Bradley Revit-BIM Family Quality Standards

Each week Bradley clients; architects, engineers, contractors and facility owners contact our Revit-BIM Team with questions that ask;

"How are Bradley Revit families created?"

Here are the Top 10 Value Points that we share with them;

01) Extensive Division 10 & 22 Revit Library: Bradley's Revit Family Library currently has more than 1000 Revit family components representing thousands of Bradley plumbing fixture and specialty equipment products.

02) Documented-Proven Modeling Standards: We initially used the Revit Model Style Guide from Autodesk SEEK.

However, based on 10 years of actual Revit-BIM project experience, I rewrote and tripled the size of the original document. Bradley's new document better serves our clients' and the industry's evolving Revit-BIM project standards-practices.

03) Family Types: Bradley Revit family models represent thousands of Bradley products. Many Revit families include multiple variations of each Bradley product.

We define product variations for a single Revit family; one of two ways:

When a Bradley product has 5-6 variations, we build the Family Types directly into the Revit Family.
When a Bradley product has more than 6 variations, we create a Family Type Catalog (*.txt) for those Revit families.

04) Lean Revit Templates: Bradley Revit models are built from custom "lean" Revit family templates that we have designed (200-250K file size)

05) Bradley creates each lightweight Revit family from scratch | Not Too Big

The majority of Bradley's Revit family file sizes are between 200k-750k, they meet and far exceed the Autodesk SEEK Compliancy requirements.
Bradley does NOT import, translate or use solid modeling content from our manufacturing-engineering modeling systems in our Revit family models.
Bradley Revit models do NOT include fasteners, washers, nuts or the typical sub-assembly content created within a 3D manufacturing design software.
Small Bradley Revit Family File Sizes: Once a Bradley Revit family is built, we use two processes to further reduce file size. Both processes have helped us reduce larger family file sizes by 25-40%.

Bradley Revit family components typically include 3 levels of detail; Coarse, Medium & Fine. They are tested against industry-standard drawing scales and visibility settings for the printing process.

06) Revit Families for Architects-Engineers-Contractors-Facility Owners

Bradley Revit Family Models are designed to be used in both Revit Architecture and Revit MEP
Hundreds of Bradley Revit Family Components are posted on Autodesk SEEK. Designers-Engineers-Contractors can download Bradley Revit families from within Revit Architecture and/or Revit MEP.
Bradley Revit Plumbing Fixture Models Feature Multiple MEP Connections

07) Bradley Revit Families are Render-Ready

We have embedded default render-ready materials into every Bradley Revit family. Users may download Bradley Revit Material Catalogs that have been published for our Metal, Stone, Plastic and other man-made, eco-friendly materials.

08) Revit project performance of Bradley models is randomly tested within,

3 Revit design projects that were done completely in Revit and became "built facilities". The Revit project file sizes of these Revit projects range from 100MB to 180MB.
a Revit Workset-configured project to verify visibility, project performance and coordination
a linked Revit projectto simulate the exchange process between architects, engineers & contractors.

09) Dimensional Testing - Interference Checking | Family & Project Files

Every Bradley Revit family is dimensionally "flexed" by Bradley engineers; both in the Revit family editor and in a Revit project as a matter of quality control.
Clearance Box objects are embedded into many Bradley Revit families. These 3D objects have associated visibility controls. They are designed to assist the designer-contractor with ADA, installation and service clearances.

10) Embedded Industry Standard Metadata

The necessary information for creating construction specifications, phasing of construction processes and linking cost estimates. The following metadata is embedded into each Bradley Revit family:

MasterFormat Title & Number
OmniClass Title & Number
Assembly Code/Uniformat Classification Code
LEED Credit / Recycled Content Parameters
ADA / Barrier Free Certifications
ANSI, UL....etc

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Customer Experience | Bradley Revit Family Components

The architects, engineers, contractors and facility owners that are using Bradley Revit Family Components; provide feedback and suggestions for improved funtionality.

Join the conversation. Download and try Bradley Revit Family Components inside your Revit projects.

Email Bradley your comments, suggestions and Revit project experiences.

Have you used Bradley Revit-BIM families on a Revit design project?

Autodesk has requested Bradley Corporation, one of the largest Revit Family suppliers (Division 10 & 22), to submit several client project stories that used Bradley Revit families.

Perhaps we could feature your company & the design project(s) that used Bradley Revit families in one of our regional, national or global client project communications.

Please contact us if you would like to discuss this opportunity.