Revit family creation services have become a mainstay of modern furniture and plumbing design pipelines. Revit helps furniture and plumbing manufacturers to get in sync with BIM-based construction. It opens up many possibilities including design automation with Dynamo. Manufacturers upload the Revit families of their products to online libraries, so potential clients can download and check them out. This acts as a powerful marketing tool.

For most furniture and plumbing manufacturers the greatest advantage of Revit families is that they help optimize and accelerate the modeling time in complex projects. Huge free online libraries of Revit families are available for download. So, the real task of designers is to find and download suitable readymade Revit families for current project needs. They mostly don’t need to start from scratch.

Customization of Revit families takes skill but can be done at high speed as Revit parametric modeling reduces design errors, while family hierarchies ensure fast and appropriate reuse of components.

For many furniture and plumbing manufacturers, the ability to import CAD files into Revit family templates and create models is a big benefit as it allows them to reuse knowledge of earlier projects with ease. This also allows them to accommodate experts who are used to working in CAD.

Custom Revit family library creation is the process of building a library of custom model elements, either from scratch or from loadable component families downloaded from online libraries. These are models of mechanical elements and building products that follow a parametric family hierarchy and are bound by the same group of constraints and rules. Custom set of parameters are added to the library as per the requirement from the client. Any change made in a particular family type is concurrently updated in all elements of the same family type in a project.

Customization of Revit families is often required as Revit families found in online libraries either provide generic BIM objects, or those built tightly to the specifications of product manufacturers.

Legacy methods of addressing drawing and design are fraught with challenges. Manufacturers can use Revit families to present all the important technical aspects of their products to designers, architects, and engineers. Here are some of the benefits of using Revit families:

Easily loadable product models of furniture or plumbing fixtures for websites or online portals attract customers, increase sales and enhance user experience. Revit family creation for plumbing product manufacturers and furniture manufacturers helps them upload Revit families online. Designers and architects can download these accurate 3D models and realistically assess whether a product fits their needs. This helps in marketing and sales.

Revit families and model components depict the exact dimensions of plumbing fixtures or furniture in a 3D model that helps potential clients understand the product better. It also gets easy for architects and designers to find the best-fit designs vis-à-vis the layout and space available for their projects. Designers can test different products and find the one that best fits the layout or space with no calculation error, creating flawless customized designs.

Revit families showcase detailed product models enhancing the material, texture, color, finish, dimensions, etc. enhancing the minutest design elements in the product. Revit 3D objects show the product details from every possible angle with zoom. This benefits the eCommerce industry, as well as clients, who can view the products online without visiting the physical store.

The parametric modeling in Revit enables easy coordination and change management. Any change in design, size, material, etc. in the parametric families is reflected automatically in other components. For example, if a door is fixed adjacent to the wall. If the wall is moved, Revit automatically modifies the design keeping the relationship between the door and wall intact. The designers do not need to rework the design drawings and that makes design modifications quicker and simpler.

Ready-to-use Revit 3D elements not only help speed up the design process but also help in easy customization. Revit equipped with multiple tools and functionalities such as navigation, project browser, sketching, visibility, graphic settings, etc. helps the manufacturers review, edit, and customize 3D models. Revit MEP family creation is especially helpful for plumbing manufacturers as they can use templates to create customized models and test different options.

Revit helps in real-time quantity and cost estimation helping manufacturers avoid cost overruns and production delays. Modeling with Revit leads to lesser rework, on-time procurement of materials, lesser waste, and even reduced claim litigations. The technical data provided by the 3D models help Revit automatically calculate the weight and volume of the materials and provide accurate cost estimates.

Revit 3D models accelerate the design process with online libraries and quick and safe reuse of model components. Plumbing objects like valves, fittings, and plumbing fixtures can be reused for other models which saves both time and cost.

150 Revit families created for a building product manufacturer for plumbing equipment from the USA helped the client generate Revit libraries for various kitchen and bath equipment. This enabled the manufacturer to gain quick modeling through integration in architectural and structural drawings. Read the case study >>

Common library between stakeholders is the biggest advantage of using Revit families. All the stakeholders sitting at different locations across the globe can have access to the main database or a common family library which is the single source of information for the complete project. Working on a common source with detailed BOQ, BOM, product list, etc. reduces any kind of miscommunication and improves productivity.

A sustainable energy and environmental solutions provider was able to streamline the manufacturing process with 250 customized Revit families. Read the case study >>

Revit has completely revolutionized the construction sector. It has changed the way furniture manufacturers and plumbing product manufacturers visualize projects. Revit offers various benefits that include better project planning and coordination, cost estimation, accurate material take-off, predictable timelines, and much more.

Autodesk Revit is also used once the project is complete for facility management and the model can be constantly updated with changing times. This is of great importance to product manufacturers who have service contracts.

Hitech CADD Services is an expert provider of Revit family creation services and have completed many successful projects across the globe. Outsource your Revit family creation requirements today!