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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
- DETERMINING THE TEMPLATE TO USE
- FAMILY REPRESENTATIONS
1.2 BALANCING PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN COMPLEXITY
- DESIGN INTENT VS. PERFORMANCE
- RECOMMENDED FAMILY FILE SIZES
- LEVEL OF DETAIL
- ELEMENT VISIBILITY
- AREAS TO AVOID FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE
  - EXAMPLES OF FAMILIES WITH APPROPRIATE AND COMPLEX LEVELS OF DETAIL
- CONSIDERATIONS FOR NESTING FAMILY CONTENT
  - NESTING RECOMMENDATIONS:
1.3 AUTODESK EXCHANGE FORMAT (.ADSK)
- AEC EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENT
- CREATING INTELLIGENT CONNECTORS
- SIMPLIFYING THE GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION
- PUBLISHING TO THE .ADSK FORMAT
- READING .ADSK FILES
- IMPORTING INTO REVIT FAMILIES
- LIMITATIONS
1.4 USING IMPORTED CONTENT
- SUPPORTED CONTENT
- LIMITATIONS
1.5 PLANNING A REVIT MODEL FAMILY
2.1 WORKFLOW FOR MODEL CONTENT CREATION
- PROTOTYPING
2.2 FAMILY UNITS
2.3 FAMILY NAMING CONVENTIONS
- GUIDELINES:
- FORMAT
2.4 TYPE NAMING CONVENTIONS
- GUIDELINES
- FORMAT
- EXAMPLES
2.5 CATEGORY AND SUBCATEGORY STANDARDS AND USAGE
- ADDING SUBCATEGORIES TO MODEL FAMILIES
- SUBCATEGORY NAMING CONVENTIONS
2.6 AUTODESK APPROVED PARAMETER USAGE
- ADDING MANUFACTURER DATA TO FAMILIES
- CSI OMNICLASS TABLE 49
- CSI CLASSIFICATION CODES
  - ASSIGNING THE MASTERFORMAT AND UNIFORMAT CLASSIFICATION IN REVIT
  - ASSIGNING THE OMNICLASS CLASSIFICATION IN REVIT (REVIT 2010 AND LATER)
2.7 PARAMETER NAMING CONVENTIONS
- GUIDELINES
- FORMAT
- EXAMPLES
2.8 MATERIAL NAMING CONVENTIONS
- GUIDELINES
- FORMAT FOR INDIVIDUAL FINISH MATERIALS (STORED INSIDE PROJECTS)
2.9 PREVIEW IMAGE STANDARDS
2.10 TYPE CATALOG STANDARDS AND USAGE
- TYPE CATALOG STANDARDS
2.11 MATERIAL APPLICATION IN MODEL FAMILIES
- EXAMPLE: ASSIGNING MATERIALS TO A TABLE FAMILY
- ADDING A CONNECTOR
3.1 GENERAL FAMILY TESTING GUIDELINES
3.2 FAMILY-SPECIFIC TESTING GUIDELINES
- REVIT FAMILY-SPECIFIC TESTING

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MODELCON T EN T CREATIONSTAN DAR DS

InordertoensureRevitmodelcontentisdevelopedefficiently,consistently,andtoAutodeskstandards,content

creatorsshouldfollowtheAutodesk‐approvedstandardsinthissectionwhencreatingRevitfamilies.

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Usethetopicsinthissectionto:

• ensureconsistencyandstabilityofyourRevitfamilycontent

• ensureaconsistentuserexperience

• createcontentsuitabletoshareonAutodeskSeek

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