Where Are My Families?
After starting our first MEP BIM project with Revit we quickly learned that the out-of-the-box product is severely lacking the tools to needed to make a project of any complexity successful. The tools are there, this is true, but the building blocks to make the end product complete were missing. In the Revit world these building blocks are called Families. Revit 2008 out-of-the-box does give you some basic Families however, here at Ross & Baruzzini the aesthetics of the drawings are very important and they need to be maintained to produce the professional output drawings we are proud of and known for today. So the big question is, "Where are my Families?" It seems the rest of the Revit world is still catching up on the MEP side. Manufacturers are trying to keep up but are finding it hard to produce a line of Revit Families since the masses are not yet committed to a BIM solution. We have looked high and low for Free Revit Families and can only find the few sites listed below.
The Solution
The Ross & Baruzzini solution was to train our Revit users how to make and manipulate Revit blocks for use in-house. We used CADD Centers of Florida for a one-day training session over GoToMeeting as we did the product training. We then contacted the Broutek, a company whose sole purpose is creating Revit Families. You can buy a block of (50) Families for $2,400.00 … a steal when you think of the man hours needed to create each Revit family. The process is simple: Just send the cut sheet to Broutek and they create the Family with all intelligence and in all specified sizes. Once complete (24-48 hours) they place the Family on their site to be downloaded though your subscription. If you are going to use this process you should go though CADD Centers of Florida as they are the Official US Distributor of Broutek.com Revit Family Content and will give you a 5% Discount.
Online Family Resource Links
BimWorld - MEP and Architectural Families
Broutek - Custom Families
RevitCity - MEP and Architectural Families (good For General Electrical)
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