CAD and BIM: Workflow for Rooms in Facilities Management

Learn how to use Revit to develop room plans and schedules from CAD models.

Introduction

• The CAD and BIM workflow for rooms in Revit
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files
• Using RVT files and version compatibility

1. Exploring Rooms in Revit

• Exploring the Room & Area panel on the Revit ribbon
• Working with a project with defined rooms
• Room properties: Identity data
• Room number
• Room name

2. Creating a Room Floor Plan

• Duplicating a floor plan
• Setting the visible elements in the plan
• Creating a new room-only room tag family
• Changing existing room tags

3. Adding New Rooms to the Floor Plan

• Adding rooms to the floor plan
• Adding room separators in the floor plan
• Tagging rooms in the floor plan

4. Adding New Departments to the Floor Plan

• Adding departments to the floor plan
• Showing departments using a color fill legend

5. Working with Room Tags

• Editing room tags
• Editing room numbers and room names
• Changing room tag types in the floor plan

6. Generate Room Legends in the Floor Plan

• Creating a new color fill legend for room names
• Editing the color fill schema to highlight specific rooms
• Editing room names on color fill legend

7. Adding Occupants to Rooms

• Adding occupants to rooms in the properties palette
• Checking occupants
• Creating a color fill legend for occupants

8. Creating Room Schedules

• Creating a new room schedule
• Adding the schedule to a sheet

Conclusion

• Next steps