Revit Pure Live #017 - The Art of Teaching Revit with Jeffrey A. Pinheiro

During this episode of BIM Pure Live, I talk with Jeffrey A. Pinheiro, AIA aka the Revit Kid. We will discuss:

- Why Jeff started teaching Revit.
- Making the switch from architecture to a construction company.
- His most popular tutorial.
- The future of BIM and AEC.
- Tips to create great Revit learning content.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Pre-show Music
2:42 - Intro
5:18 - Jeff's bio
6:10 - Chatting with Jeff
6:42 - Congratulations on Jeff's new baby!
9:27 - Revit Kid blog started in 2009
10:34 - Why did Jeff start teaching Revit?
14:12 - Why Jeff is still using Blogspot
15:35 - Jeff wrote 1288 blog posts
17:10 - Finding your own post by searching Google
18:47 - How professors reacted to Jeff using Revit in college
24:55 - How Jeff decide which topic to teach
29:12 - CAD to BIM transition
30:57 - ArchiCAD vs Revit
33:29 - How to create great Revit learning content
42:20 - MEP still using CAD?
45:03 - Best exercise to understand Revit
47:23 - Learning from a BIM champion
49:26 - It's easier to learn Revit if you don't know CAD
50:28 - What is the Revit Kid's most popular tutorial ever?
54:40 - Evolving to BIM after dark and premium content
59:10 - Switching from architecture firm to construction company
1:06:36 - What's next for the Revit Kid?
1:13:08 - Revit BASICS learning package
1:13:51 - What is Jeff most excited about for the future of BIM?
1:21:00 - Final words
1:21:10 - Outo music

Learn more about Jeff's online community:

Music by: Ile Flottante

[terryrichardson]

Daryl from CADclips was our first in-house Revit teacher 12 years ago here in PEI! His catch phrase "give me one of these" has never left our terminology.. Great video guys!

[SPVRADIO]

Very useful conversation and some insights in architecture methodology.

[mohamedfaisal]

Hey there Mr.Nicolas, another great session of Revit pure live, I wanted make a request can please bring Jeff back and make a session on VDC manager workflows and approaches. I presume that Mr Jeff is even a VDC manager. Thank you

[sdeeyOu]

thanks, guys god knows how much I learned from both of you i truly appreciate you both and hope you the best