Keshava Narayan
Engaging AutoCAD & Revit lessons with practical problem solving
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Keshava Narayan
Bachelors degree
/ 55 min
About your tutor
I hold a Bachelor of Architecture degree from CEPT University, where he was shortlisted for the best design thesis award, and a postgraduate degree from Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, where I explored the intersection between technology and the built environment. I am proficient in AEC software such as Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Revit, and Unreal Engine, and has a keen interest in the creative and sustainable design choices in architecture. I am motivated by the challenge of integrating the digital realm with the physical world, and the potential of technology to transform the built environment.
Keshava graduated from CEPT University
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Class overview
My teaching strategies are totally based on the requirements of the students. As the learning requirements of each student are different. Generally, I explain each and every concept in the most simplified way I can, and I am also keen on listening to the students doubts and providing clarifications to them. I try to keep my students as engaged in the class discussions as I can. I also assist them with their assignments, homework, and test preparation.
Keshava - also provides training in
AutoCAD
Revit
Rhino
SketchUp
Architecture concepts taught by Keshava
The Student and Tutor engaged in a comprehensive Revit session, focusing on creating and refining a 3D interior view of a shower room. They practiced essential skills such as setting up perspective views, utilizing scope boxes for model cropping, and modeling custom ceilings and soffits. The session also covered modifying existing families, adjusting tile patterns, ensuring consistent material application across elements, and introduced the use of design options to manage different design alternatives. For follow-up, the Student planned to render views, make further adjustments and create a handle for the door.
Setting Up 3D Perspective Views
Controlling View Focus with Scope Boxes
Crafting Soffits and Ceiling Details
Managing Design Options for Project Variations
Customizing Material Surface Patterns (Tiles & Ceilings)
Customizing Family Elements (Shower Curb Example)
The Student and Tutor focused on creating a custom Revit family for a U-shaped floor transition strip, exploring appropriate family templates (Floor-Based vs. Line-Based) and modeling commands like Sweep and Extrusion. They then practiced creating a shop drawing by placing the family into a project's section view, adding detail lines and hatch patterns, and setting up the sheet for presentation.
Revit Project Workflows: Loading & Placing Families on Sheets
Detailing in Revit: Sections
Callouts
and Annotations
Parametric Design: Line-Based Families
Simple Linear Geometry: Extrusion vs. Sweep
Creating Complex Forms: The Sweep Tool
Revit Family Templates: Selecting the Right Base
Student and Tutor worked on advanced Revit functionalities, focusing on family creation and modification. They practiced creating new family types for varied dimensions, importing CAD details to create custom window components, and generating multi-sheet PDFs from Revit projects. The session also covered techniques for marking up drawings and applying filled regions.
Revit Family Types for Element Variations
Parameterizing Family Dimensions
Importing & Preparing CAD Details in Revit Families
Generating PDFs from Revit Sheets
Using Filled Regions for Annotations & Hatching
The Student and Tutor worked on advanced Revit modeling, focusing on structural and site elements. They practiced creating and manipulating sections, adding and modifying structural walls and footings, adjusting element alignments and heights, and generating site topography with slopes. The session concluded with an introduction to creating detailed callouts for architectural documentation.
Structural Foundation Modeling
Revit Workflow & View Adjustments
Section & Sheet View Management
Site & Topography Creation (Topo Solids)
Detailing Section Callouts
Student and Tutor focused on creating a custom Revit family for a metal threshold, covering the steps from sketching extrusions and applying materials to establishing parametric controls for its dimensions. They practiced loading the new family into a project and adjusting its parameters to fit an existing door. The next session will address an issue with missing levels in project views.
Revit Family Creation Workflow
2D Sketching for 3D Extrusion
Material Assignment
Parametric Dimensions and Parameters
Alignment and Locking for Control
Troubleshooting Sketch and Constraint Errors
Nesting Families for Complex Assemblies
Student and Tutor worked on advanced Revit family modification and detailing. They focused on creating an adjustable siding panel family, loading it into a project, and accurately placing and annotating it within a detail view. The session concluded with a plan to continue meeting next Saturday, potentially an hour earlier.
Revit Collaborative Workflow: Synchronizing with Central
Attaching and Customizing Keynotes in Details
Efficient Positioning with the Align Tool (AL)
Loading and Placing Detail Components
Creating Parametric Families for Adjustability
Revit Family Modification Strategies
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