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Table Of Contents
- FEEDBACK ON THE GUIDE
- AUDIENCE
- DEFINITION: QUALITY REVIT CONTENT
- CONTENTS
- SUPPLEMENTARY FILES
- ADDITIONAL FILES
- RECOMMENDED REVIT RELEASE AND DISCIPLINE FOR CONTENT CREATION
- 1.1 DETERMINING DESIGN INTENT
- 1.2 BALANCING PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN COMPLEXITY
- 1.3 AUTODESK EXCHANGE FORMAT (.ADSK)
- 1.4 USING IMPORTED CONTENT
- 1.5 PLANNING A REVIT MODEL FAMILY
- 2.1 WORKFLOW FOR MODEL CONTENT CREATION
- 2.2 FAMILY UNITS
- 2.3 FAMILY NAMING CONVENTIONS
- 2.4 TYPE NAMING CONVENTIONS
- 2.5 CATEGORY AND SUBCATEGORY STANDARDS AND USAGE
- 2.6 AUTODESK APPROVED PARAMETER USAGE
- 2.7 PARAMETER NAMING CONVENTIONS
- 2.8 MATERIAL NAMING CONVENTIONS
- 2.9 PREVIEW IMAGE STANDARDS
- 2.10 TYPE CATALOG STANDARDS AND USAGE
- 2.11 MATERIAL APPLICATION IN MODEL FAMILIES
- 3.1 GENERAL FAMILY TESTING GUIDELINES
- 3.2 FAMILY-SPECIFIC TESTING GUIDELINES
RECOMMENDEDFAMILYFILESIZES
Toprovidecontentcreatorswithatangibleguidelineforfamilyfilesize,somecommonfamilytypesandtheir
recommendedfilesizesarelistedbelow.Usethefilesizesbelowasarecommendation,asactualsizemayvary.
Large,complex,and/orunusualfamiliesmayexceedtheserecommendations.
Application Element ComplexityLevel FileSize
RevitArchitecture Casework Simple 200
–
300K
Complex 500K
Door(single‐panel) Simple 300
–
400K
Complex 600K
FurnitureSystem Simple 200
–
300K
Complex 500K
Window(single‐unit) Simple 300
–
400K
Complex 600K
RevitMEP AirHandlerUnit Simple 300
–
400K
Complex 800K
–
1000K
Chiller Simple 300
–
400K
Complex 800K
Fan Simple 200
–
300K
Complex 400K
PlumbingFixture Simple 300
–
400K
Complex 600K
RevitStructure W‐Shape Simple 180
–
200K
Complex 300K
IMPORTANT:Tohelpreducethefilesize,inRevit,clickFile→PurgeUnusedtodeleteitemsthatarenotinuse,
clickFilemenu→SaveAs,andverifythattheCompactFileoptionisselectedwhensavingthefile.
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