A Project-Ready BIM Library
Capral, Australia’s largest extruder and aluminium product distributor, announces a partnership with Australia’s leading BIM content specialists IGS Group (IGS BIM Solutions) to provide high-quality Revit (BIM) content via the BIMcontent.com platform, streamlining BIM content access to Architects and Building Design Professionals.
Cutting-Edge Features for Enhanced Design Capabilities
Developed in consultation with leading design practices, the Capral Revit library that encompasses 300+ user-friendly families and exceeds current industry benchmarks with sophisticated features that enhance design workflow efficiency.
This meticulously developed collection features Capral’s full range of Architectural Glazing Systems (AGS) and Artisan systems, including:
- Multiple window configurations – Awning, Casement, Sliding, Double Hung, Louvred and Folding
- Door solutions – Hinged, Pivot, Sliding and Folding with specialised options for recessed, cavity, and corner applications
- Built-in SideLights and OverLights which reduce the need to load additional families for basic configurations, while Curtain Wall content enables more advanced applications. In addition, Wall-Based content works seamlessly with Type-based Door/Window schedules and supports easy batch updating to instance-based sizing when preferred
The library offers additional designer-friendly features including window heights that adjust from the head down (rather than sill up), integrated maximum panel size and weight warnings, and consistent naming conventions across families, parameters and subcategories.
In addition, doors have been created with separate 2D and 3D opening states for optimal documentation and presentation.
Features and Hosting
Available to download either as individual Revit families, as ‘Collections’ (by Product Range and in Revit versions 2021-2025), as as ‘Virtual Showrooms’ (Revit project files with all families and types pre-loaded in) or as a bulk ‘Download All’ option.
What Was It Like Working With Capral?
“Capral’s new Revit library is one of the most extensive and thoughtfully developed resources we’ve ever created. Windows and Doors are perhaps the single most requested and valued kinds of families among Revit users, but they’re also perhaps the most complex to create.
What sets the Capral Revit library apart is how well it mirrors the realities of day-to-day architectural workflows – things like top-down height adjustment, clear panel size limitations, and smart parametric controls that actually makes life easier for designers. We’re proud to support Capral’s strategy in bringing specifier-focused BIM content to market. We expect it to become a go-to resource across the industry.“
Luke Johnston, Managing Director at IGS Group
To optimise user experience when browsing and downloading the library, Capral has chosen to leverage IGS Group’s BIM content hosting platform and project design resource, BIMcontent.com. BIMcontent.com provides designers the ability to preview 3D Revit geometry directly in the web browser, utilise various search filters, view parameter data, download specific Revit versions of content, and select the type of content download that best caters to their requirements. Capral’s Revit content can also be accessed directly within Revit via the free BIMcontent.com Revit Plug-In.
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.
