BIM Structural Diploma

Getting Started

• Product Overview
• Understanding user interface
• Opening and Appending Files in Navisworks
• Saving, Merging, Refreshing, and Publishing Files
• The Autodesk Navisworks Engine
• Selection Tree and Selecting Objects
• Object Properties
• Animations, Sectioning, and Hyperlinks

3D Model Review

• The Autodesk Navisworks Engine  
• Navigation tools  
• Selection Tree & Selecting Objects
• Search Sets  
• Hiding Objects & Overriding Materials
• Object Properties
• Creating viewpoints
• Adding Comments and Redlining
• Measuring and Moving Objects
• Sectioning
• Comparing Models
• Switchback

Clash Detective

• Creating clash matrix and creating the clash tests from it.
• Setting Clash Rules .
• Performing Clash Tests and updating the tests with the updating of Revit files.
• Creating the hard, clearance and duplicates clash tests.
• Export and Import Clash Tests .
• Using the search sets for automating clash tests.
• Using Switchback tool to automatically select the elements in Revit to solve the clash.
• Performing Time-Based Clash test to find clashes with temporary elements in the time of construction.
• Manage and review Clash Results.
• Grouping clash results and adding comments to it.
• Assigning tasks to specific members regarding clash results.
• Produce Clash Reports with data of location and elements clashed and image, ….
• Auto update clash tests when updating models.  

Quantification

• Setting up a Quantification Project
• Creating the Item’s catalog with the required work break down structure.
• Creating the resources catalog and linking resources to items catalog.
• Perform model takeoff using the automatic and manual techniques .
• Editing the way Navisworks translates Revit parameters and controlling the way Navisworks calculates quantities.
• Perform virtual takeoff and assigning viewpoints and  manual measurements to it.
• Using sheet browser to link 2d sheets with the 3D BIM model.
• Performing 2d takeoff’s from Autocad files or PDFs or even images.
• Using 2d takeoff tools to find quantities of count, linear and area elements.
• Export takeoff data to Excel and make use of pivot tables.
• Applying and disapplying quantification coloring code .
• Update and analyze data

4D simulation and time liner

• Overview of TimeLiner Tool
• Creating and managing TimeLiner tasks.
• Creating the WBS of tasks using indentation and sorting tools.
• Using Gantt chart to control planned dates and actual dates.
• Managing Time liner costs .
• Importing and managing data from Primavera and Ms
• Auto update tasks data like dates and costs when updated in Primavera file.
• Attaching Element to time liner tasks using manual and automatic techniques.
• Checking the quality of the planning schedule by finding the unmentioned tasks.
• Checking the quality of 4D model by finding elements not attached to tasks or attached to multiple tasks.
• Creating and editing task types and their visualization rules.
• Exporting TimeLiner Schedules
• Creating and reviewing construction 4D simulations.

4D simulation and time liner

• Controlling the Text data attached to the 4d simulation like dates  active tasks, cost, …
• Controlling the 4D simulation duration, resolution and quality.
• Attaching a walk through animation to the 4D BIM model.
• Attaching an object animation to each task.
• Exporting images and videos from TimeLiner 4D simulation.

Additional tools

• Rendering and visualization tools.
• Using data tools to add databases to elements.
• Using appearance profile to automate the applying of color codes to elements.
• Using patch utility to automate creating .NWCs, NWFs, NWDs .
• Using selection inspector tool to analyze selection.
• Exporting elements BIM data to Excel.
• Importing data from excel or access to Navis-works.