Michael Wilson

94 articles

Revit Instructor

Bachelor of Architecture, Registered Architect

Mike is recognized by Autodesk as one of North America’s leading Revit Certified Instructors. He has significant experience integrating Revit, 3ds Max, and Rhino and uses Revit Architecture on medium and large-scale bio and nano-tech projects. Mike has been an integral member of the VDCI team for over 15 years, offering his hard-charging, “get it done right” approach and close attention to detail. In his spare time, Mike enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife, children, and dog.

Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI GOLD – 1 of 20 Awarded Globally)
Autodesk Certified AutoCAD Professional
Autodesk Certified Revit Professional
Revit

Articles

April 19, 20266 min read

Adding Tile Pattern to Restroom Walls: A Step-by-Step Guide

I'm going to continue on with the same process, but adding the tile pattern to the rest of our walls here.

April 19, 20261 min read

Creating Campus Site Plan View for Campus CAD File Integration

The first thing that we're going to do to get this started is we're going to create a couple of views that we'll use for our next step here.

April 19, 20265 min read

Creating a Door Types Legend: Representing Schedule Elements in Elevation

After we've completed the door schedule, the next thing we want to do is create a Door Types Legend.

April 19, 20264 min read

Adding Rooms to Design Options in Revit: Ensuring Proper Placement and Avoiding Errors

Now, we're going to add back the rooms we removed previously.

April 19, 20267 min read

Creating a Custom Door Schedule in Revit: A Step-by-Step Guide

Now we're going to go ahead and get started on creating our schedules, and the first schedule we're going to create is our door schedule.

April 19, 20265 min read

Changing Wall Types for Exterior and Interior Walls in Revit: A Step-by-Step Guide

I’m going to jump back to Level 1 now. And we’re going to change our wall types to be the actual types we want for our project. So, we’ll...

April 19, 20266 min read

Adding Windows: How to Host and Place Different Window Types in Revit

Now that we've wrapped up the doors, let's go ahead and start adding the windows.

April 19, 20265 min read

How to Assign Departments to Spaces and Color Code Them in Your Office Layout

Now we're going to go ahead and assign our departments to these different spaces, and doing that is going to give us the ability to color...

April 19, 20265 min read

Creating Aerial Views with ViewCube in Revit: East, North, and Southeast Aerials Tutorial

So to get our East, North, and Southeast Aerials, I'm going to do the same thing where we then use the ViewCube here to rotate it.

April 19, 20264 min read

Tagging Nested Family Elements for a Furniture System: A Step-by-Step Guide

So, a similar concept that we have related to tagging elements that are part of a nested family would be the one that we created.

April 19, 20265 min read

Creating Placeholder Sheets for Demo Views in Revit: A Step-by-Step Guide

Optimizing View Setup with Scope Boxes for Consistency in Revit Demo Views. Watch this tutorial to learn the key concepts and techniques.

April 19, 20264 min read

Creating Corner Condition for Curtain Wall in Revit: A Step-by-Step Guide

I'm going to jump back to level two because it's easier to move these things around in the floor plan view than in 3D.

April 19, 20265 min read

Creating Dynamic 3D Perspective Views in Revit: A Comprehensive Guide

We're going to take a look at another 3D view type, and in this case we're going to look at how to create a Perspective view.

April 19, 20265 min read

Creating a Topo Surface for Ground Plane in Revit: Section and Elevation Views

So the trick we're going to use for our ground plane is actually going to be created back on our site plan view.

April 19, 20265 min read

How to Create Grids and Customize Grid Heads in Revit for Existing Phase Modeling

Now before we start doing anything on this video, and really any time you're modeling on the existing phase, what you really want to do is...

April 19, 20263 min read

Adding Exterior Walls to Level Two with Different Constraints and Wall Heights

Now let's add the rest of our exterior walls to Level 2.

April 19, 20262 min read

Creating a Floor Opening for Stairs in Revit: A Step-by-Step Guide

Now that we've added the stairs, if we go to level two we can see how they look, but I see a big issue.

April 19, 20264 min read

Creating Demolition Views for Existing Building: A Step-by-Step Guide

Now that we've got everything modeled for the existing building, our next step is to get our project set up to create demolition views.

April 19, 20263 min read

Adding Slope to a Flat Roof: Establishing Ridge Lines and Low Points

Now that we have the flat roof drawn, what we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and add our ridge lines and our low points so that...

April 19, 20267 min read

Creating an Exterior Material Legend in Revit: A Step-by-Step Guide

To create our Material Legend, what we're going to do is just like with our Symbols Legend, we'll start off by going to the View tab,...

April 19, 20268 min read

Navigating Revit Projects: Best Practices for Project Managers in BIM

This Revit tutorial walks through navigating revit projects, covering essential tools and techniques for your projects.

April 19, 20264 min read

Optimizing Graphic Display Options in Revit for Enhanced Visualization

I'm going to jump back to my title sheet here, and I'll just work from this view so that we can kind of see what they look like together as...

April 19, 20263 min read

Creating Isolated Foundation for Structural Columns in Revit

We can't add columns and not put a foundation below them.

April 19, 20268 min read

Setting Up Interior Elevations in Revit: A Step-by-Step Guide

Now that we have the plans situated the way that we want them set up, we're going to make a couple of housekeeping changes here.