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.

Learn how product manufacturers can design a user input form for the Revit user, that communicates design intent.

Learn how to override the default input label when designing a Form to interact with the Revit user in Informed Design.

Learn how to add comments in the Codeblocks workspace of an Informed Design Product definition to document your code and communicate your intent.

Learn how to use Informed Design Codeblocks to limit input values to a list, or minimum, maximum, and increments.

February 2025. (NEW!) Export Revit families directly from the Informed Design BIM definition add-in.

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.

Learn how to build configurable models in Autodesk Inventor for publishing to Informed Design, providing Architectural Designers with manufacturing content in Revit loadable family (RFA) format, with these five tips from Paul Munford.

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.

Thanks Matthew, for asking this question in the Informed Design forum. Can a unique Revit family type name be spontaneously generated by Informed Design based on the selections made by the Revit user? The answer is yes.

Curious about the best way to bring Inventor content into Revit? With the introduction of RFA export in the BIM Definition Add-in, there are now several options — each with unique capabilities. This post breaks down the key differences to help you choose the right workflow for your needs.

Read on for detailed information about the requirements, advantages and disadvantages of the Configurable and Static product publishing methods in Informed Design. 

Learn what's new in Autodesk Informed Design for August 2024, including support for ACC Bridge, streamlined RFO experience, New BIM definition workflow, and publish prerequisite checks.

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

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.

Uncover the details behind what the product development team is tackling now, next and later for Informed Design.

A guide to the Autodesk Informed Design Codeblock visual language used to define rules for parametric prefab customization.

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.

Understand the fundamental Revit skills required to make the best use of the Autodesk Informed Design add-in for Revit.

Watch the Connect Design and Make with Informed Design Webinar in partnership with Engineering News-Record