Course detail

Building design in BIM I.

FAST-NUA015Acad. year: 2025/2026

Designing in a BIM application.
Creating a 3D model of a building.
Drawing documentation generated from the model.
Visualization of the building.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Ondřej Pilný, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science (AIU)

Entry knowledge

Fundamentals of working in CAD systems. Basics of building construction.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit for active work in lectures.


Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Getting acquainted with BIM technology and basic principles for creating spatial (3D) modeling.


Introduction to computer designing in architecture and construction using a BIM application (Revit Architecture, Archicad). Getting acquainted with BIM technology and basic principles for creating spatial (3D) modeling, architectural and structural elements. Description of the method of obtaining information (data) from the information model of the building, its reporting and use in the implemented project. Viewing, rendering scenes.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

NOVOTNÁ, Helena, Základy BIM I. – Revit Architecture, seznámení s programem, online učebnice 2021, ISBN 978-80-214-5023-3, https://web2014.fce.vutbr.cz/studium/materialy/BIM/Revit.html (CS)
ERHART, Daniel, Stavařův průvodce Revitem, Arkance systems 2022, ISBN: 978-80-907-7408-7 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-MI Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ondřej Pilný, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to the program, basics of control and simple model.
  • 2. Split the model, build the first wall.
  • 3. Second wall – composition, continuity, modifications.
  • 4. Atypical wall shapes, wall openings, hardening ...
  • 5. Door and window insertion and description.
  • 6. Doors and windows - families and their modifications.
  • 7. Roofs.
  • 8. Perimeter covers - suspended facades, broken windows.
  • 9. Terrain and hedge, visualization.
  • 10.-11. Drawing documentation.
  • 12. Reports - tables of rooms, windows and doors, materials ...
  • 13. Independent work on own model.