• Informed Design
  • Revit

Informed Design: Inventor to Revit Workflow


Course overview

Learn the end-to-end Autodesk Informed Design workflow for connecting product design and building design. Starting with a pre-built Inventor assembly, you will configure top-level parameters, prepare simplified BIM-ready representations, define BIM properties, export a static Revit family, and create a product definition that can be published for use in Revit.

You will also learn how to design a configuration form, control valid product options, publish outputs such as Revit families, STEP files, drawings, and bills of materials, and test the configured product in Revit. By the end of the course, you will understand how manufacturers can publish configurable, buildable product data and how designers can place and configure those products directly in BIM projects.

The course uses short video lessons, hands-on exercises, and a sample dataset so you can practice the workflow while learning key concepts.

After completing this course, you'll be able to:

  • Prepare an Inventor assembly for Informed Design using configurable parameters, model states, and BIM-ready settings.
  • Create and publish a product definition with controlled configuration options and selected Revit/manufacturing outputs.
  • Insert, configure, and validate Informed Design products in Revit to confirm geometry, parameters, and metadata.
  • Generate and review manufacturing deliverables, including drawings, BOMs, and STEP files.

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