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Creating detailed non-parametric Revit families for a Supermarket

Project

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Company: Tesla Outsourcing
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Year of the project: 2017
Published: 17/09/2018
Description

1.Title / Project Synopsis

Revit families| Revit Family and Content Creation| BIM Modeling

2.Project Highpoints:

a.Project Objective

To create detailed non-parametric Revit families for the 24 items used in a supermarket.

b.Client Summary

The client is an independent retail supermarket group operating nationally in Australia. The Company now has over 500 supermarkets, food and convenience stores spanning seven states and territories nationally.


c.Project Summary

We had to create detailed Revit families for the following items:

·2 x produce bins with top risers

2 x bakery wall fixtures (2000mm h) that contain glass doors

·10 x refrigeration cases - these will include low profile island cases, wall cases and deli cases

·10 x registers, varying in size and shape

We had to create non-parametric Revit families for the 24 objects. The client had provided us with AutoCAD files for few families and pdfs for the others.

d.Project Deliverables

Rfa files for each of the 24 Revit families.

3.Year of Project Execution

2017

4.Challenges

· We had to create a few families from the pdfs and images as AutoCAD files were not provided.

5.Conclusion

The client was very pleased and satisfied with the quality of deliverables as well as the turnaround time.

Type of Work
  • Building
How was the BIM Experience in the project?
Reality Simulation: Does it help to get an idea of the final product?
100
5/5
Waste reduction, labor costs and deviations
100
5/5
Greater control of the construction process
100
5/5
Improves collaboration between agents
100
5/5
Conflict resolution and clash detection
100
5/5
Correction and error handling
100
5/5
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