Revit familyManager - For smooth work with families
What Revit Platform is missing is a high capacity content manager. With the release of Revit familyManager in late
November 2007 you are being offered a component application for smooth gathering and managing of families. Revit familyManager includes as well a multi converter for Revit files turning them into DWF format. This is inevitable for viewing families in fine and convenient way.
Find out more about Revit familyManager here.
FamilyLibrary - Families for Revit
With the Revit familyManager, a tool is available, which saves the users from time consuming searches.
All families, whether local or in the network, can be gathered and managed. A clearly arranged dialogue Layout arranges all that important information, the available family types as well as image viewer are at a glance.
See familit Library - the Families for Revit.
familyManager runs as an application under Revit Architecture/MEP/Structural. Using double click, families can be opened for editing directly from the familyManager or imported using drag&drop in actual projects. Also individual types from the type list can be downloaded und be put directly into the actual project being used.
familyManager for Revit 2010
2009 Revit Platform
The Revit platform for BIM features improvements to each of the purpose-built solutions for architects and engineers. It keeps information coordinated, up-to-date and accessible in an integrated digital environment, giving project teams a clear overall vision of their designs and
streamlining the decision-making process. New updates to the Revit platform include:
• Revit Architecture 2009 FAQ (BIM for architects and designers) allows customers to capture early design concepts with improved analysis and visualization capabilities via:
o Increased sustainable design and energy analysis capabilities through easy exchange with partner applications
o Improved visualization functionality with the new Mental Ray engine for rendering, improving speed, quality, and usability
• Revit Structure 2009 FAQ (BIM for structural engineers, designers and drafters) has been enhanced with greater modeling and documentation capabilities and is compatible with the newly acquired Robobat solutions. The AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite now includes AutoCAD Structural Detailing, enabling:
o Steel and reinforced concrete detailing and shop drawings
o State-of-the-art formwork drawings
• Revit MEP 2009 FAQ (Revit for MEP engineering) provides customers with detailed, specified modeling functionalities, including:
o Air handlers, commercial condensing units, packaged rooftop units, and high-efficiency water source heat pumps


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