Revit is BIM software developed by Autodesk, the creator of AutoCAD. With Revit, you can create a complete 3D design and extract perspectives, documentation sheets, schedules and all kinds of data and information associated with model objects from this model, which may be called a virtual building. Instead of drawing lines that represent a wall, for example, you draw a “real” wall containing information on its height, thickness, components and openings, among other data. Like walls, the slabs, beams, columns, doors, windows and all other objects inserted in the model contain, or can contain, every kind of information about themselves. As a result, the model is more than a 3D object normally used to automatically obtain plans, sections, elevations and perspectives. It is a complete design database that can be used in software for design coordination, structural and energy-efficiency analysis, cost estimating and construction planning, and building management after completion, to name just a few examples. By learning Revit, you will be ready to work professionally with one of the most modern methods of conceiving, developing and producing designs in the AEC market: architecture, engineering and construction. In EBBIM's Revit course, you will learn to model and document an entire building in 3D through every design stage: from configuring a document and drawing accurately sized floors, walls, beams and columns to generating sections, elevations, perspectives and details, creating legends and area plans, extracting quantities and assembling project documentation sheets. By the end, you will have the knowledge needed to develop a complete project in Revit.
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IFC Course: From Fundamentals to Design and Construction Management
BIM, Courses, João Gaspar Courses, featuredIFC Course: From Fundamentals to Design and Construction Management
This course will answer these questions: – What is the IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) data schema/file format, and why is it the standard for exchanging BIM information? – Which IFC versions are in use, and what are their main differences? – How do BIM modeling programs export and import IFC files? – How do you structure an IFC model for road, rail, airport, port, condominium, industrial, drainage and other infrastructure projects? – How do BIM analysis and auditing programs handle IFC? – How do you create a digital stamp identifying an IFC model with project, contract and responsible professional data, among other information? – What types of analysis can be performed on IFC files, and what are their applications? – How can IFC classification be related to other systems, such as ABNT 15965 and SINAPI? – How do you adapt IFC models for extracting cost-estimating data and for construction management, monitoring and inspection? – How can IFC be integrated with Power BI for data visualization? – How can you create a program from SCRATCH to analyze IFC using Python and IfcOpenShell? By the end of the course, you will be ready to start using IFC in design and construction management, with the fundamentals needed to manage the request, receipt, analysis and validation of IFC BIM models using commercial software or even coordinating the development of your own software 😊 👍
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
SKU: 20362
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Master Class: Introduction to BIM Design Review and Approval
The Master Class: Introduction to BIM Design Review and Approval offers a proven method for understanding in practice how a BIM project begins, is validated and is delivered with technical and contractual reliability. Activities include live demonstrations by instructor João Gaspar in different design programs (Revit, SketchUp Pro and ARCHICAD), allowing participants to closely observe the limits of automation in technical drawings and quantity takeoffs from BIM models — and how to avoid discrepancies between what is modeled and what is delivered.
The session starts with instructions for using the Common Data Environment (CDE) adopted in the Masterclass so that all participants share the same set of files during the tests. The group then moves on to IFC — why to require it in contracts, record authorship, technical responsibility and property rights within the model, and organize and classify construction elements so the file accurately represents the design. In the afternoon, the discussion turns to communication between teams: geometric clash tests (clash detection), the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) standard for exchanging information requests, and model data extraction to prepare quantities and cost estimates.
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
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NBR 15965 Course: ABNT Construction Classification Standard
_New classes coming soon, BIM, Courses, João Gaspar Courses, featuredNBR 15965 Course: ABNT Construction Classification Standard
Learn quickly and practically what ABNT NBR 15965, Brazil's Construction Information Classification System standard, is for. Explore the tables and codes used to classify information on elements, products, spaces, tools, disciplines, services and other objects in BIM models. Learn to insert and edit 15965 classification in IFC, Revit, Archicad and other models, and understand how NBR 15965 codes and terms relate to important systems such as SINAPI, SICRO and OmniClass. The exercises were developed to help students understand how to classify BIM model information using ABNT NBR 15965, Brazil's Construction Information Classification System. The activities aim to show how to relate IFC classification to ABNT classes and work with SINAPI and Omniclass codes, among others!
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
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BIM Design Review and Approval Course for Public and Private Entities
BIM, Courses, João Gaspar Courses, featuredBIM Design Review and Approval Course for Public and Private Entities
The BIM Design Review and Approval Course for Public and Private Entities presents a tried-and-tested method for analyzing and approving BIM models using objective criteria that are easy for both clients and contractors to understand.
