Revit for Mechanical Design Professional Certification Prep

Discover what you'll learn in this course and download the software and resources you need. 

• Course overview
• Get the software
• Tips for the exam
• Course resources

Before you begin this course, test your skills by taking the following assessment to see where you stand.

• Pre-test

Modeling is a core skill for any mechanical design project. Learn the key aspects of modeling, such as adding equipment and fixtures, creating mechanical systems, and modeling connected geometry. Get an in-depth review of mechanical elements to best work with duct and piping systems.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Add equipment and fixtures.
• Create mechanical systems.
• Model connecting geometry.

• Add mechanical equipment
• Add plumbing fixtures
• Add air terminals
• Add fire protection sprinklers
• Configure mechanical settings
• Create duct systems
• Create piping systems
• Define analytical pipe connections
• Track systems with the System Browser
• Modify pipe and duct types
• Add duct components
• Add pipe components
• Practice exercise

Document you projects in Revit. Create views and sheets, learn to master annotation, and work with tags and keynotes. 

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Manipulate views.
• Apply and assign view templates.

• Work with view templates and visibility/graphic overrides
• Use miscellaneous view features
• Produce schedules
• Work with sheets, titleblocks, and revisions
• Work with view types
• Apply phasing
• Use tags
• Use keynotes, note blocks, and numbered lists
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise

Discover the benefits families can bring to your Revit design projects. Create parametric and annotation families, add parameters, and customize families using the family editor.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Model family elements.
• Create annotation families.
• Add parameters.

• Define MEP connectors
• Understand family types
• Understand family creation workflow
• Determine family category and part type
• Differentiate between family hosting types
• Configure element visibility settings
• Create annotation families and tags
• Define symbols and annotations in a family
• Use parameter types
• Distinguish between parameter disciplines and data types
• Understand syntax for equations and formulas
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise

Use analysis to make important design decisions. Adjust energy settings to create analytical systems and perform energy and mechanical systems analyses. 

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Perform mechanical systems analyses.

• Adjust energy settings
• Create system zones
• Create analytical systems
• Create energy model
• Assign material thermal properties
• Review calculated values in model
• Practice exercise

Collaboration begins with good project management. Get best practices for using reference files, importing and linking files, and exporting. Learn how to easily collaborate with others by simultaneously working on projects through worksharing.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Use reference files.
• Define and use worksharing concepts.
• Collaborate with others.

• Import and link files
• Manage linked files
• Understand worksharing concepts
• Export to different formats
• Check for interferences
• Use copy and monitor
• Use design options
• Transfer project standards
• Practice exercise

Now that you've completed the learning material in this course, you can take the challenge exercise to measure your skills on the topics covered in this course. 

• Course challenge

Ready to test your knowledge? Pass this required test with a score of 75% or more to complete the course.

• Start your final test