A company called Andekan in San Francisco is making their way by creating Revit families for a price. If you check out their website they allow you to purchase “Credits” and then use these credits to pay for the families that they create for you. You tell them what you need and what it needs to do, and they tell you how many credits it will cost. Sounds like an ingenious business plan if you can get the clients and your content is solid.
Anyway- they supposedly have a free Revit family that you can download called “Andy” the parametric man. He is supposed to be positionable and such which would work great when doing studies for ADA access. Now I just need a parametric wheelchair.
http://www.andekan.com/
04/08/9 Update: To date I still haven’t received my verson of Andy. Maybe he got lost in the mail, or mabye Andekan is so busy making RFA’s that they can’t get to my email. If you are feeling the same way, here are some options for you to check out for RFA’s
Revit City: Started with help from my friend Hiroshi- anyone can submit and download for free.
Arcat’s Free BIM objects: This one rocks! Sorry Hiroshi- still love your site anyway. Arcat has always been known for its collection of supplier info and cad files, now they have BIM objects to back it up. Some are better quality, but in any case, you get what you pay for.
Reed Construction Data’s SmartBim Library: A few free families but the good stuff is locked away for the paying folk. Some high quality stuff from what I hear.
If you have more- feel free to leave a comment!