This method consists of processes presented in the order in which they should be performed in a real BIM model review and approval context. Instructor João Gaspar carries out the model analysis processes in real time, allowing students to observe their execution, ask questions, discuss and assess differences between traditional CAD-based procurement, traditional procurement using BIM and the method proposed in this course.
Through these activities, participants are encouraged to assess how changes in BIM model analysis and auditing affect BIM-based architecture and engineering procurement, particularly how design and construction should be commissioned and paid for.
By observing and learning from the experiences and discussions presented, students are expected to be ready to take their first steps in preparing BIM Model Audit Plans (PABs), setting guidelines for model review and approval in a contractual context where payments are backed by properly audited and validated BIM models.
The method was developed by Architect MSc João Gaspar, who has spent more than 26 years researching BIM-related tools and processes, developing training and writing books, guides and guidelines on the subject. See some of instructor João Gaspar's work in the “About the Instructor” section.
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
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Revit Course
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
SKU: 20629
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BIM Course: A Brief History — 1960 to 2000
_New classes coming soon, BIM, Courses, João Gaspar Courses, featuredBIM Course: A Brief History — 1960 to 2000
The History of BIM course aims to provide an overview of the evolution of technologies, digital tools and workflows related to architectural design, in CAD and later BIM, from the 1960s to the 2000s. Studying BIM history is important to:
- Improve our understanding of current professional practice
- Better understand the technologies available for designing and analyzing BIM models, such as hardware, software, networks and telecommunications
- Understand the people and organizations that developed, supported and funded researchers and companies over time
- Understand how these actors have historically engaged with BIM and related to one another in defense of their interests
By the end of the course, students are expected to have gained knowledge that improves their understanding of the evolution of BIM-based workflows within the history of computer-aided design technology.
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
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BIM and Laws, Decrees and Standards Course
This course aims to present how workflows based on Building Information Modeling (Building Information Modeling, BIM) relate to some of the main regulations (laws, decrees and standards) that make up Brazil's legal framework.
You will learn how BIM-based architecture and engineering design and construction procurement by public or private entities should be structured in compliance with:
- Decrees 11.888/2024 and 10.306/2020
- Public Procurement Law (14.133/2021)
- State-Owned Enterprises Law (13.302/2016)
- Consumer Protection Code (8.078/1990)
- Access to Information Law (12.527/2011)
- General Data Protection Law (13.709/2018)
- Copyright Law (9.610/1988)
- Public Sector Conflict of Interest Law (12.813/2013)
- Among other laws, decrees and standards
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
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SketchUp Pro Course: From Basic to Advanced
We all know that SketchUp Pro is recognized for its simple interface and intuitive modeling process, which often leads to the perception that the program is ideal only for initial design studies and modeling for rendering.
In SketchUp Pro: From Basic to Advanced, you will learn how SketchUp Pro can create geometrically complex objects and professionally structured 3D models, allowing you and your team to develop detailed, complete projects.
Advanced object modeling and model organization strategies will be taught to improve your delivery of a complete project — from geolocation and site modeling through the creation of floors, slabs, walls, beams, columns, stairs, frames, moldings and roofs, to applying textures and creating styles and scenes for project documentation.
Throughout the course, you will master native component modeling tools, such as Sandbox and Solid Tools, combining them with some of the best SketchUp Pro plugins, including e.Modeling, e.Manager, Movebo, PathCopy, Fredo6 and 1001bit tools.
In the final classes, you will learn to extract object quantities, volumes and texture areas by object, tag or model; export your model to IFC and open it in other programs; and import and manipulate IFC models produced in programs such as Revit, ARCHICAD, ArchLineXP, QiBuilder and TQS.
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
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Unlocking the Power of AI in SketchUp Pro
Modeling in SketchUp Pro has always been manual work. It no longer is.
This course covers the AI features Trimble has incorporated into SketchUp Pro — AI rendering, an assistant and prompt engineering — and reaches a frontier that, until now, required programming knowledge: the official SketchUp Pro connection with Claude, awarded at Architosh AIA ‘BEST of SHOW’ 2026, in the EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY category. With it, you go from a dimensioned floor plan or a photo to a structured 3D model: walls, floor, ceiling, doors and windows — organized by floor, tagged by discipline, with doors and windows as countable components whose schedule is generated within the model itself. All in Portuguese, by answering a short interview. At no point do you write code — the AI writes it.
The course also shows where AI fails and what to use instead. No hype: with real tests, credit costs calculated operation by operation and a decision matrix showing which tool suits each project phase. And it finishes with 2 hours of live mentoring, where the instructor reviews selected cases from the class — plus a discussion with previews of that Trimble is building for future versions.
