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Table Of Contents

CO N T EN T S 

FeedbackontheGuide7

Audience7

Definition:QualityRevitContent7

Contents8

SupplementaryFiles8

AdditionalFiles9

Section1:PlanningRevitModelContent10

RecommendedRevitReleaseandDisciplineforContentCreation10

1.1DeterminingDesignIntent11

DeterminingtheTemplatetoUse11

FamilyRepresentations12

1.2BalancingPerformanceandDesignComplexity16

DesignIntentvs.Performance16

RecommendedFamilyFileSizes18

LevelofDetail19

ElementVisibility20

AreastoAvoidforOptimumPerformance20

ExamplesofFamilieswithAppropriateandcomplexLevelsofDetail21

ConsiderationsforNestingFamilyContent22

NestingRecommendations:22

1.3AutodeskExchangeFormat(.ADSK)23

AECExchangeEnvironment23

CreatingIntelligentConnectors23

SimplifyingtheGeometricRepresentation24

Publishingtothe.ADSKformat24

reading.ADSKfiles25

ImportingintoRevitFamilies25

Limitations25

1.4UsingImportedContent26

RMCSG—4 Version2.1

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