Content table

Link	Type	Quantity (1 to 10)	Quality	Discipline	$$$ / Reg?
	Manufacturer
Autodesk Seek	content aggregated by Autodesk; contains default Revit families as well as manufacturer-specific content	10	Low-Med	All	Free
ARCAT	generic and manufacturer-specific content; modeled by ARCAT		Med (?)		Free
bimstore	manufacturer-specific content; modeled by bimstore		?		Free
National BIM Library	free-to-use platform neutral UK BIM Objects (in IFC and RVT)	6	?		Free
BIMstop.com	generic & manufacturer specific content; modeled by BIMstop, 3rd party uploads.		?		?
SmartBIM	manufacturer-specific content; modeled by SmartBIM		?		Free
Polantis	A portal of content from various companies in a many different BIM and 3D formats
Productspec	Almost 1500 Revit families	5	?	All / MEP	Free
Sweets	manufacturer-specific content, modeled by manufacturers.  Various formats.		?		Free, reg.
RevitComponents	manufacturer-specific and general content, mostly modeled by site author		?		Free
ArcXL	Revit and CAD details (2D); drafted by ArcXL		?		Free, reg.
CADdetails	company and product information both by CSI Master Format category		?		?
	Community
RevitCity	downloadable user content	9	Low (varies)	All	Free, reg.

Quality is subjective - please modify based on your experience.

 

Community Content

RevitForum – downloadable user content, no quality control; free, registration required for downloading content.

CADForum - content for AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Revit, Inventor and other 2D and 3D CAD applications by Autodesk.

 

Content for Sale

CADworks - Revit MEP manufacturer specific, generic, & metric content. BIMXchange - Content + Delivery. Piping Productivity - Fittings + Pipe Types.

Broutek – buy and download content; purchase content credit packs which range from $32 to $60 per credit; content custom made by request/payment.

PinnacleCAD – custom content creation for fee; samples available.

Yellowbryk – premade Revit content and custom content services.

RevitBay – premade Revit content.

FormFonts – subscription site with a variety of content and formats, can’t filter for specific formats

TurboSquid – variety of general content; high quality. (Hyperlink will direct to Revit content)

ArchVision RPC – wide variety of rendered entourage; high quality.

 

Subscription Content Services

Design Content

 

Other / uncategorized

* revit-content.com - Windows

* CADworks - BIMXchange for MEP Content - http://www.cadworks.net/products/bimxchange

* Anderson Windows - http://www.andersenwindows.com/servlet/Satellite/Architects/Page/Architects_Detail/1091556950140/

* iLevel - http://www.ilevel.com/services/Revit.aspx

http://revitcomponents.blogspot.com/

 

Content provided by individuals / users

https://sites.google.com/site/revitdb/

 

Manufacturer Revit Content

Bradley Plumbing & Specialty Equipment (1000+ Families)

Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors

Kolbe Windows and Doors

Kalwall Translucent Building System

James Hardie (for 2012 zips - curtain walls and basic walls)

 

Discipline Specific Content

Structural

Simpson Strong-Tie http://www.strongtie.com/drawings/revit.asp

 

Mechanical & Piping

American Standard http://www.americanstandard-us.com/resources/

AO Smith Water Heaters http://www.hotwater.com/lit/revit.html

Applied Air http://appliedair.com/building-information-modeling-bim.asp

Chronomite http://chronomite.com/Chronomite-Tankless-Electric-Water-Heaters/Good-Instant-Flow-SR.html

ClimateMaster http://www.climatemaster.com/index/comm_literature

Greenheck http://www.greenheck.com/drawings/

Kohler http://www.us.kohler.com/tech/cadsymbol/cadsymbol.jsp?nsection=1&nsubsection=1&nitem=link8

L.J. Wing http://www.ljwing.com/building-information-modeling-bim.asp

Loren Cook http://www.lorencook.com/About/destools.shtml

SPX Cooling http://spxcooling.com/en/about/detail/revit-files/

McQuay http://www.mcquay.com/McQuay/BIM/Revit-BIMFiles

Price http://www.price-hvac.com/software/revit/

Ruskin http://www.ruskin.com/revit.aspx

Sierra http://www.sierra-fas.com/building-information-modeling-bim.asp

Sloan http://www.sloanvalve.com/Customer_Care/Technical_Downloads.aspx

Taco http://www.taco-hvac.com/en/cad_wizard.html

Temprite http://www.tempriteheating.com/building-information-modeling-bim.asp

Titus http://www.titus-hvac.com/software/revit/Revit.asp

Trane http://www.trane.com/Commercial/Products/product-templates/CadUserCategorySelect.aspx?i=1154

http://www.trane.com/commercial/AboutTrane/ContactUs/SalesOffices/BIMIntroduction.aspx

Victaulic http://www.victaulic.com/content/cadandsoftware.htm

Watts http://www.watts.com/pro/whatsnew/whatsnew_3dCAD.asp

 

Electrical

Acuity Brands Lighting http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/BIM/

 Focal Point Lights http://www.focalpointlights.com/resources/BIM.html

 Lightolier http://www.lightolier.com/resources/downloads.jsp#BIM

 Mono Systems http://www.monosystems.com/revit.asp

 Siemon http://www.siemon.com/us/download/bim.asp

 Visa Lighiting http://www.visalighting.com/site/resources/bim-building-information-modeling

 

Non-Revit 3D and BIM Content

3D Warehouse

FormFonts

 

 

This data originated at this blog post (by James Van).  It has been copied here to allow for community updating and modification.  It relates to the discussion and formulation of  Open Revit Standards because this content will have been created to a wide variety of different standards.  SUGGESTION - implement a ranking system for these sites?