There is no official connection tutorial in Portuguese. This course is the first.
Who it is for
Architects, interior designers, designers and students who already use SketchUp Pro every day and want to save time in modeling and presentations. No programming knowledge is required.
What you will be able to do by the end
- Generate a professional presentation image from your model, and retouch it instead of generating everything again
- Write better prompts and spend fewer credits to achieve the image you want
- Go from a photo or a dimensioned floor plan to a structured 3D modelthrough conversation
- Deliver a production-ready model: floor-based hierarchy, discipline tags and countable doors and windows
- Receive an automatic warning when the door you requested does not comply with NBR 9050
- Know exactly what each AI operation costs under your plan — and when AI is not the right answer
SKU: ebbim-course-b5794d6d-e174-4405-8ec0-7499e53740e6
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Unlocking the Power of AI in ZWCAD
Automating CAD always required a programmer. It no longer does.
This course begins with what ZWCAD already offers as built-in AI — and with the majority of users who have never used it. The deep learning feature finds all identical symbols on a sheet, even at different scales, angles and mirror orientations, converts everything into blocks at once and generates a quantity takeoff table from a drawing that contained no blocks. A messy third-party drawing goes in; a material takeoff comes out.
Then comes the part nobody teaches: making ZWCAD do what it cannot do yet.
You will install an AI skill built for ZWCAD — with the official ZWSOFT documentation built in, including 476 LISP and DCL functions for reference. You describe the problem in everyday language (“I lose 40 minutes fixing the layers in every file I receive from the client”), the AI conducts a short interview to understand what you have not explained and writes the routine: with an options window, built-in help, memory of the last configuration, ESC key handling and undo with a single Ctrl+Z. At no point do you write code — the AI writes it.
And because nobody gets it right the first time, every version comes in test mode: the routine explains what it did and saves a log file that you return to the AI for correction. You approve it when it works the way you want — only then is the final version generated. The course also shows where AI gets things wrong, what in ZWCAD is already native and is not worth automating, and how to choose between distributing your routine as open or protected code. It finishes with 2 hours of live mentoring, where the instructor reviews selected cases from the class — plus a discussion about how the instructor finds and evaluates CAD automation, the channels they follow and what is coming in future versions.
You do not leave with a class example. You leave with your own tool, solving your own problem.
Who it is for
Designers, architects, engineers, surveyors and drafters who use ZWCAD every day, have been doing the same repetitive tasks for years and have never been able to automate them because that required programming. No programming knowledge is required.
What you will be able to do by the end
- Extract quantities from a fully exploded drawing you have received, using the AI already in your ZWCAD
- Turn repeated symbols into countable blocks in batches, without redrawing anything
- Describe a repetitive task and receive ready-to-use automation — with an options dialog, a help button and a Ctrl+Z that undoes everything at once
- Read the log from a test version and return it to the AI for correction — the cycle that really works
- Know when not to automate, because ZWCAD already handles it natively
- Make a clear choice between open or protected code when sharing your routine
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Unlocking the Power of AI in SketchUp Pro
Modeling in SketchUp Pro has always been manual work. It no longer is.
This course covers the AI features Trimble has incorporated into SketchUp Pro — AI rendering, an assistant and prompt engineering — and reaches a frontier that, until now, required programming knowledge: the official SketchUp Pro connection with Claude, awarded at Architosh AIA ‘BEST of SHOW’ 2026, in the EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY category. With it, you go from a dimensioned floor plan or a photo to a structured 3D model: walls, floor, ceiling, doors and windows — organized by floor, tagged by discipline, with doors and windows as countable components whose schedule is generated within the model itself. All in Portuguese, by answering a short interview. At no point do you write code — the AI writes it.
The course also shows where AI fails and what to use instead. No hype: with real tests, credit costs calculated operation by operation and a decision matrix showing which tool suits each project phase. And it finishes with 2 hours of live mentoring, where the instructor reviews selected cases from the class — plus a discussion with previews of that Trimble is building for future versions.
There is no official connection tutorial in Portuguese. This course is the first.
Who it is for
Architects, interior designers, designers and students who already use SketchUp Pro every day and want to save time in modeling and presentations. No programming knowledge is required.
