We were hired recently to create a few chiller Revit families for use by a major engineering firm. The firm requested the families to be based on specific manufacturer models that they needed for a particular project, but they also wanted to get Revit families that they could readily adapt to future needs. The project was a good chance to demonstrate how Revit families can be built to match a specific manufacturer product while still being flexible enough to serve as the basis for a range of similar products from the manufacturer.
Condenser Revit Families Chill Out
We’ve hit the ground running (sprinting, really) in 2017 with Revit content projects. This year we’ll be sharing more of the Revit families that we’re creating, which we hope will be fun to see and a little informative as well.
Ready for Take Off – New Airplane Revit Families Now Available
For years, Andekan has been hired to build world-class Revit families for product manufacturers, design firms, project owners and Autodesk itself. Today, we’re excited to expand our Revit content services by offering our own Andekan Revit families for purchase through our website. And we’re launching our new Revit Content Store with content that’s a little out-of-the-ordinary yet still practical – families that will help a project look awesome and achieve the best results. We’re talking about airplanes, of course!
Loud and Clear — Revit Family Speakers
Over the last few months, we’ve been working on a slew of loudspeaker and sound system Revit families. Audio equipment isn’t a new area for us, but the recent run of projects has definitely allowed us to deepen and refine our knowledge of how to build this type of Revit content for maximum usability and performance in Revit.
Revit Families Reunion
It’s been a while since we’ve posted on our blog, and we wanted to fill you in on what we’ve been up to. Some of you may have seen us at RTC Europe last October, which Jose helped organize as a member of the conference committee. Or you may have seen our booth at Autodesk University in December, where we unveiled our new content management service, Kinship, which has been keeping us very busy (much more on that in future posts).
A Primer on Materials in Revit 2013
We’ve recently been working on a project involving the creation of custom materials for system families. This gave us a good chance to test out the latest interface and features for materials in the newly released Revit 2013. There are a few significant additions in terms of functionality, most of which have been covered in good detail already by Daniel Stine over on AECbytes, and in broader terms by others such as David Light.
The Revit Families Frontier
Earlier this week I was reading a blog post by Steve Stafford on the state of Revit content, specifically content available from Autodesk Seek. The post is framed as a critique of Seek contents’ usability within a Revit project – bloated file size, incorrect category assignments, overly detailed visual modeling, etc. – and it ends with a statement that we’re still living in “the wild west” when it comes to Revit families.
Revit Families Mix for AU 2011
As part of our virtual booth at the upcoming Autodesk University conference, we had to create a 1-2 minute video giving an overview of our company and what we do. We decided there was no better way to communicate our story than by showing some of our Revit families. After submitting the video to the folks at AU, I thought it would be nice to share it here.