TOP SITES WITH FREE REVIT FAMILIES
NBS National BIM Library (UK)In my opinion, this is one of the best sites to find FREE Revit Families. You can find a whole range of different families, both manufacturer specific and generic. The UK has been leading the way in BIM adoption and standards, and therefore all families available have been created to the NBS BIM Object Standard. This standardizes things like IFC and COBie parameters, meaning they contain a lot of data which is useful for interoperability.
2. BIM Store (UK)Another great site from the UK. Similar to the NBS, BIMstore creates all FREE Revit Families according to the ‘BIM Store Bible’ which is a best practice family creation guide. Containing IFC and COBie parameters, with a wide range of content from UK Manufacturers – this is a great site to find content.
3. Autodesk Seek (Intl)UPDATE: Autodesk Seek’s BIM content has been moved to the BIM Object website. See below:
4. BIM Object (Intl)BIM Object now hosts all of the Autodesk Seek’s BIM content, which means you can find a huge range of manufacturer specific content from all around the world. Easliy search by brand, catagory, materials, building types and functional spaces.
5. Modlar (US/Intl)Another BIM Library with a huge range, you can find manufacturer specific content, as well as User created generic content. A helpful feature is you can search by Country, so you can find families that are relevant to your location/market.
6. RubySketch (Aus)This site has a lot of SketchUp content – but also a whole heap of Revit families as well. A diverse range of products, with lots of Mechanical & Plumbing fixtures.
7. SpecifiedBy (UK)This is a great resource for manufacturer specific content from a huge range of product catagories. They claim to have “the largest library of BIM content in the UK”, and the site is easy to navigate, search, and filter to find exactly what you’re looking for. All Revit families are supplied by the manufacturers, (not by SpecifiedBy) so content quality could vary from product to product. Nevertheless this is a great site if your’e after Free Revit content.
8. FamilitHeaps – I mean HEAPS of Free Revit families, from 2009, 2010 and 2011 format. A massive range of content, quality can be a bit iffy but try your luck.
9. Revit City Similar to above – HEAPS of families for you to download (17096 at last check!). Created to no standard and by a lot of different users – quality is hit and miss but well worth a look.
10. ArcatWith lots of manufacturer specific and generic content, this site offers a good range of FREE Revit Families. I found it quite hard to browse for families however.
11. Smart BIM LibraryAnother pretty good site with a large range, and easy to find Revit families. Both manufacturer specific and generic content, this is a great site to check out.
12. BIMetica (Spain)Again, another BIM library with a large amount of Revit families. Some catagories are empty however which can be annoying!
13. BIM CatalogsA good place to find manufacturer specific content, a bit hard to navigate and find products without knowing the manufacturer first. Worth a look however.
14. Polantis (Euro)This site offers a huge range of 3d content, however a lot of the Revit families are not “true” Revit familes, in the sense they have been created in other 3d programs and just imported and saved as a Revit Family file. Good site if your just after content for visualization purposes.
15. BIMbox (UK)
