks and datasets that integrate into your curriculum seamlessly to allow you to teach building information modeling and design visualization with ease. Purpose built for building information modeling (BIM), Revit® Architecture software provides a comprehensive approach to building design. Introduce the basic principles of Revit Architecture technology and the building information modeling approach with the Revit Architecture 2008 – Building Information Modeling Curriculum.

Learn how to extend the building information model for advanced rendering, animation, analysis and other visualization techniques using the Visualization Supplemental Curriculum featuring Revit Architecture and Autodesk® 3ds Max®.

Please download the Building Information Modeling Curriculum below:

Instructor Lecture Notes

Contains lecture notes and exercises that teach the principles of creating a building information model. Use this document in conjunction with the 20 units included in the Student Workbook.

Instructor Lecture Notes (pdf - 558Kb)

Student Workbook and Data Sets

Contains a set of exercises divided into 20 units that cover the basic principles of the Revit Architecture technology and the building information modeling (BIM) approach. Various exercises explain product features and functionality with an emphasis on workflow.

PDF Imperial Workbook (pdf - 7361Kb)

	Imperial Datasets Units 1-10 (zip - 38207Kb)
	Imperial Datasets Units 11-20 (zip - 45922Kb)
	Completed Datasets Units 1-10 (zip - 43554Kb)
	Completed Datasets Units 11-20 (zip - 49452Kb)

PDF Metric Workbook (pdf - 6653Kb)

	Metric Datasets Units 1-10 (zip - 39782Kb)
	Metric Datasets Units 11-20 (zip - 58713Kb)
	Completed Datasets Units 1-10 (zip - 45445Kb)
	Completed Datasets Units 11-20 (zip - 55813Kb)

Visualization Curriculum

Extend the building information model from Revit Architecture to 3ds Max using the lecture notes and student workbooks as a guide.

Lecture Notes
Use this document in conjunction with the Student Workbooks and Datasets.

Lecture Notes (pdf - 943Kb)

Student Workbook and Datasets

Contains set of exercises divided into 6 units that cover the basic workflow of transferring architectural designs from Revit Architecture into Autodesk 3ds Max with the goal of adding organic modeling, animating and rendering the project. The emphasis of the exercises is on workflow rather than on the tools themselves.

	Student Workbook Imperial (pdf - 1541Kb)
	Imperial Datasets Units 1 – 6 (zip - 108898Kb)
	Student Workbook Metric (pdf - 1553Kb)
	Metric Datasets Units 1 – 6 (zip - 109041Kb)

BIM in Education – Technology is a Catalyst for the Future of Design Education Video

Hear from Harrison Fraker, Dean of the College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, and Phil Bernstein, Vice President, AEC Industry Strategy and Relations at Autodesk, and Lecturer in Professional Practice at Yale University as they discuss technology as a catalyst for the future of design education and the importance of building information modeling in preparing students for their futures.