What you will be able to do by the end
- Generate a professional presentation image from your model, and retouch it instead of generating everything again
- Write better prompts and spend fewer credits to achieve the image you want
- Go from a photo or a dimensioned floor plan to a structured 3D modelthrough conversation
- Deliver a production-ready model: floor-based hierarchy, discipline tags and countable doors and windows
- Receive an automatic warning when the door you requested does not comply with NBR 9050
- Know exactly what each AI operation costs under your plan — and when AI is not the right answer
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Master Class: Introduction to BIM Design Review and Approval
The Master Class: Introduction to BIM Design Review and Approval offers a proven method for understanding in practice how a BIM project begins, is validated and is delivered with technical and contractual reliability. Activities include live demonstrations by instructor João Gaspar in different design programs (Revit, SketchUp Pro and ARCHICAD), allowing participants to closely observe the limits of automation in technical drawings and quantity takeoffs from BIM models — and how to avoid discrepancies between what is modeled and what is delivered.
The session starts with instructions for using the Common Data Environment (CDE) adopted in the Masterclass so that all participants share the same set of files during the tests. The group then moves on to IFC — why to require it in contracts, record authorship, technical responsibility and property rights within the model, and organize and classify construction elements so the file accurately represents the design. In the afternoon, the discussion turns to communication between teams: geometric clash tests (clash detection), the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) standard for exchanging information requests, and model data extraction to prepare quantities and cost estimates.
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
SKU: 28516 -
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SketchUp Pro Course: From Basic to Advanced
We all know that SketchUp Pro is recognized for its simple interface and intuitive modeling process, which often leads to the perception that the program is ideal only for initial design studies and modeling for rendering.
In SketchUp Pro: From Basic to Advanced, you will learn how SketchUp Pro can create geometrically complex objects and professionally structured 3D models, allowing you and your team to develop detailed, complete projects.
Advanced object modeling and model organization strategies will be taught to improve your delivery of a complete project — from geolocation and site modeling through the creation of floors, slabs, walls, beams, columns, stairs, frames, moldings and roofs, to applying textures and creating styles and scenes for project documentation.
Throughout the course, you will master native component modeling tools, such as Sandbox and Solid Tools, combining them with some of the best SketchUp Pro plugins, including e.Modeling, e.Manager, Movebo, PathCopy, Fredo6 and 1001bit tools.
In the final classes, you will learn to extract object quantities, volumes and texture areas by object, tag or model; export your model to IFC and open it in other programs; and import and manipulate IFC models produced in programs such as Revit, ARCHICAD, ArchLineXP, QiBuilder and TQS.
Instructor:
Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
SKU: 28515
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BIM, Courses, João Gaspar Courses, featuredBIM in Higher Education Teaching Course
The BIM in Higher Education Teaching course aims to show how workflows based on Building Information Modeling (Building Information Modeling, BIM) can be used by teachers as a teaching strategy in their academic activities. Through theoretical presentations and practical, interactive activities led by Prof. Dr. Architect Mônica Salgado and Prof. Dr. Architect João Gaspar, teachers will learn the fundamentals of BIM object modeling, collaborative work and communication methods integrated with models. Participants will explore methods for assessing designs by manipulating BIM models. This technical and theoretical foundation is expected, for example, to enable teachers to guide students in academic work within a BIM environment. Beyond operational issues, teachers will be introduced to Brazil's BIM regulatory framework and its connection with the teaching structures of higher education programs related to design and construction. Experiences on seeking technical support and resources to promote BIM use in individual subjects will be shared, along with practical examples from professionals who have already integrated BIM alternatives into their teaching. At the end of the course, teachers will be encouraged to share their ideas about the content in order to make practical use of what they have learned. Through structured experiments based on processes and technologies generally underused in academia, the training is intended to encourage teachers to reflect on how Building Information Modeling can be incorporated into everyday undergraduate teaching in an inclusive, socially responsible way aligned with curriculum objectives.
SKU: 28255
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_New classes coming soon, BIM, Courses, Alison Cruz Courses, featuredZWCAD Pro for BIM Course
The course aims to teach designers, experts in 2D CAD, to become specialists in navigating 3D environments using ZW CAD Pro and its BIM features! You will learn to create and edit 3D construction elements such as doors, walls and slabs, turn them into IFC elements, and import and export IFC models from different programs, including SketchUp Pro, ArchLine XP, Revit and Archicad You will learn to manage these IFC BIM models, send and receive BCF notifications, and extract quantity lists and automated technical documentation. The course therefore focuses on ZWCAD Pro, which offers IFC viewing and manipulation features, and the ZW IFC Extractor plugin, which extends ZWCAD's BIM capabilities.
Instructor:
Architect Alison Cruz, Technical Coordinator and Industry Expert at TotalCAD Softwares Técnicos, where he leads support and technical training operations while directly implementing and applying solutions in strategic projects. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.
SKU: 28222
