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Revit Management TrainingBIM Manager Survival Skills

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Standard FamiliesSession04

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Topics: Standard File locations and setupAudit Process and Upgrades Best Practices for Creating Families

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Family Content FoldersWho has access

CreationModify the Family Create new types

Settings>>Options>>File Locations

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Audit Process – Increasing your Standard Library

Checking forUsefulnessParametersFile size (save as)Detail Levels and Visibility…

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Best Practices for Creating Families

TrainingBasic – Family types Advance – basic creation / updatesExpert – formulas and trouble shooting

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Who can Create Families

BIM Manager, Project Manager, Senior DrafterOne vs. Many debateThe “Family Person”

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IssuesCategories Subcomponents (big issue)The “rabbit hole”

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2D – 3D Toilette Setting up for Speed

3D TOILETTES

2D Toilettes

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Family Content FoldersSession04

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Topics3 mandatory & 2 optional Content FoldersIn-House ContentExternal ContentOptional Content Folders

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3 Mandatory & 2 Optional Content Folders

Breaking this down into in-house content and external content

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In-House Content

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Company Standard Content

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InformationThis content is COMPANY standard for all projectsUse Families from this folder when your project dictatesAll Title Blocks and Annotation Families are stored here

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Permissions / Responsibility

This folder is READ ONLYThe CAD Manager is responsible for all contentONLY approved content may be added to this Folder

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LocationDriveLetter:\Revit Building <ReleaseVersion>\ COMPANY Content

Example:

R:\Revit Building 2010\W2P_Content

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Project Specific Content

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InformationDuring the development of a project you will have to create some custom families this is the location for all content created for the projectPlease follow Family creation guidelines when creating these families.These Families DO NOT have to be perfect; we may only have to use them once.If you need to pull a family from another project, DON’TPlease advise the CAD Manager, who will approve the content to be moved into the Company Standard Content Folder

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Permissions / Responsibility

You may create, edit, and save any content in this folderYou are responsible for any content you create hereAt the end of project, please advise CAD Manager of potential Company Standard ContentThis will allow us to build/improve our Company Standards

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LocationR:<Project Number>\ Revit Project Content

Example:

R:\2010\100101\ Revit Project Content

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External ContentYou don’t ever have to manage the default for Autodesk. If you ever modify any Autodesk content, then it has become Project content. If you modify download content you should create an audit process for it. Either create a sub folder under the “Downloaded Content” folder or some other process. Don’t just move it into your Project Content, you don’t know what it does; you don’t know what release it was created in.

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Revit Default Content:

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InformationThis is default content that is release specific. Every new release all of the content gets updated to the current version of Revit

The more content you use from here the less content YOU will have to manage!

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Permissions / Responsibility

This folder is READ ONLYNothing EVER gets saved hereThe CAD Manager is responsible for all content

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LocationDriveLetter:\Revit Building <ReleaseVersion>\Content

Example:

R:\Revit Building 2010\Content

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Optional Content Folders

Be aware of these possible content locations it’s up to you as the BIM manager to decide how you would like to handles them.

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Downloaded Content - Project specific

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InformationIf you want to keep your project “clean” I would suggest that you also have a folder for any family that is download from internet sites. Although most downloaded families should not cause problems with will at least allow you to audit your office’s download practice.

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Permissions / Responsibility

You may download and save any content in this folderYou are responsible for any content you create hereAt the end of project, please advise CAD Manager of potential Company Standard ContentThis will allow us to build/improve our Company Standards

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LocationR:<Project Number>\ Revit Project Content

Example:

R:\2010\100101\ Revit Downloaded ContentDownloaded Manufacture Content - Project specific

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InformationBy keeping your manufacture content separate you have create some things.You know what manufacture you are pulling content down fromYou create an Audit Process for their contentThe next time a manufacture comes by to sell you their goods, well. Show them your content.

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Permissions / Responsibility

You may download, and save any content in this folderYou are responsible for any content you create hereAt the End of project, please advise CAD Manager of potential Company Standard ContentThis will allow us to build/improve our Company Standards

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LocationR:<Project Number>\ Revit Project Content

Example:

R:\2010\100101\ Revit <ManufactureName> Content