• Revit

Layout workspaces to accommodate health standards

Dynamo and Generative Design in Autodesk Revit bring the art and science of informed decision making to design exploration. This workflow will take you through the best way to layout workspaces to accommodate new health standards. From the safe arrangement of desks, the width and spacing of aisles, to the density of seating – better data informs better decision making.


Course overview

Dynamo and Generative Design in Autodesk Revit bring the art and science of informed decision making to design exploration. This workflow will take you through the best way to layout workspaces to accommodate new health standards. From the safe arrangement of desks, the width and spacing of aisles, to the density of seating – better data informs better decision making.

Course outline

20 min.

Plan Spaces for Health Guidelines

Welcome to the Plan Spaces for Health Guidelines module. Generative Design in Revit can create many optimized workspace layouts to help you plan spaces to fit the needs of new heath guidelines. 

Welcome to the Plan Spaces for Health Guidelines module. Generative Design in Revit can create many optimized workspace layouts to help you plan spaces to fit the needs of new heath guidelines. 

This module takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. By the end of the module, you should be able to:

  • Review Generative Design in Revit
  • Run a Generative Design study in Revit
  • Review and apply Generative Design study options

Module pre-requisites

This module requires user-level knowledge of Revit and is focused on best practices and its industry applications. If you don't have experiences with this product, we recommend you to take foundational training using one of the resources below:

About the author

This module was created by Martha Hollowell Orcutt.

Before you start

  • Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
  • If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support


20 min.

People Flow Toolkit integration for movement simulation

In this module, you will use Revit’s People Flow Toolkit to generate safe travel paths through a medical center. The People Flow Toolkit is a technology preview for Revit 2020 and Revit 2021. The Toolkit extends the capabilities of Revit’s Path of Travel tool and provides new features to help you better visualize and analyze paths of travel through your building. 

In this module, you will use Revit’s People Flow Toolkit to generate safe travel paths through a medical center. The People Flow Toolkit is a technology preview for Revit 2020 and Revit 2021. The Toolkit extends the capabilities of Revit’s Path of Travel tool and provides new features to help you better visualize and analyze paths of travel through your building. 

This module will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. By the end of this module, you should be able to:  

  • Describe the People Flow Toolkit and explain the new tools it provides
  • Demonstrate how to create multiple paths of travel through a building
  • Create a realistic simulation of movement through a building by indicating direction of travel and placing people objects
  • Analyze multiple paths and determine which path is optimal. 

Module pre-requisites

This module requires user-level knowledge of Revit and is focused on best practices and its industry applications. If you don't have experiences with this product, we recommend you to take foundational training using one of the resources below:

About the author

This module was created by Michael Kilkelly.

Before you start

  • Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
  • If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support


30 min.

Visualizing building performance data with Forge

The focus of this module is Autodesk's Forge platform that provides access to Autodesk software via the Internet. Forge is a web-based API or Application Programming Interface. Through Forge, users can run popular Autodesk software, like Revit, from a web browser or other application. In this module, you will create a Forge application for Revit. You will connect to this application using Postman, an easy-to-use software for connecting with web-based APIs. You will then take the data returned from the Forge app and create a dynamic report using Power BI. 

The focus of this module is Autodesk's Forge platform that provides access to Autodesk software via the Internet. Forge is a web-based API or Application Programming Interface. Through Forge, users can run popular Autodesk software, like Revit, from a web browser or other application. In this module, you will create a Forge application for Revit. You will connect to this application using Postman, an easy-to-use software for connecting with web-based APIs. You will then take the data returned from the Forge app and create a dynamic report using Power BI. 

This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. By the end of this module, you should be able to:

  • Explain REST APIs and how they apply to the Forge platform
  • Describe the steps required to create a Forge app
  • Demonstrate how to use Postman to connect to a Forge app
  • Create a dynamic report of the Forge data using Power BI

Module pre-requisites

This module requires user-level knowledge of Forge and is focused on best practices and its industry applications. If you don't have experiences with this product, we recommend you to take foundational training using one of the resources below:

About the author

This module was created by Michael Kilkelly.

Before you start

  • Please make sure you have the Forge software loaded.
  • If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support