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Informed Design for Revit
Autodesk Informed Design for Revit: Design with known-manufacturable building products
Autodesk Revit 2024 or a more recent version, as well as Forma Data Management are required to use Informed Design for Revit.
What is Informed Design for Revit?
Empower your designs with customizable, manufacturable building products for unparalleled certainty and quality.
Template Discovery: Explore building product templates for seamlessly incorporating manufacturing-level detail into your design files.
Customization: Tailor building products to align with your building's requirements, ensuring compliance with manufacturers' specifications.
Certainty: Confirm design decisions are accurate and manufacturable to reduce project risk and prevent errors.
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Browse manufacturer content
Browse catalogs of known-manufacturable building products for use in Revit projects.
Customize with certainty
Manufacturer capabilities and limitations are enforced as you customize the product to suit your needs.
Insert pre-generated variations
Browse the list of validated product variations to place instances quickly and easily.
Update and replace
Modify the values of existing instances to configure replacements. Swap out-of-date products with the manufacturer’s latest product release.
Green Canopy Node
"Designing with constraints doesn't curb my creativity it gives me choices I know will all work."
— Benjamin Hall, Architect , Green Canopy Node
Courtesy of Green Canopy NODE
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Informed Design for Revit and Inventor workflow
See how Informed Design for Revit and Inventor combine for design certainty.
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Author and publish building products
Building product manufacturers author and publish customizable, repeatable products using Autodesk Informed Design for Inventor.
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Customize and Place building products in design files
Access, customize, and place building product templates in design files while respecting manufacturers' guardrails.
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Automatically create output documentation
Using the Informed Design web portal, manufacturers can seamlessly generate all manufacturing documentation automatically.
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FAQs
What is Informed Design for Revit used for?
Autodesk Informed Design for Revit is a Revit Add-in enabling design professionals to explore building product templates, tailor them, and seamlessly incorporate them into design files, ensuring traceability as a known, manufacturable component.
Who uses Informed Design for Revit?
Autodesk Informed Design for Revit is leveraged by design professionals utilizing Revit to effectively convey design intent for building projects.
What is the difference between Revit and Informed Design for Revit?
Revit is a comprehensive Building Information Modeling (BIM) software that offers tools for architectural design, structural engineering, MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) systems, and construction. It enables professionals to create, model, and document building projects in a collaborative environment.
Informed Design for Revit is an add-in specifically designed to enhance the functionality of Autodesk Revit. It provides additional capabilities for accessing building product templates, customizing them, and seamlessly integrating them into design files. Informed Design for Revit focuses on optimizing design communication and facilitating the use of manufacturable building components within the Revit workflow.
Are there any prerequisites for using Informed Design for Revit?
In order to utilize Informed Design for Revit, users must have Revit and Autodesk Docs for seamless cloud-based data sharing and building product template integration. While Informed Design for Inventor is not a prerequisite, effective collaboration with the building product supplier utilizing Informed Design for Inventor, Inventor and Autodesk Docs is essential for optimal usage and synchronization.
How much does Informed Design for Revit cost?
Informed Design for Revit is an add-in for Revit that can be downloaded and installed free of charge. As of now, generating manufacturing documentation through Informed Design does not incur any token charge. However, please note that after the zero token charge period, generating documentation via Informed Design will incur a nominal fee. Terms and conditions apply and prices are subject to change.
What version of Revit can I install Informed Design for Revit on?
Informed Design for Revit can only be installed on Revit 2024 and upcoming releases.
Which operating system does Informed Design for Revit run on?
Informed Design runs on the same OS as Revit 2024. See Revit system requirements for details.
Can I install Informed Design for Revit on multiple computers?
Please refer to the Software License Agreement for more information.
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