Autodesk® Seek is a tool to search for product design content from AutoCAD® and Revit® products.
You can access Autodesk Seek in the following ways:
- Go to the Autodesk Seek home page http://seek.autodesk.com.
- Click Insert tab
Autodesk Seek panel to search for content.
- Click View tab Windows panel User Interface drop-downRecent Files. In the Recent Files window, click Autodesk Seek.
Autodesk Seek Overview
With Autodesk® Seek you can find product design information to enhance designs and to meet specific customer needs. It allows designers to search for, download, and integrate generic or manufacturer-specific building products or components and associated design information.
When you are working in a design program, you may want to include products that, for example, meet design standards for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Autodesk Seek can help you locate such information and products, and get them into your design.
- For more information about LEED green building certification, visit the U.S. Green Building Council website: http://www.usgbc.org.
- For more information about ADA standards for accessible design, visit U.S. Department of Justice website:http://www.ada.gov.
The design and product information available on Autodesk Seek depends on what content providers publish to Autodesk Seek. Such content could include 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, brochures, or descriptions of products or components.
Autodesk® Seek also contains all files from the content libraries provided with the 2008 and later releases of the following products:
- Autodesk® Revit®
- AutoCAD®
- AutoCAD® Architecture
- AutoCAD® MEP
File Types Supported by Autodesk Seek
The following list includes file types currently supported by Autodesk Seek.
| File Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 3DS | 3D Studio scene file |
| DGN | MicroStation drawing file |
| DOC | Microsoft Word document |
| DWF | Autodesk’s open, secure format for sharing design information |
| DWG | Industry standard file format for 2D and 3D design data |
| DXF | Autodesk Drawing Exchange Format — enables data interoperability between AutoCAD and other design programs |
| IES | Photometric data file |
| GSM | ArchiCAD Graphic Description Language file |
| LCF | ArchiCAD library container file |
| MCD | Mathcad document file |
| MLIB | Revit material library file |
| Adobe portable document format | |
| RFA | Revit family file |
| RTE | Revit template file |
| RTF | Rich Text Format file |
| RVG | Revit External Group file |
| RVT | Revit project file |
| SKP | Trimble® SketchUp® Document file |
| TXT | Text file |
| XLS | Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet |
| ZIP | Compressed archive file |
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Note: Other file types not listed may be supported subsequent to the publication of this information.
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