AECOsim Building Designer - Syllabus

AECOsim Building Designer  (Total Duration: 100Hours)

Session Topics

Introduction
 About BIM
 Introduction to AECOsim Building Designer
 Starting AECOsim
Session  File Open Dialog
1  Work Space Manager
 Seed Files
 Creating a New File

Exercises included for practice

Session Exploring the Interface

2&3  Main Menu
 Setting Working Units
 Project Explorer
 Tasks
 View Windows with View Controls
 Tool Boxes
o Primary Toolbar
 Models
 References
 Raster Manager
 Point Cloud
 Saved View
 Level Manager
 Level Display
 Cells
 ACS
 Element Information Dialog
 AccuDraw Toggle
o Attributes Toolbar
 Active Level
 Color, Weight and Style Symbology
 Element Display Priority
o Main Toolbox
 Element Selection tool
o Tool Settings Window
o View Group Dialog
o Status bar
 Mouse Controls in AECOsim
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Exercises included for practice

Placing 2D Elements in Design

 Linear Tasks
 Precision input using AccuSnap
o Snap Modes
 AccuDraw
o AccuDraw Workflow
Session o Input Focus
4&5 o AccuDraw Indexing
o Locking Co-ordinates Value
o AccuDraw Shortcuts
o Pop-up Calculator
 Polygon Tasks
 Arcs Tasks

Exercises included for practice

Placing 2D Elements in Design

 Pattern Tasks
o Hatch Area
o Cross- Hatch Area
o Pattern Area
 Cells Toolbox
Session o Creating New Cell
6 o Placing Active Cell
o Select and Place Cell
o Replacing Cell
 Measure Toolbox
o Measuring Distance, Length, Radius, Angle, Area, Volume

Exercises included for practice

Session Main Toolbox

7  Fence Toolbox
o Fence Types
o Fence Modes
o Place Fence
o Manipulate Fence Contents
o Named Fences
 Manipulate Toolbox
o Copy
o Move
o Scale
o Rotate
o Mirror
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o Array
o Align by Edge
o Move to Contact
o Move Parallel
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Main Toolbox
 Change Attributes Toolbox
o Change Element Attributes
o Match Element Attributes
o Smart Match
Session  Group Toolbox
8 o Drop Element tool
o Complex Chain tool
o Complex Shape tool
o Create Region tool
o Add to Graphic Group tool

Exercises included for practice

Main Toolbox
 Modify Toolbox
o Modify Element tool
o Break Element tool
 Break by two points
 Break by points
 Break by Dragline
 Break by Elements
o Extend
Session o Trim/Extend to Intersection
9 & 10 o Trim/Extend to Elements
o Trim Multiple
 Trim Mode
 Extend Mode
 Trim and Extend Mode
o Construct Circular Fillet
o Construct Parabolic Fillet
o Construct Chamfer
 Delete Element

Exercises included for practice

Session Conceptual Mass Modelling

11 & 12  Setting up the Dataset
 Solid Modelling Tasks
 Create Slab Solid tool
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 Draw on Solid tool

 Modify Solid Entity tool
 Unite Solids
 New AccuDraw Shortcuts
 Introduction to Icon Locks

Exercises included for practice

Intelligent Conceptual Mass Modelling

 Auxiliary Co-ordinate System
 Floor Manager
o Add Building
o Add Floor
o Add Reference Plane
o Add Typical Floors
o Remove Building, Floors, Reference and Typical Floors
Session  Floor Selector
13  Icon Locks
 Family and Part Information
 Creating Floors with Spaces
o Create Space
o Flood Area method
 Data Group Explorer
 Modifying BIM information in DataGroup Explorer

Exercises included for practice

Modelling with Spaces

 Creating Walls from Space
Session  Creating Slabs using Space
14  Exporting the Model for Energy Analysis

Exercises included for practice

Session Federated Approach for Simplified Modelling

15 & 16  Federated Approach
 Attaching References
 Clipping Attached Reference Model
 Place Walls
o Store-Front Walls
o Glazing
o Brick Walls etc.
o Using Wall Cleanup
o Modifying Walls
 Placing Door
o Modifying Swing
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o Modifying Hand Direction

o Leaf Angle etc.
 Placing Windows
o Modifying properties

Exercises included for practice

Completing Ground Floor Model

 Placing Content (Furniture, Shelving and Plumbing etc.)

o Placing Urinals
o Lavatory
 Placing Floor Slab
Session  Placing Ceiling
17 & 18  Placing Ceiling Grid using Spaces
 Placing Lighting Fixture in Design
o Single Fixture
o Line Fixtures
o Matrix of Fixtures
 Completing Typical Floor Model

Exercises included for practice

Creating Building Core Model

 Placing Stairs
 Placing Railing
o By Picking Stairs
Session o By Placing Lines
19 o Modifying the Construction details of railing
 Placing Elevators
 Referencing the model to a new file
 Copying the Reference

Exercises included for practice

Creating Roof
 Using Cut solids by curve tool
 Placing Railing around the boundary
Session  Placing Roof Slab
20  Matching Walls with Roof Slab
o Modifying form tool

Exercises included for practice

Session Architecture Master Model

21  Methods of Referencing
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 Referencing all parts of the model

Drawing Composition
 Create Plan View tool
 Creating Drawing and Sheet Model
 Using Markers
 Moving the properties of Drawing on sheet
o Moving
o Scaling etc
 Place Section Callout
o Creating Drawing Model
o Placing drawing on same sheet
 Place Elevation Callout
 Placing Additional Annotations in Drawing and Sheet
 Creating Ready to print output

Exercises included for practice

Creating Printed Output

 Selecting Print Area
 Output Color Mode
 Selecting a Printer
 Adjusting Printing Parameters
o Paper Size
o Orientation
Session o Destination
22 o Setting Printing Scale and position
o Adjusting Height and Width of Printed output
o Setting Scale unit
 Previewing the Output
 Creating the Print
o Print to PDF

Exercises included for practice

Session Rendering
23  Render Settings
o Toggle Preview
o Luxology Render Settings
o Render Quality
o Luxology Render Preferences
o Adjusting Pixel size
 Effect Manager
o Developing Image Set
o Dynamically Change Light and Environment setting from Image set
 Light Manager
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o Lighting fixtures
o Controlling the brightness of light source
 Setting up Camera
 Materials
o Creating material library
o Editing material properties
o Creating material
o Applying material to elements
o Changing the graphic properties of a material
o Changing the appearance properties of a material
 Sun settings
o Specifying sun settings
o Using sun path
 Rendering output
 Solar study
o Setting up and creating solar study

Structural Building Designer

 Creating Project Structural Grid
 Grid System Manager
 Placing Concrete/ Steel Columns
 Placing Concrete/ Steel Beams
Session  Exporting the Model for Structural Analysis
24  Integrated Structural Modelling (ISM)
 Structural Synchronizer
 ISM Viewer
 ISM Change Management
 Importing the model in STAAD.Pro

Exercises included for practice

Miscellaneous
 Creating New WorkSpace
Session  Creating UCF
25  Creating PCF

Completed Project

Note 00
 Each above session is for 2 hours of theory.
 Equivalent no of hours have to be given for practice session.

Note 01
The above syllabus has to be completed in:
 12.5 working days in an intensive program (12.5 days * 8 hours / day)
 25 working days In a Half day program (25 days * 4 hours / day)
 50 working days In apart time program (50 days * 2 hours / day)