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STL CAD Study is a safe space where we talk about and make things using CAD software. From newbie to seasoned pro, all are welcome to share, learn and collaborate.
Have a school assignment you need help with? Got a cool project you want to share or work on? Need help bringing to life an abstract idea? Want to hone your skills at 2D drafting, 3D modeling, 3D animation, BIM, CAD/CAM production, CAD design or CAD automation? Our main default softwares are within Autodesk, but yours may be different and that's perfectly fine. We want to meet and get geeky with you!
Let's have some fun with these powerful tools and support each other in the CAD community.
Upcoming events
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Forma: Revit Study Session
·OnlineOnlineWelcome to a personalized Autodesk Forma and Revit Study Session. This session is dedicated to Revit for Electrical Design Professional Certification Prep | Autodesk and general Forma exploration. Content and instructions are pulled directly from Autodesk. There's no cost to attend, but for the sake of productivity attendance is limited. This session will be mostly self-paced, with some discussion and demonstration, as we help each other learn and practice key concepts and tools needed to pass this certification. If you're interested in learning more, please reach out to me and have software installed before the session begins. I look forward to seeing you and running through each section together!
Revit for Electrical Design Professional Certification Prep
Documentation – Part 3Total time required for module: 100 minutes
Discuss objectives: 5 minutes
Demonstrate: 30 minutes
Hands-on time: 60 minutes
• Work with Visibility/Graphic Overrides.
• Understand applying and assigning view templates.
• Use section boxes and scope boxes.
• Create schedules and add the appropriate fields.
• Filter, sort, and group schedules.
• Create a panel schedule.
• Understand phasing.
• Place tags.
• Adjust tag leaders and arrowheads.
Discussion Prompt: What are the benefits of documenting a project in Revit? Why should tags be used
instead of text whenever possible?
Review objectives: 5 minutes
Datasets: L2-rvt-elec-cert-prep-documentation-resources folder
Optional: Practice Exercise 2 – Documentation
Assignments (additional):
• Quiz: 10 minutes2 attendeesForma: Revit Study Session
·OnlineOnlineWelcome to a personalized Autodesk Forma and Revit Study Session. This session is dedicated to Revit for Electrical Design Professional Certification Prep | Autodesk and general Forma exploration. Content and instructions are pulled directly from Autodesk. There's no cost to attend, but for the sake of productivity attendance is limited. This session will be mostly self-paced, with some discussion and demonstration, as we help each other learn and practice key concepts and tools needed to pass this certification. If you're interested in learning more, please reach out to me and have software installed before the session begins. I look forward to seeing you and running through each section together!
Revit for Electrical Design Professional Certification Prep
Families – Part 1Total time required for module: 80 minutes
Discuss objectives: 5 minutes
Demonstrate: 20 minutes
Hands-on time: 50 minutes
• Understand model family hosting types.
• Understand the difference between model families and annotation families.
• Create and name reference planes.
• Add dimensions to reference planes.
• Create family parameters with appropriate discipline and data type.
• Label dimension with parameters.
• Create family geometry.
• Configure element visibility settings.
• Add an electrical connector.
• Enable light sources for lighting fixture families.
• Use other parameter types.
Discussion Prompt: What must be included in a family to make it useful? Describe the best family
you’ve used. Describe the worst family you’ve used or seen.
Review objectives: 5 minutes
Datasets: L3-rvt-elec-cert-prep-families-resources folder
Optional: Practice Exercise 3 – Families
Assignments (additional):
• Quiz: 10 minutes2 attendeesForma: Revit Study Session
·OnlineOnlineWelcome to a personalized Autodesk Forma and Revit Study Session. This session is dedicated to Revit for Electrical Design Professional Certification Prep | Autodesk and general Forma exploration. Content and instructions are pulled directly from Autodesk. There's no cost to attend, but for the sake of productivity attendance is limited. This session will be mostly self-paced, with some discussion and demonstration, as we help each other learn and practice key concepts and tools needed to pass this certification. If you're interested in learning more, please reach out to me and have software installed before the session begins. I look forward to seeing you and running through each section together!
Revit for Electrical Design Professional Certification Prep
Families – Part 2Total time required for module: 80 minutes
Discuss objectives: 5 minutes
Demonstrate: 20 minutes
Hands-on time: 50 minutes
• Understand model family hosting types.
• Understand the difference between model families and annotation families.
• Create and name reference planes.
• Add dimensions to reference planes.
• Create family parameters with appropriate discipline and data type.
• Label dimension with parameters.
• Create family geometry.
• Configure element visibility settings.
• Add an electrical connector.
• Enable light sources for lighting fixture families.
• Use other parameter types.
Discussion Prompt: What must be included in a family to make it useful? Describe the best family
you’ve used. Describe the worst family you’ve used or seen.
Review objectives: 5 minutes
Datasets: L3-rvt-elec-cert-prep-families-resources folder
Optional: Practice Exercise 3 – Families
Assignments (additional):
• Quiz: 10 minutes2 attendees
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