Area Plans & Schedules in Revit
Set up area measurement properly in Revit - from early-stage massing through to detailed room schedules. You'll create mass floors to compare design options at feasibility stage, then move to GIA area plans with department colour coding. The course covers room schedules with sorting, filtering, and totals, plus custom parameters for compliance checking (minimum areas, room widths) with conditional formatting. Final lesson exports to CSV with live Excel links.
- 2+ hours of premium content
- 5 step-by-step video lessons
- Future updates included
About this course
A 5-lesson course covering Revit's area tools from concept to coordination. Start with mass floors for comparing feasibility options using Design Options, then set up GIA area schemes with colour-coded departments. Move to room schedules with volume calculations, sorting by level and department, and filtering by room type. Add custom parameters for compliance checking with calculated fields and conditional formatting. Export to CSV and create live Excel links for sharing with non-Revit team members.
This specialized Revit course transforms your approach to area documentation and space programming, teaching you to leverage BIM automation for accurate project costing and development analysis. Through comprehensive exploration of Revit's area calculation capabilities, you'll learn to eliminate manual measurement errors while accelerating the design development process through intelligent model-based workflows.
The curriculum emphasizes practical application of Revit's scheduling automation, teaching you to create comprehensive area schedules that automatically update with design changes. You'll master the integration of area plans with project documentation, learning to maintain accuracy and consistency across all project phases while reducing time-intensive manual calculations.
Advanced workflow techniques include export strategies and collaboration methodologies that ensure seamless sharing with clients, consultants, and project stakeholders. The course covers coordination protocols that maintain data integrity across multidisciplinary teams while streamlining the often tedious process of space programming and cost estimation.
These specialized skills position you to excel in contemporary architectural practice where accurate area documentation directly impacts project success. The techniques learned apply to residential and commercial projects where precise space programming, cost estimation, and development analysis are critical to winning projects and maintaining client satisfaction.
What will you learn?
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This course will turn you into:
A feasibility analyst
Compare massing options using mass floors and Design Options. Create schedules that calculate totals per block and per usage type, sorted and grouped for clear client presentations.
An area plan specialist
Set up GIA area schemes with department colour coding. Draw area boundaries manually for accuracy and create filtered schedules with level totals and grand totals.
A schedule automation expert
Add custom parameters for compliance checking - minimum required areas, room widths. Build calculated fields with Yes/No results and conditional formatting that highlights failures.
Syllabus
Evaluate concept-stage massing options by creating mass floors for multiple building volumes. Set up mass floor schedules with fields for area, level, mass family, and usage. Sort by block with blank lines, calculate totals per building and overall, then use Design Options to compare two proposals side by side.
Create a GIA (Gross Internal Floor Area) area scheme and define departments with colour coding before placing areas. Generate area plan views, draw boundaries manually for accuracy, and place areas with the Area tool. Apply colour schemes to views and create area schedules filtered by level with calculated totals.
Place rooms on floor plans using room bounding elements and room separators for manual boundary control. Set upper limits, offsets, and volume computation settings. Create room schedules sorted by level and department with headers, blank lines, and footers calculating area totals. Filter by room name and edit parameters directly in the schedule.
Add custom project parameters for minimum required area and room width. Create calculated fields using formulas to check compliance, then add Yes/No fields that flag whether rooms meet requirements. Apply conditional formatting to highlight passes in green. Link dimensions to reporting parameters so room widths update automatically from the model.
Export schedules to CSV with tab delimiters. Import into Excel using the text import wizard with matching settings. Create live links using Get Data so Excel refreshes when you re-export from Revit. Share formatted area data with clients and consultants who don't use Revit.
Meet your instructor
Radu Fulgheci
Architect
BDP
Hi, I'm Radu. I'm an architect with over ten years of experience using many architectural design and modelling applications, for both professional and academic purposes. Working on challenging, high-profile projects, and international competitions, I've continually sought ways to optimise my workflow, from single to multiple applications, in order to achieve the best results in the shortest time.
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