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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
ADDITIONALFILES
ThefollowingresourcesareavailableforworkingwithbothRevitmodelcontentandAutodeskSeek.
AUTODESKMETADATASTYLEGUIDEAND PRODUCT WORKBOOK
TheAutodeskMetadataStyleGuidedefinesstylesandformattingrulesthatmanufacturers,contentservice
organizations,andcontentspecialistsmustabidebysothatthecontentthattheyproducecanbeloadedintothe
AutodeskSeekstagingenvironment.
Downloadat:http://seek.autodesk.com/participate.htm.
DOCUMENTATION
FormoreinformationonRevitfamilycontentcreation,seethefollowingreferencemanualsandtutorials:
• Revit®ArchitectureFamiliesGuide
Downloadatwww.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture‐documentation
.
• RevitArchitecture,Revit®MEP,andRevit®StructureTutorials
Downloadat:
www.
autodesk.com/revitarchitecture‐documentation
www.
autodesk.com/revitmep‐documentation
www.
autodesk.com/revitstructure‐documentation
DISCUSSIONGROUPS
• AUGI(AutodeskUserGroupInternational)
Accessatwww.
augi.com.
• AutodeskSeekDiscussionGroup
Accessatwww.autodesk.com/contentsearch‐discussion.
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