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Data center Revit families and project template

Vendor-neutral, parametric content for Autodesk® Revit® software, covering white space, gray space and liquid cooling. Shared parameters, view templates and schedules come set up. $2,500–$6,000.

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Built to order, delivered in an estimated 2–4 weeks. A permanent, firm-wide license to use and change it on any project.

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What's in the kit

Four pieces that work together from day one.

Families are only half the job. The kit also sets up the parameters, filters and schedules that make the families useful across a whole data hall, so your team doesn't have to wire them together on every project.

Parametric families

Vendor-neutral equipment for the data hall and the rooms that serve it. Every family carries the same shared parameters, so schedules and checks read them the same way.

White space: rack (configurable height in U, width, depth, kW and cooling type), containment panels and doors, RPP and PDU, busway tap box, cable tray fittings
Gray space: UPS, MV switchgear, transformer, generator, CRAH, fan wall
Liquid cooling: CDU, in-row CDU, manifolds, rear-door heat exchanger, placeholders for high-density and 800 VDC power racks

Shared parameter file

One file that defines every data center parameter once, so the same field means the same thing in every family, schedule and model.

Electrical: kW, voltage, A/B feed, upstream ID
Mechanical: cooling type, cooling capacity, CDU served
Asset: asset ID, DCIM ID, COBie fields

Project template

A Revit template set up for data center work, so a new hall starts organized instead of empty.

View templates for data halls, power rooms and cooling
Filters that color equipment by power path (A or B) and by hall
Schedules: racks, power path, equipment, and liquid cooling (Extended tier)
Project browser organization and view naming

Content standard and QA checklist

A short written standard so your team can add new families the same way, and keep the library clean after we hand it over.

Naming rules for families, types and parameters
Which parameters each category must carry
A checklist to run before any new family goes into the library

Tiers and prices

Three tiers. Pick the one that matches your next project.

Every tier includes the shared parameter file, a project template, the content standard and the QA checklist. Higher tiers add equipment and set the kit up to your owner's naming.

Prices in US dollars. Prices exclude any applicable taxes. Your written scope lists exactly which families and settings you get.
What's included	Starter $2,500	Standard $4,000	Extended $6,000
White space families Rack, containment panels and doors, RPP/PDU, busway tap box, cable tray fittings	Included	Included	Included
Gray space families UPS, MV switchgear, transformer, generator, CRAH, fan wall	Not included	Included	Included
Liquid cooling families CDU, in-row CDU, manifolds, rear-door heat exchanger, high-density and 800 VDC power rack placeholders	Not included	Not included	Included
Shared parameter file	Included	Included	Included
Project template View templates, A/B filters, schedules	Basic	Full	Full, plus liquid cooling schedules
Content standard and QA checklist	Included	Included	Included
Matched to your owner's naming standard	Not included	Optional	Included
Estimated delivery	2–4 weeks	2–4 weeks	2–4 weeks

Starter

For teams that need clean white space content and a consistent parameter set for rack layouts, IDs and A/B feeds.

Standard

For teams that also model power rooms and air-side cooling, and want a full template with filters and schedules.

Extended

For AI and high-density halls with direct-to-chip cooling, set up to your owner's naming from the start.

Payment: 50% to start, 50% on acceptance, due in 15 days. Invoices in US dollars, paid by ACH or wire, or by card for smaller items. See all pricing

Parameter preview

A look inside the shared parameter file.

A sample of the parameters every family carries. Names use an SST_ prefix by default. If your owner has its own names, we rename them to match (Extended tier, or Standard with the naming option).

Sample only. Example values follow the ID scheme in our demos: hall-row-position for racks, and hall plus path for power panels.
Parameter	Type	Example	What it's for
`SST_AssetID`	Text	`DH1-A-03`	Rack ID: data hall 1, row A, position 03
`SST_Hall`	Text	`DH1`	Data hall the element belongs to
`SST_Row`	Text	`A`	Rack row, for sorting and filters
`SST_Rack_kW`	Electrical power	`132 kW`	Design IT load per rack, from your engineer
`SST_CoolingType`	Text	`Air / DLC / RDHx`	Air, direct liquid cooling, or rear-door heat exchanger
`SST_FeedA_Source`	Text	`RPP-1A-01`	Upstream source on power path A
`SST_FeedB_Source`	Text	`RPP-1B-01`	Upstream source on power path B
`SST_PowerPath`	Text	`A`	Path for power equipment such as RPPs and PDUs, used by the A/B filters
`SST_CDU_Served_By`	Text	`CDU-1A-01`	The CDU that serves a liquid-cooled rack
`SST_Campus_ID`	Text	`B2-DH1-A-01`	The element's ID in building 2 of a campus copy
`SST_DCIM_ID`	Text	from your DCIM	Links the element to its DCIM record at handover
`SST_COBie_TypeName`	Text	`Rack-48U-DLC`	COBie type name for handover

These are the same fields our power path check and owner-standard checks read, so the kit and the tools work together. See the ID scheme in the rack demo

Why now

Content built for air-cooled halls is going stale.

