CADD 104 - Revit Intermediate
Course Description
Overview
Revit Intermediate builds on the foundational skills developed in Revit Architecture Fundamentals and supports the next stage of the Revit Essentials learning journey. In this SAIT Micro-credential course, you’ll expand how you use Autodesk Revit to develop adaptable, coordinated building information that supports design development and project coordination.
You’ll learn how to locate and modify Revit families, then progress to creating custom components that respond to specific project requirements. You’ll explore materials, advanced wall tools, and design options to refine elements and evaluate planning scenarios. You’ll also work with project phasing and linked files to illustrate changes over time, manage visibility, and coordinate information from external sources.
As you progress, you’ll build competencies in content creation, parameter control, model organization, visualization refinement, interoperability, and collaborative production. These experiences prepare you to contribute to intermediate building information modeling (BIM) workflows and support design and coordination tasks within multidisciplinary project teams.
You’ll complete the course fully online and at your own pace, following a recommended weekly structure. Although self-paced, you’ll be supported by an industry-experienced instructor who provides guidance, feedback, and assessment. Through demonstrations, guided exercises, discussion boards, and applied assignments, you’ll move from focused skill development to a final portfolio project. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create custom components, explore design options, manage phasing, coordinate linked files, and contribute confidently to collaborative Revit projects.
This course is ideal if you:
- want to extend your Revit abilities beyond foundational modelling
- need intermediate BIM skills to support coordination or design development
- are preparing for roles that require custom content creation or collaborative workflows
- want portfolio work that demonstrates your growing capability with Revit.
Individuals with Revit training and industry experience can take exams through Autodesk to become Autodesk Certified User (ACU) or Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) in Revit. SAIT’s Revit Essentials certificate program will help you build relevant skills and experience that support preparation for these certifications. Learn more about Autodesk certification.
Costs
Textbook and reading list
Included in the purchase of this course, you'll receive:
- Access to online course content in Brightspace (D2L)
- Access to a free version of the Revit software for use during the course. Software download instructions will be provided in the D2L shell.
The following textbook is required and can be purchased from the SAIT Bookstore website:
- Design Integration Using Autodesk Revit 2025 by Daniel John Stine, 2024, SDC Publications
Note: Make sure the book you purchase matches the Revit version used in your course section. The SAIT Bookstore carries the current and most recent previous versions.
Technology
To be successful in this course, you’ll need:
- Access to your own computer or laptop that meets system requirements for Revit and with standard hardware/software requirements to use D2L
- Internet access.
Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to:
- locate and load predefined families and components into a project file using the installed content libraries from Autodesk
- identify, describe, and use System Families, In-Place Families, and Loadable Families
- customize your projects by creating and editing custom content families using instance and type parameters
- create, customize, and use materials to enhance visualizations
- use sweeps and reveals to customize walls
- setup and create design options in a project to aid in design selection and decision-making
- explain the concept and benefits of project worksharing and enable worksharing in Revit
- enable collaboration on Revit projects by creating and controlling worksets
- create and use the project phase function in Revit to visualize different stages of construction
- import and control CAD files in a project using the Link Files feature and the Visibility Graphics feature
- assemble a portfolio piece that showcases the design process and highlights the knowledge, skills, and abilities you’ve gained throughout your learning journey.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
Prerequisites
You must complete CADD 103 Revit Architecture Fundamentals before registering for this course.
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Revit Essentials Certificate of Completion : Required courses
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