Effective December 14, 2010, the ARCxl Detail Library became available free of charge to architects and the staff of architecture firms. This represents an opportunity for architects to finally have access to a massive detail library built native in Revit and all provided in a nearly completed state. While careful review, modifications and corrections will always be necessary, once accustomed to the detail interface, a dozen details can be configured and downloaded in less than an hour. With most of the work already done, modifications to the details can usually be done in just a few minutes each. Though a typical Revit detail built from scratch often takes a half day or more, an architect might easily complete a dozen Revit details from the ARCxl library in the same time or less.
The library is made up of those details that are common and generic. A particularly creative detail might start with an ARCxl detail prior to more editing. The ARCxl detail will save those steps associated with locating individual detail components and dragging them into a drafting or detail view one at a time.
The components can be locked onto the model with dimensions if copy and pasted into a detail view. This allows the detail components to change if a wall section changes. However, better use of time would remain doing detailing at a point in the project when it is unlikely there will be substantial changes to the project.
The reason the details are only available to architects: the details are architectural in nature and require professional review. Many will need minor correction or other adjustment for a specific application. By default architects understand their risk, liability, and responsibility for their instruments of service. The general population doesn’t always. For accepting this responsibility, we can provide access to a detail library larger than any available.
Please help us get the word out by telling other architects and Revit users.
The following is a video demonstration:
