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Category: Equipment Drawings
Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:
Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view o   DWG files – 3D only o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.

Specifi by the Numbers

Category: Equipment Drawings

Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:

Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files

o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant

For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view

o   DWG files – 3D only

o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure

These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard

o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files

These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.

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Category: Equipment Drawings

Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:

Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files

o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant

For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view

o   DWG files – 3D only

o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure

These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard

o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files

These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.

Equipment Drawings

Category: Equipment Drawings

Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:

Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files

o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant

For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view

o   DWG files – 3D only

o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure

These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard

o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files

These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.

Technical and Commercial Information about Equipment

Category: Equipment Drawings

Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:

Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files

o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant

For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view

o   DWG files – 3D only

o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure

These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard

o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files

These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.

Digital Catalog Management

Category: Equipment Drawings

Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:

Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files

o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant

For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view

o   DWG files – 3D only

o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure

These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard

o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files

These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.

Specifi Competitive Advantage

Category: Equipment Drawings

Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:

Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files

o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant

For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view

o   DWG files – 3D only

o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure

These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard

o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files

These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.

Distribution of Manufacturers Data

Category: Equipment Drawings

Most of the times Manufacturers have production drawings that are not optimize for designers’ needs. Additionally, we recommend not to share those drawings in any case, because they can have trade secret inside. Based on the status of the original drawings, we can match expectations from the market but it is necessary to convert or optimize (or re-build from scratch in some cases) the starting material. These below are the most common situations:

Drawing status Challenges
o   IGES, STEP or any other production files

o   Revit families with built-in accessories and variant

For the purposes of architectural planning file sizes should never exceed 1 Mb. Furthermore, files for the purposes of manufacturing contain sensitive and/or proprietary information that should not be shared. These files should be used only as a guide/reference.
o   DWG files – 2D only: top view or top, front, lateral view

o   DWG files – 3D only

o   DWG files with not optimized insertion point or scale or unit of measure

These files can cause a lot of manual work if imported as-is in a project by a foodservice designer, converting them in an acceptable layout
o   DWG or Revit files with pre-assembled elements (static standalone) These files can not be modified by a foodservice designer without manual workaround or can not be configured with different variant, accessories, colors
o   DWG or Revit files in other standard

o   Non FCSI/IFSE standard Revit files

These files can not adhere to the standard recognized by the Foodservice Industry or satisfy partially or locally (country-based) foodservice designers needs
Category: Equipment Drawings

While Specifi is committed to best practices that Autodesk is recommending and since 2016 is sitting at the worldwide technical roundtable of FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International) to define standards for Foodservice Industry in terms of geometry and parameters (FCSI US / IFSE Europe), there is a unique technology composition developed during the years from R&D Department of Specifi that can satisfy all the needs of different equipment, so it is possible to avoid creating Revit Families that are bigger in size and comprehensive of all variants and accessories but limited in country-based information, and build a system that can be modeled and feed with right information for the right country with correct variant and accessories that are easily manageable in big layouts of hundreds of equipment.

Category: Equipment Drawings

The quality standard of shape and size will adhere to industry accepted practices and standards for use in foodservice Designs and Quotes of commercial food facilities.

CAD and Revit symbols are NOT published in Specifi with the intent of manufacturing actual food equipment. Consequently, the level of detail is simplified and only includes attributes required by industry standards such as current FCSI and IFSE standards for Revit (shared parameters/GUID).

Technical details up to 5-10 mm will be evaluated to be included because generally speaking they are increasing the total size of the files causing problems in terms of overall architectural design of hundreds or thousands of elements in a single kitchen layout.

Category: Equipment Drawings

Based on our 20+ years’ experience in the Foodservice, we strongly recommend the following:

  • DWG files in AutoCAD 2004 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.
  • RFA files in Revit 2016 version: this will permit final users with old planning software to open files without any problem of backward compatibility in the future.