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    RFA Interpreter

      Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer
    Version(s): V8i
    Environment: N\A
    Area: Dataset and Content
    Subarea: RFA

    The RFA Interpreter enables you to use parametric content in RFA format that is readily available from manufacturers on the internet, extending Bentley’s interoperability even further. What is RFA?  An RFA is Revit’s file format for storing their parametric families (parametric components) and are similar to AECOsim's PAZ files for parametric components.

    The RFA Interpreter in AECOsim Building Designer WILL allow the RFA to:

    • Access and select the types defined within the RFA
    • Retain its native parametric behaviors and properties, which will be exercisable in AECOsim Building Designer (such as lengths and angles)
    • Retain its business properties (Such as manufacturer, catalog number, and fire rating)
    • Retain its perforator, to allow content to cut openings (such as doors and windows)
    • Retain its mechanical & plumbing connection points (for air handlers, plumbing fixtures, etc.)
    • Retain its 2D plan and elevation symbols
    • Register itself with the DataGroup Catalog, mapping its business and parametric properties to counterparts in AECOsim Building Designer
    • Map RFA attributes to ABD symbology and/or Part & Family
    • Behave like a native ABD element (similar to BXF or PAZ)
    • Support RFA content versions 2009-2014

    The RFA interpreter in AECOsim Building Designer DOES NOT support:

    • Revit system types (walls, curtain wall, stairs, etc..)
    • 2D only RFAs (title blocks tags, profiles, etc..)
    • Embedded formats (DWG, SKP, etc. placed inside the RFA)
    • Changing the original RFA definition     

    The process of reading that RFA content is broken into two stages: (1) Import the data from the RFAs into the DataGroup catalog and (2) Place the RFAs into your project.

    In step 1, a Wizard helps you map the RFA category, properties, and object styles to the equivalent AECOsim Building Designer category, properties, and Parts & Families. Each Type that is defined in the RFA becomes a DataGroup Catalog Entry. After going through this mapping process, the RFAs will look, act, and report similarly to how the existing AECOsim Building Designer content does.

    In step 2, you will use the existing AECOsim Building Designer tools to place the RFAs. The Place Door tool will place RFA-based doors. Place User Defined will place most architectural furniture and equipment. Currently, a new Place Mechanical tool will place RFA-based air handling units, plumbing equipment, and other mechanical and plumbing content.

    See the linked video, highlighting the RFA interpreter using RFA content within AECOsim Building Designer.

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