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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
2.3FAMILYNAMINGCONVENTIONS
FamilynamesaretheprimarymeansofidentifyingfamiliesinAutodeskSeekandintheRevitsoftware.Autodesk
familynamingconventionsensurethatfamiliescanbeidentifiedinAutodeskSeekandtheRevitsoftwarebythe
real‐worlditemsthattheycreate.Thenamingconventionsincludedescriptorsthatallowtheusertosearchfor
familiesbyelement,bymanufacturer,and/orbaseunits.
GUIDELINES:
• Createuniquenamesforeachfamily.
Forexample,afixedwindowfamilyandafixeddoorfamilycannotsharethesamename.
• Usenaturallanguagetonamethefamily.
Thefamilynameshoulddescribehowthefamilyisidentifiedintherealworld(i.e.,incatalogs,by
manufacturer,etc.).
• Ifpossible,donotincludethefamilycategoryinthefamilyname,unlessthefunctionaltypeisthesame
asthecategory(e.g.,window).
• Use‘titlecasing’(aswiththetitleofabook)forfamilynames,astheyarecasesensitive.
• Keepfilenamesasshortaspossible.
FamilynamesmustdisplayindialogsandintheTypeSelector.
• Whenaddingoptionaldescriptorstofamilyfilenames,considertheorderinwhichthedescriptorsare
listedtoensurethatthefamilyfilesdisplayintheProjectBrowserinthemostlogicalandintuitiveorder.
• Do not use spaces between words in file names. To separate words within a syntax element (e.g.,
ManufacturerorDescriptor),usetheunderscorecharacter(_).
• If a hyphen (‐) is used to include a performance range, enclose the range in parentheses, for example,
(230‐250_Ton).
• Ifatypecatalogistobeusedwithafamily,namethetypecatalog(.txtfile)withthesamenameasthe
family.Seesection2.10foradditionalinformation.
FORMAT
<FunctionalType>‐<Subtype>‐<Manufacturer>‐<Descriptor1>‐<Descriptor2>‐<2Difnecessary>
Note:RefertotheRevitMasterPartTypeList(includedinthedownloadpackage)forinformationonapproved
FunctionTypesandSubtypes.
Descriptionoffields:
Field/Component RequiredorOptional Description
FunctionalType Required Namestheelementthatthefamilycreates(forexample,
DoororWindow)
Subtype Asneeded Namestheparttype,forexample,foraWindow the
subtypecouldbeCasement.
Manufacturer/Generic Optional Manufacturername,genericfamiliesmaysubstitute the
Manufacturernamewith“Generic.”
Descriptor Asneeded
2D Required Useonlyfor2Dfamilies
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