While it’s only August, so far it would be safe to say that 2017 has been our hottest year on record for VRF Revit content. VRF stands for Variable Refrigerant Flow, and it’s a type of HVAC system that can do modulated and mixed heating and cooling. We’ve had multiple projects from multiple manufacturers and created a wide range of VRF components throughout 2017. This made me curious to learn more about where VRF products fit in the industry and why the sudden increase in interest.
10 Key Specs for Revit Content: A Primer for Manufacturers
Some quick background before we begin
When we started Andekan nearly a decade ago, the vast majority of our customers were architects and engineers who needed Revit content for specific projects. Things have changed quite a bit since then, and today most of our customers are manufacturers who want Revit families of their products to distribute to those same architects, engineers and contractors.
Built to Fail: A Study in Contrasts with Manufacturer Revit Content
After my last post on building manufacturer Revit content that can easily flex to accomodate new dimensions and specs, we received a customer request that offers up a perfect study in contrasts. The customer in question is a manufacturer with existing Revit families that had been made by some other provider (unknown to us) and later published on Seek. The manufacturer now wanted to add a few new types to those families, each of which had only minor changes to dimensions and electrical specifications. Sounds simple enough, right?
Built to Last: Manufacturer-Specific Revit Families That Are Made to Flex
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.
Returning Text from Lookup Tables in Revit
Sometimes you want to have a Revit parameter that returns a text string depending on a number of options. For example, you might want to have a parameter show a product SKU code based on other parameter values for dimensions, color and material.
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.