Rack densities have jumped past what many older family libraries were built for. Halls now need CDUs, manifolds, rear-door heat exchangers and new power racks, with parameters that track cooling type and feed for every rack. Old content can't be patched into that easily, and every project that starts from it inherits the gaps.

A clean kit with one parameter set means your schedules, filters and checks work on day one of the next project, not after weeks of clean-up.

Up to 142 kW

per rack for current AI systems such as NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, while air cooling becomes impractical above about 50 kW per rack. The same report covers the industry's move toward 800 VDC power.

Source: Data Center Knowledge, Aug 2026

6+ months

Delays from converting to liquid cooling can extend beyond six months, according to CBRE's first-half 2026 report on North American data centers.

Source: CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2026

Revit family creation services

Need more than the kit? Custom Revit family creation and template setup.

The kit covers common data center equipment. If your project needs families for specific equipment, or a Revit template set up to your firm's or owner's standard, we build that too. This is content made only for you, so it's assigned to you in writing once paid in full.

Custom families from manufacturer cut sheets, with the same shared parameters as the kit
Converting your existing families to one shared parameter set
Revit template setup: view templates, filters, schedules, browser organization, title blocks and sheet setup
Family QA against your content standard, with a fix list

Custom content is priced in your written scope before work starts. You can add it to a kit order so everything ships together.

Who owns what

The kit is licensed, not sold outright: a permanent license for your firm to use and change it on any project. Changes we make to fit your standard are yours.

Work made only for you (custom families, content built to your standard, documentation) is assigned to you in writing once paid in full.
Our reusable components, including the data center Revit kit, come with a permanent, firm-wide, royalty-free license to use and change them on any project. We keep ownership so we can keep improving them.
Open-source parts (for example pyRevit, GPL-3.0) stay under their own licenses, listed in your handover.

IP and security details

Honest notes

What the kit is, and what it isn't.

Generic, not manufacturer content. Families are generic and vendor-neutral, not manufacturer-certified. Replace them with manufacturer content once equipment is selected.
Built in your oldest Revit version. We build the kit in the oldest Revit version you run (2024, or 2023 on request), so the families open in that version and every later one. Revit can't open content saved in a newer version.
Engineering values are placeholders. Capacities, clearances and similar values in the families are placeholders. Your engineer of record provides the real values, and your licensed professionals remain responsible for the design.
Design content, not fabrication content. Families are modeled for design coordination and documentation, not as fabrication-level models for shop drawings.
Content, not software. The kit doesn't include add-ins or scripts. Tools that place, number and check the content are separate services.

How ordering works

From scoping call to a kit in your library.

Scoping call
Tell us your Revit versions, the equipment you model and any owner standard. Send a few existing families if you want them matched.
30 min · free
Written scope
Your tier, the full family list, naming rules, a fixed price and a delivery date.
within 2 business days
Build and review
We share families as they're built, in your Revit version. You review them in a short weekly session.
estimated 2–4 weeks
Handover
Families, shared parameter file, template, content standard and QA checklist, checked against the scope with you.
at acceptance

Updates: content updates can be covered by the hours in a monthly retainer, or quoted per update. When new equipment types or Revit versions arrive, the kit can keep up.

FAQ

Questions buyers usually ask about the kit

Can we use the kit on every project?

Yes. You get a permanent, firm-wide, royalty-free license to use and change the kit on any project. We keep ownership of the kit itself so we can keep improving it. Changes we make to fit your standard are yours.

Can you match our owner's naming standard?

Yes. It's included in the Extended tier and optional in Standard. Send us the standard on the scoping call and we'll list the renamed parameters and families in your written scope.

Are these manufacturer families?

No. They're generic and vendor-neutral, for layout, coordination and documentation before equipment is selected. Replace them with manufacturer content once equipment is chosen. We can also build custom families from manufacturer cut sheets.

Do the families include engineering values?

Only placeholders. Capacities, clearances and similar values in the families come from your engineer of record. Our tools apply rules and values that your engineer of record provides. Their outputs are drafting and data aids, not engineering calculations, code-compliance reviews or sealed documents. Your licensed professionals review the results and remain responsible for the design.

Which Revit versions does it work in?

We build the kit in the oldest version you run: Revit 2024, or 2023 on request. The families then open in that version and every later one, through Revit 2027.

What do you need from us?

Your Revit versions, the equipment types you model, your owner's standard if there is one, and optionally a few existing families or your current template. Before any file changes hands, we sign an NDA: yours, after a quick review, or our mutual one.

How do we pay?

Invoices in US dollars. 50% to start, 50% on acceptance, due in 15 days, by ACH or wire, or by card for smaller items. Prices exclude any applicable taxes.

All questions and answers

Data center Revit kit · $2,500–$6,000

Order the kit: built to order, delivered in an estimated 2–4 weeks.

Tell us your Revit versions and the equipment you model. Within 2 business days of the call you get a written scope with the family list and a fixed price.

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