Module 2 - Points to Ponder

What are the primary goals of creating a building model? Who are the key stakeholders?

The goal is to provide:

1. accurate construction plans for the contractor as they are responsible for building the structure
2. accurate layouts of the final product for the client

Many door and window manufacturers provide Revit families for doors and windows that you can specify for your building design.

• What is the advantage to manufacturers for providing these families? (it's not free to create and provide them...)

They promote their product as every designer that uses Revit will be using those families to represent their model. The client may then just decide to use those models as they fit with the aesthetic of the building

• What is the benefit to you as the designer of using these manufacturer-provided families? Is there an advantage to using them versus the families provided in the Revit library?

We can use real life products and as a result we can more accurately design the building. We could also then ease the construction process as we could very much use these models in real life construction opposed to the provided Revit families.

What are the advantages of getting the Revit component families (for furniture, equipment, and fittings) directly from the manufacturer versus from an online sharing website like RevitCity.com?

Those models are guaranteed to be accurate and maybe of better quality.