Gain an understanding of how to prepare for success in the BIM 301 course with a focus on correctly downloading and unzipping the necessary files. Learn the significance of each file and how they collectively contribute to the project's completion.
Key Insights
- The BIM 301 course involves using a specific data set that includes files like the 301 start file, a CAD file, and a PDF file, all essential for creating a building model.
- Properly downloading and organizing these files in a class files folder is a prerequisite for smooth progression in the course, as these files will be repeatedly referenced throughout each of the six lessons.
- The 301 start file is a pre-set Revit model to initiate the project, the CAD file contains the existing as-built including the floor plan, and the PDF file provides the existing elevations.
Note: These materials offer prospective students a preview of how our classes are structured. Students enrolled in this course will receive access to the full set of materials, including video lectures, project-based assignments, and instructor feedback.
The first thing that you're going to want to do when you start this course is to make sure you download the dataset, which will be the BIM 301 file that you'll download and unzip into your class files folder, which is what I've created here for myself. These are the files that you're going to have. We're going to need all of these to create the building that we are going to use for the remainder of our assignment here.
We will need the 301 start file, which is the Revit model that you're going to use to start the project. And it's been set up in a way that will allow you to successfully complete this project. Then we're going to have the CAD file, which is the existing as-built, which includes the floor plan that we're going to use.
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Then you'll have a PDF file, which is going to be the existing elevations that we took a look at in that first video. The first thing that we want to do is we want to have this downloaded into a location where you know you're going to be able to find it multiple times, because we're going to be using it for the remainder of the class. And we will be referencing it for all six lessons that we have for BIM 301.
