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What's New: Autodesk Sample content in the Revit add-in

What's new? Autodesk Sample Content is now available right inside the Informed Design add-in for Revit. Insert a product, and toggle 'Autodesk Sample Content' to see what's available!
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‎06-18-2025 04:44 AM

Autodesk Informed Design API is now in Public Beta

The Autodesk Informed Design API is now available in public beta on Autodesk Platform Services (APS), unlocking new capabilities for developers to integrate, automate, and extend design-to-manufacturing workflows in the cloud. 
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‎05-23-2025 07:00 AM

Informed Design: iLogic Vs Codeblocks. Which Rules rule?

Why do I need iLogic AND Codeblocks? Learn the appropriate use of iLogic for Design Rules, and Codeblocks for input Logic to understand Which Rules Rule!
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‎05-29-2025 01:00 AM

How can I learn Autodesk Informed Design?

Explore Autodesk Informed Design learning resources, including tutorial videos, articles, and support materials. Join the community to share your progress with your peers and give your product feedback.
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‎05-15-2025 01:00 AM

Informed Design: Thumbnail customization quick tip

Informed Design automatically generates a thumbnail image of your manufacturing model.  So, how can you improve the thumbnail image and make it more useful to the Revit user? 
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‎05-14-2025 01:43 AM

The Technology Admins Guide to Autodesk Informed Design

The Autodesk Informed Design guide for IT managers, CAD or BIM managers, and technology administrators.
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‎05-27-2025 02:59 AM

2025 and beyond: Autodesk Informed Design product roadmap

Everything you want to know about the Autodesk Informed Design product development team plans for Informed Design in 2025 - now, next, and future.
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‎04-24-2025 08:24 AM

Understanding Informed Design Revit Family Variant Naming (_1, _2, _3)

I often get asked the question, "Why, when I generate a new variant, does it add _1, _2, _3, and so on to the Revit family name, instead of creating a new type?" ~ Learn why in this Article!
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‎04-10-2025 01:00 AM

What's New: Local generation of Revit family RFA's

The Informed Design Add-in for Revit now offers the option to build and load variant RFAs in a fraction of the time, using your local Revit session.
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‎03-31-2025 09:00 AM

Informed Design: Communicating with the Revit user

Learn how product manufacturers can design a user input form for the Revit user, that communicates design intent.
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‎05-01-2025 01:00 AM

Informed Design: Input labels, Input messages, and Input visibility.

Learn how to override the default input label when designing a Form to interact with the Revit user in Informed Design.
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‎04-24-2025 09:00 AM

How to add comments to your Codeblock logic in Informed Design for Inventor

Learn how to add comments in the Codeblocks workspace of an Informed Design Product definition to document your code and communicate your intent.
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‎03-27-2025 03:35 AM

Informed Design: Limiting inputs to manufacturable values.

Learn how to use Informed Design Codeblocks to limit input values to a list, or minimum, maximum, and increments.
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‎03-20-2025 02:39 AM

The anatomy of an Inventor configurator for Autodesk Informed Design

Use this framework to help you build reliable, configurable Inventor models, that you can publish to Informed Design - providing Revit families from known manufacturable products.
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‎03-06-2025 09:00 AM

Informed Design: Understanding Insertion Point, UCS and Placement Plane commands.

A deep dive into the orientation tools for Informed Design. Learn to define the z-axis, placement plane, and insert point of the manufacturing model, before generating Revit Families.
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‎05-29-2025 07:49 AM

Understanding Static and Configurable Products: A Detailed Comparison

Read on for detailed information about the requirements, advantages and disadvantages of the Configurable and Static product publishing methods in Informed Design. 
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‎07-11-2025 07:26 AM

Autodesk Informed Design Codeblock Best Practices

Codeblocks Best Practices: Codeblocks empower users to create code through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, eliminating the need for traditional text-based programming. 
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‎07-11-2025 06:03 AM

Autodesk Informed Design What's New: May 2024

Learn what's new in Autodesk Informed Design for May 2024, including support for outputs to Fusion team, revised Revit Replace and Update commands, and a new Form Design workflow in Inventor.
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‎07-11-2025 05:42 AM

Codeblocks for Industrialized Construction

A guide to the Autodesk Informed Design Codeblock visual language used to define rules for parametric prefab customization.
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‎07-11-2025 05:12 AM

Autodesk Informed design What's New: April 2024

Learn what's new in Autodesk Informed Design for April 2024, including importing and exporting of Codeblocks, and uploading automatically generated manufacturing output files to other Autodesk Docs projects.
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‎07-11-2025 04:07 AM

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