Revit 2026: Essential Training for Architects

Course details

Autodesk Revit is the industry-standard tool for practicing building information modeling, or BIM. In this course, author and consultant Paul Aubin introduces you to all of the essential skills you need to begin using Revit to create architectural projects. This course is designed for learners who have no prior Revit experience. Master the fundamentals that you need to get started, as well as good work habits. Deep dive into the core concepts used in Revit, the basics of its user interface, starting a project, and modeling basics. Explore ways to include a variety of elements in your project, such as links, groups, stairs and railings, walls, families, rooms, and much more. Plus, learn about schedules and tags, annotation, and detailing, as well as how to share your work. When you complete this course, you will have all the essential skills you need to begin creating architectural projects using Revit.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Revit 2026 for architecture
02 - Imperial or metric and the exercise files
03 - What is Revit
04 - Understanding Revit release versions and file formats

1. Core Concepts

05 - Introducing building information modeling (BIM)
06 - Working on one model with many views
07 - Understanding the Revit element hierarchy
08 - Editing elements within the Revit hierarchy
09 - Exploring the Revit sample model

2. The Basics of the User Interface

10 - The home screen
11 - Getting familiar with the user interface
12 - Choosing your display theme
13 - View navigation
14 - Selection
15 - Configuring Revit options
16 - Accessing a multi-user project using Worksharing

3. Starting a Project

17 - Creating a new project from a template
18 - Configuring a new project
19 - Configuring save and backup options
20 - Adding levels
21 - Adding grids
22 - Refining a layout with temporary dimensions
23 - Adding columns
24 - Purging a file
25 - Using keyboard shortcuts

4. Modeling Basics

26 - Adding walls
27 - Wall properties and types
28 - Using snaps
29 - Configuring a working view
30 - Locating walls
31 - Using the Modify tools
32 - Adding doors and windows
33 - Adding plumbing fixtures and other components
34 - Wall joins
35 - Using constraints

6. Sketch-Based Model Elements

48 - Creating floors
49 - Creating footprint roofs
50 - Attaching walls and columns to roofs
51 - Creating extrusion roofs
52 - Using the shape editing tools to create a flat roof
53 - Working with slope arrows
54 - Creating ceilings
55 - Adjusting ceiling patterns
56 - Adding shafts and dormers

7. Stairs and Railings

57 - Adding stairs
58 - Editing stairs
59 - Multistory stairs
60 - Adding extensions to railings
61 - Adding railings

8. Wall Families and Types

62 - Understanding wall families
63 - Creating a custom basic wall type
64 - Stacked walls
65 - Adding curtain walls
66 - Adding curtain grids, mullions, and panels
67 - Creating wall sweeps and reveals
68 - Model lines
69 - Adding slanted walls
70 - Tapered walls

9. Visibility and Graphics Control

71 - Understanding visibility and graphics control
72 - View extents and crop regions
73 - View range
74 - Displaying objects above and below in plan views
75 - Using object styles
76 - Working with visibility and graphic overrides
77 - Recommendations for annotation visibility
78 - Using view templates
79 - Hiding individual objects in a model
80 - Using display filters
81 - Using the Linework tool and depth cueing
82 - Using cutaway views
83 - Using graphical display options

10. Rooms

84 - Adding rooms
85 - Planning room numbering
86 - Room bounding elements

11. Schedules and Tags

87 - Tags
88 - Adding schedule views
89 - Modifying schedule views
90 - Creating a key schedule

12. Annotation

91 - Adding text
92 - Text formatting
93 - Configuring a working view
94 - Adding dimensions
95 - Adding symbols

13. Detailing

96 - Adding legend views
97 - The hybrid detailing process
98 - Creating a detail callout
99 - Adding detail components
100 - Using arrays to parametrically duplicate objects
101 - Adding filled and masking regions
102 - Finishing the detail

14. Family Editor Basics

103 - Families
104 - Creating a new family from a template
105 - Managing saved views
106 - Using reference planes, parameters, and constraints
107 - Editing and creating family types
108 - Adding solid geometry - Extrusions
109 - Adding solid geometry - Sweeps
110 - Cutting holes using void geometry
111 - Adding solid geometry - Blends
112 - Completing the family

15. Sheets

113 - Understanding sheet and view references
114 - Adding a new sheet
115 - Adjusting sheet composition
116 - Duplicating sheets and views
117 - Aligning views with saved view position
118 - Filtering by sheet
119 - Working with a view list
120 - Working with a sheet index

16. Output

121 - Exporting to AutoCAD
122 - Exporting a PDF
123 - Generating a cloud rendering

Conclusion

124 - Continuing with Revit