Create ventilated facades & cold formed steel frame design files efficiently using Revit® based BIM software

Ventilated Facades software makes it quick and easy to design ventilated facades in Revit® with highly detailed elements and real-time full project updates. That ensures you’ll get accurate bills of materials and builders work drawings, and accurate on-site assembly thanks to BIM-to-Field features.

Compatible with Autodesk® Revit® 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

Together with Metal Framing Wall+ functionality, which is included, Ventilated Facades enables the instant large-scale insertion of hangers, fixings and brackets throughout your Revit model. Which means you’ll get high-quality framing models at the level of detail required.

Project elements can be easily marked according to properties and locations. And fabrication information can be automatically generated with all desired views, schedules, and drawings.

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POWERFUL FEATURES

Wall+M	COMPLETE METAL FRAME CREATION Automate light gauge steel wall framing in Revit® with Metal Framing Wall+ that is powerful, flexible, and easy to use. It helps you make optimal choices, move much faster, and avoid errors at every BIM stage – from design and documentation to wall panel fabrication and construction. Create detailed multi-layer metal wall framing for any Revit project in a snap using predefined or custom rules and templates; solution supports C+C (incl. C+C Chamfered), C+U (incl. C+U Special) and U+U framing systems Frame multi-story houses 10 times faster than using standard Revit interface Easily configure supporting structure, openings, complex L or T connections, details, service hole positions, and more for straight or arched light-frame walls Automate sheathing layouts Frame architectural curtain walls with highly detailed elements (including mullions, transoms, window glass holders, pressure plates, cover plates, insulators etc.) efficiently Frame curtain panels (including complex fills and internal frames) precisely Freely revise your Revit model with simple selection of the elements and properties you want to modify Find structural and engineering clashes; cut and frame openings according to predefined rules Generate shop drawings and cut lists with one click; get real-time take-offs and views, auto-sorting and dimensioning, and optional export to any CNC machines (Howick, Metroll, Pinnacle, etc.) Wall frames update and adapt according to every change Perform structural analyses without leaving Revit or exporting your metal frames to external analysis software at any stage of design process

Sort Mark	FLEXIBLE ELEMENT AND GRID RENUMBERING Renumber Revit® elements just the way you want, detect and renumber grids, determine swing direction and orientation (and add them as properties), recalculate shared coordinates, and much more. Detects grid geometry and automatically renumbers them after any project change Renumbers of any Revit elements (Doors, Windows, Columns, Pipes, etc.) in a number of different ways Writes swing direction for the doors into the door's properties Writes flip/mirror orientation for the selected elements Creates new shared parameters, recalculates shared X, Y, Z coordinates Possibility to save numbering settings under the separate name Possibility to sort elements in Ascending/Descending order, and many more functions

Smart Connections	LOD 400 AUTOMATION IN REVIT® Solution Smart Connections instantly adds any number of face-specific intelligent details – which adapt to host-element changes – throughout BIM models. Easily set up rules to insert or adjust details based on gravity point, depth, adjacent elements, and more. It saves many hours per project, especially for structural engineers. Easy setup of insertion rules Insert details on any face of host element Use parameters of host elements to make your details smart and adaptive to host length, thickness, height, etc. Insert details according to gravity point Insert details based on surrounding elements Save time by using update and modify options Use interaction with Smart Assemblies to prepare shop drawings

Would you like a quote or a live demo given by one of our experts?

Want to find out if this is the right solution for you? Our professionals can help you quickly find out how this software will benefit your design process.

Paid Trial

To properly assess the software, you'll need sample families, sample configurations, and personal training with our engineers. For that we offer a Paid Trial* that includes:

Revit project with sample families & configurations for designing ventilated facade structures
Personal online training (2 hours) + answers to your questions
30-day software trial with technical support

*For more information, see our FAQ page.

CLIENT STORIES

	Scottish firm’s DfMA-level CLT Revit models benefit greatly from unique BIM software		Bela calls AGACAD metal framing and CNC solutions the "lifeblood" of its building design business
	NIRAS A/S: “AGACAD’s Cut Opening software supports our Lean BIM processes”		“AGACAD framing tools let us confidently take on more complexity”
	THORSON BAKER & ASSOCIATES (TBA): “AGACAD software has given substance to our models”		JPS-Konsult: “We’re hooked on Precast Concrete and other AGACAD solutions”
	AEC AB: “Partnership with AGACAD was key for implementing BIM fully at Trivselhus.”		A-BET gets competitive boost in panelling, framing, BIM to fabrication with AGACAD solutions
	More client stories >>		AMV needed software to create shop drawings fast and check that frame members are correctly positioned