Power BI and BIM: Analysis and Visualization

Prepare yourself for a career in BIM (building information modeling) with this introduction to Power BI. Learn about organizing your data, creating powerful visualizations, and more.

Introduction

• Course introduction
• Prerequisites
• How to use the files

1. Introduction to Power BI Installation and Features

• Where you can get Microsoft BI, free and paid
• Discover the difference between Power BI versions
• Starting a Power BI project
• Explore the Power BI interface
• Understanding where design data comes from
• Software used in this course and what it does

2. Power BI Essentials

• Opening a Power BI project
• Set the page size for your presentations
• Place text in a Power BI project
• Use images in a Power BI presentation
• Discover how shapes can be used to add to your presentation graphics
• Divide your data into various presentation options
• Why is it important to clearly present your data?

3. Using Data

• Create a schedule in Revit
• Format and export data from Revit to Excel
• Discover your data sources
• What do fields and data mean?
• Associate data sources to each other
• Display your data the way you want using visualizations
• Filter your data for desired results

4. Floor Plan Tricks

• Examples from the Power BI community
• Capture an image
• Install the Synoptic Visualization
• Create an SVG file
• Interactive floor plans
• Floor plan colors
• Understanding the value

Conclusion

• Next steps