About Coldshield & BIM Content
A proudly Australian-owned and operated company, Coldshield has built a reputation as an industry leader.
Coldshield manufacture a range of traffic doors and customised access solutions. They’ve been making and supplying access products since 1985, and are a trusted vendor in the Australian market, demonstrating excellent customer communication and soft skills.
Due to popular demand & increasing requirements for BIM, the company decided to take the next step in their mission to supply the Australian community with their top-shelf products; BIM Content.
For a while now, we at IGS have been getting enquiries – “Does Coldshield have BIM content?” – “Where can we download Coldshield product libraries?”. Thankfully, we’ve partnered with Coldshield to solv this issue once and for all.
We’ve designed a high quality BIM library using our rigorous standards to represent the best of Coldshield’s product categories:
- Traffic Doors
- High Speed Doors
- Strip Curtains & Screens
- Industrial Grade Doors & Gates
- Automatic Doors
- Air Curtains
- Door & Wall Protection
So if your question is: “Where can I find high-quality BIM Libraries for traffic doors?”, the answer is right here.
So… Does Coldshield Have BIM Content?
They certainly do! Let’s get into what makes their library so special.
About the Coldshield BIM Library
The ‘project-ready’ Coldshield Revit library has been developed according to industry best practices, created with attention to detail in areas such as Family and Shared Parameters, Level of Detail settings, 2D linework, Origin Points, Family/Type Naming, Product Data Integration, Reference Planes, application of Materials, Classification, and performance in a project environment.
The library includes 24 parametric Families with a total of 72 ‘Types’, and incorporates PBR (‘Advanced’) materials within the families to provide accurate visualisation outputs in Revit and associated rendering applications.
In addition to individual Revit families, the Coldshield library includes a ‘Virtual Showroom’ Revit project file (.RVT), loaded with all Families and Family Types. This Project File provides designers with an efficient way to download and browse the Coldshield Revit library in its entirety, and to view how the Families document, visualise and schedule consistently in a Revit project environment.
Other Features of Coldshield’s BIM Library
Further recognising and accommodating varying user preferences and project requirements, the library is available to download in multiple versions of Revit (2020-24).
A notable feature of the Coldshield Revit library is functionality that allows Swing Door families to be aligned to either an external surface, centre or internal surface of the wall. In addition, various door panel types can be achieved by turning specific features on or off – such as Top Panel, Impact Band, Bottom Panel, Skirting – as well as adjusting door heights.
To ensure designers can access the library using workflows optimised for browsing and downloading BIM content, Coldshield are utilising IGS Group’s fast-growing BIM Content hosting platform, BIMcontent.com.
In implementing the website integration feature of BIMcontent.com, Coldshield have ensured designers are able to experience the same optimised search, preview and download workflows on both the Coldshield website and BIMcontent.com.
This includes the ability to preview the 3D Revit geometry in the web browser, view parameter data on web pages, download specific versions of Revit content, and the ability to download content either as Individual Revit Families, complete Product Ranges or ‘Collections’, as a Revit Project File (AKA, ‘Virtual Showroom’) or even a one-click ‘Download All’ option.
To browse and start downloading, visit the Coldshield website or bimcontent.com/coldshield
What Was It Like Working With Coldshield?
“IGS is delighted to have partnered with Coldshield in creating this Revit library, and to have it available to the fast-growing community of designers using the free BIMcontent.com platform.
By their nature, Roller Doors and Swing Doors can be technically challenging and time-consuming to create Revit content for. Having access to well-constructed and project-ready Revit content for Coldshield products will be an immensely valuable resource for designers.“
Luke Johnston, Managing Director at IGS Group
F. A. Q.s
What products were considered for representation in Coldshield’s BIM content library?
Coldshield’s BIM library, developed in partnership with IGS Group, was designed to represent a curated selection of their product ranges, such as Traffic Doors, High Speed Doors, Strip Curtains & Screens, Industrial Grade Doors & Gates, Automatic Doors, Air Curtains, and Door & Wall Protection.
How can designers access and use Coldshield’s BIM content?
Designers can access and download Coldshield’s BIM content for free from the Coldshield website and BIMcontent.com. The library offers features like accurate visualization outputs in Revit, various door alignments, and includes a Virtual Showroom for efficient browsing.
What makes Coldshield’s BIM library unique?
Coldshield’s BIM library is crafted with attention to detail, including 24 parametric families, 72 types, and incorporates PBR materials for enhanced visualizations. It is available in multiple Revit versions and offers a Virtual Showroom project file for comprehensive project integration.
About BIM Content Library Hosting & BIM Model Creators – BIMcontent.com & IGS Group
BIMcontent.com and their BIM content creation services, allows building designers and building product manufacturers to collaborate through the sharing of digital product data in the form of quality-controlled Revit and Archicad libraries.
Developed by industry-leading BIM family creation specialists IGS Group, BIMcontent.com optimises the process of designers accessing free, quality-assured BIM content for their projects, and provides a range of sales and BIM content marketing opportunities for manufacturers seeking to grow both their brand and specification-driven sales.
To learn more about the BIM library hosting, BIM content platform or to start downloading, visit BIMcontent.com.
For BIM content creation services, BIM content marketing solutions and BIM content strategy, reach out to IGS Group.
