We must be clear that in the architecture and engineering continuous training is no longer an option, it is a mandatory if we want to compete in a fairly fierce.
Words like BIM, digital simulations, modeling architecture, modeling projects, Revit , etc. Sure they sound familiar, but many of us have not yet started those first training classes to start understand what it will bring us.
As a starting point, we first want to leave a video with a perfect explanation of what is BIM ( Building Information Modeling ) and how it will help us in our projects and daily work.
The NIBS (National Institutes of Building Science) defines the BIM as the « digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a object «. It must be clear that BIM must be understood as a collaborative work methodology and not as a tool. We can imagine as a process of:
It strengthens and promotes the digitization of the sector of construction at all levels, referenced to a construction that uses an information model, is that is, a model that contains all the data relative to its complete life cycle, from design to construction, going through its demolition and possible closure.
The Construction Labor Foundation (Later We will see that he has several free BIM courses very complete and touching all the branches) has a infographic that clarifies how the BIM methodology affects the entire life cycle of the building project:
As we have begun to be interested in the theme, we we collect different training platforms and websites where We have found free BIM training . There is for all levels, from basic subjects to teaching more advanced.
Content menu:
This section may be the most specialized teaching and where thanks to the Construction Labor Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor and within the Plan State Training in digital skills. we have more than 1,500 places for a total of 13 free courses related to the BIM methodology for all Spain .
At the national level, there will not be many places, but as distribute among Communities the possibilities of accessing increase. The different skills in training information about Building Information Modeling are:
To enroll in the apprenticeship we must access from this page (Currently they are already closed, but they will be reopened open) Attention!! because they are of quality and taught by the Construction Labor Foundation.
It must be taken into account that, within the wide world of BIM, Autodesk REVIT is the most demanded and used product. Train us on this topic will be essential and, from the Bim Max platform, they give us the easy and free stuff.
There are more than 15 hours of training given by Gonzalo Ruiz so you have to take advantage of it! Furthermore, we have seen that They resolve doubts, which is appreciated. A small part of agenda would be:
To access learning for free is through Bimmax from HERE. As a complementary note, we have seen that in the Youtube channel has some interesting things that we can see from HERE.
The new educational platform Konstruedu is specialized in face-to-face and online teaching master's degrees in the BIM sector, virtual reality, infoarchitecture, 3D visualizations.
Actually two two independent courses but in the same platform. In addition, there is an introduction to the Lean world Construction. The training agenda is:
We can access the official website HERE to sign up. remember of “filter” for free.
From the Espaciobim website, they offer us Training in introduce you to the Building Information work methodology Modeling (BIM) through thirteen masterclasses that you can see online, when you want and from where you want (computer, tablet or smartphone).
The content of the Revit Free Course on Introduction to Autodesk® Revit Architecture has the following subjects:
To become accredited and start teaching from here at the EspacioBim website.
As a reminder and although we have not found courses on this sector in MOOC format (Massive Online Open Courses taught by any University – In English if there is) from others categories related to architecture, engineering and construction if there We can see them from our articles from:
And we continue with more learning…
From the specialized training portal Edita, they have launched a free training in a Revit course made up of 10 modules. The objective is to learn how to model a building basic in a few minutes, as well as, to develop and know the basic principles of the program.
We can start with the training to register on the web of Edita Recommended as it is a platform specialized in the theme!
Another platform specialized in architects and engineers offers us the opportunity to take advantage of some training courses interesting initiation. The one that interests us is this one in FormaCAD, but they have an interesting range of proposals and 9 free online courses of 10 hours each:
In this case, we could say that it is not a platform educational to use, that is, it is a website created by Luisa Santamaría, who has been a Professor at the Polytechnic University Madrid in the Master of BIM Methodology and Management taught at ETSAM, and much more training related to the sector according to their LinkedIn profile.
The web brings together documentation and training E-learning in Revit a base of videos created by Luisa Santamaría with good quality and well explained.
If we want to see the course you are teaching and it is totally free from its website Especialista3d.
Also, in a similar vein, this BIM Universe directed by Luciano Gorosito, a civil engineer from Argentina who already dedicated to teaching Revit and BIM when practically nobody toward. He has a very interesting YouTube channel.
We never tire of repeating it, linkedin is a platform for Perfect e-learning, very updated and with a lot of material. By supposed! We can also learn and study BIM in a way free with the trial period, which is one month.
We can start with the training in Spanish from HERE and so that we are aware of the courses that we can find. You just have to look at the following screenshot with beginner, intermediate and advanced levels:
We have to comment that Linkedin is very broad and you can pretty much learn from whatever you want just like We discussed in the article 5 free online Excel courses with all levels.
From the Andalusian Council of Official Colleges of Architects offer us an online BIM course free in Spanish where we find 13 lessons for understand the fundamentals.
They are based on videos, but seeing the quality of them and although it does not focus on the programs, but rather on seeing their utility, application and process. We believe that it is a very interesting and that will give us a good global perspective. We can access from HERE.
The famous platform Udemy launches a new free course to begin to understand the fundamentals of Revit applied to the architecture industry. It is based on four grades chapters:
Only basic knowledge, a computer and access to Internet. You can subscribe to the course from HERE (Remember that on these platforms, training is free and if you want a certificate, you will have to pay for the document accrediting).
It is clear that we need a software to practice and that there is variety in the field of BIM and many other alternatives that we can use, but, to be practical, we are going to center on two:
To download Revit for free we actually have two options:
To download the free ALLPLAN also we have two options:
Many of us like to tinker and play with programs using different drawings. Although we have an extensive article how to find any blocks and drawings in CAD, there we also include an interesting section on BIM to be able to download blocks.
On the web it is reported that they have more than 400,000 BIM objects Parametric models to download from over 1,400 manufacturers. And the They really look like they have them!
We can access the reference website from HERE and start to look at the existing options.
