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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
READING.ADSKFILES
The.ADSKformatcanbereadbyRevitArchitecture2010,RevitMEP2010,AutoCADArchitecture2010,and
AutoCADMEP2010softwareversionsorlater.Informationfromthe.ADSKfilecanbeincorporatedintothe
receivingapplicationandsavedoutintheapplication’snativeformat.
IMPORTINGINTOREVITFAMILIES
ADSKfilesthencanbeimportedintoRevitFamiliesforsomepostprocessingtohelpmeettherequirementsofthe
RevitModelContentStyleGuide.Thisprocesswillbediscussedinmoredetailinafutureappendix.
LIMITATIONS
TherearelimitationstoADSK‐sourcedcontentwhichshouldbeunderstoodinordertomaximizethevaluefor
manufacturersandtheirspecifyingAECcustomers.Notethatsomeoftheselimitationscanbemitigatedwithpost‐
processingoftheADSKfilesafterithasbeenconsumedbyRevit.
• AsaresultofthemodelsimplificationprocessinInventoranddifferencesbetweentheInventorandAEC
product’sParametricgeometryhandling,thegeometrythatiscurrentlyproducedforAECapplications
throughtheAECExchangeEnvironment,isstatic,andcannotbeediteddirectlybytheAECuser.Itwill
appearasimportedgeometry.
• ADSKfilesdonotcurrentlycontainvisualappearanceinformation,andthereisnowaywithinRevit
productstomanuallymodifytheirappearance.
• ADSKfilesdonotcurrentlysupportRevitHostingbehavior,andthereforethecontentcannotbeplaced
onFacesofBuildingElements,orhaveholescutinthem.IntegratingthecontentintoaRevitfamily(.rfa)
filecanhelpremovethislimitation.
• LightSourceDefinitionscannotcurrentlybedefinedinADSKfiles,andthusmustbemanuallyaddedin
theRevitenvironmentifneeded.IntegratingthemintoaRevitfamily(.rfa)filecanhelpremovethis
limitation.
Asaresultofcurrentlimitations,ADSKfilesaremosteffectivefordeliveringconfiguredengineeringproductsthat
donotrequireahighlevelofvariabilityforusebytheenduser.
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