Far Creator
The FAR Process is built from 3 main components; the FAR Manager, the FAR Data and the FAR Creator. The FAR Creator is the piece of the puzzle for the Manufacturers that will take their product data whether it originates in Inventor, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Pro E, etc. in order to create the FAR Data set required to automate the creation of a Revit Family.
The FAR Creator really is not one application but a set of API's that will be built for each Manufacturers, based on their software and their industry. The ultimate goal is to get the FAR Creator set up for the Manufacturer so they will not be dependent upon an outside provider for creating and maintaining their Revit families. Each Manufacturer will be able to use their own set of API's to create the FAR Data necessary for automating the creation of their own Revit families using the FAR Process for custom and future product developments.
Another cost advantage with the FAR Process is that the FAR Creator allows the Manufacturer to have the ability for updating architect data automatically when changes are made to the engineering data - thus eliminating the need to manage multiple sets of data.
In addition, we feel one of the greatest advantages of the FAR Process for Manufacturers and Architects is found when working with customized product data. The FAR Creator allows the ability to create the FAR Data set for customized products for Architects automatically, thus eliminating the cost and reducing the amount of time for both the Manufacturer and the Architect to create this data.
The FAR Creator creates the data and automates the creation of the Revit Family to appear as if it were done manually. The FAR Process has the ability to automatically create an efficient, effective and high quality Revit family consistently, each and every time.
Feel free to watch the video of going from Inventor to a Revit family Automatically.
Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in seeing a demonstration of the FAR Process.
Patrick Johnson
The FAR Creator really is not one application but a set of API's that will be built for each Manufacturers, based on their software and their industry. The ultimate goal is to get the FAR Creator set up for the Manufacturer so they will not be dependent upon an outside provider for creating and maintaining their Revit families. Each Manufacturer will be able to use their own set of API's to create the FAR Data necessary for automating the creation of their own Revit families using the FAR Process for custom and future product developments.
Another cost advantage with the FAR Process is that the FAR Creator allows the Manufacturer to have the ability for updating architect data automatically when changes are made to the engineering data - thus eliminating the need to manage multiple sets of data.
In addition, we feel one of the greatest advantages of the FAR Process for Manufacturers and Architects is found when working with customized product data. The FAR Creator allows the ability to create the FAR Data set for customized products for Architects automatically, thus eliminating the cost and reducing the amount of time for both the Manufacturer and the Architect to create this data.
The FAR Creator creates the data and automates the creation of the Revit Family to appear as if it were done manually. The FAR Process has the ability to automatically create an efficient, effective and high quality Revit family consistently, each and every time.
Feel free to watch the video of going from Inventor to a Revit family Automatically.
Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in seeing a demonstration of the FAR Process.
Patrick Johnson
9 Comments:
Hi,
Like others have commented, this all sounds very interesting. But the information you provide is very ambiguous and there is know screenshots or technical information on this process. If you really want to sell this product I'd suggest posting a video to the blog of the software in action, or a more in depth description of what the tool actually does rather than just labelling it FAR... Most people want to see something of substance before they contact a company for a demo, I know I do. If I contacted every company that posted these kind of "utopian tools" I'd never have time to do any work. :)
If it can do everything you say it can then I'd definitely be interested in purchasing it and even becoming an Australian reseller...
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Chris, At
August 27, 2009 2:53 PM
Thanks for your comment, I understand what you are saying. The demo's have been intended to get feedback, which we have had some very good feed back. You can guess what is needed but until you have discussion you may not know what is wanted.
It is on the radar to do videos in the very near future.
Pat
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Patrick Johnson, At
August 27, 2009 2:59 PM
It would seem a very significant reason for some intended ambiguity is the whole patent pending thing, and protecting your intellectual investment in this process.
However, I do agree with Chris some additional clarity and concrete example files or videos would go a long way in your getting needed buy-in.
One pet peeve is not defining the acronym, FAR, itself in each post. Until this becomes a household term it would make sense to define it in each post.
In order to figure out what this FAR out thing was all about I had to dig pretty deep to arrive at the definition, Family Automation Revit program. Many folks, potential stakeholders, may have just walked away and not given any of this a second look.
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Obi-wan, At
September 2, 2009 5:35 AM
I understand, i am actually going to be writing a blog on marketing on the web and the approach we took. Right or wrong, i am hoping to get feedback on this issue.
pat
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Patrick Johnson, At
September 2, 2009 5:41 AM
Seems too good to be true. I suppose they must have a 3D or 3D parametric library on hand? If you can create 3D from 2D without user intervention, I have to have this.
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Stan, At
September 8, 2009 1:35 PM
Actually putting together a summary for a manufacture that has 2D autocad which we will be able to create Revit families from. Now it matters what kind of 2d you are talking about. If you are interested in talking about - feel free to contact us
pat
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Patrick Johnson, At
September 8, 2009 1:50 PM
My fear on all of this is the fact that if you create families for Revit you need to be VERY aware of the quantity of faces in that family. Inventor, Solid works whatever doesn't have to be that specific. If it creates a family that has excessive faces then my Revit Project can become unstable or just too large to deal with, or in reason a VIRUS that you are putting into a Revit project. I think the idea is spectacular but until I see a family created from this I am VERY skeptical.
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Anonymous, At
September 8, 2009 1:58 PM
Actually you need to see a demo in how this works. When you say too many faces, i have to assume you are talking about too much detail?
Basically you do not necessary bring the same detail as in inventor over - matters the product you are talking about.
Pat
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Patrick Johnson, At
September 8, 2009 2:09 PM
FAR Canal! :-)
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Anonymous, At
September 9, 2009 12:49 AM
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