How to Participate
Participation is easy. In just a few quick steps with the assistance of one of our content partners, you can make your product information available through Autodesk Seek to the millions of designers using Revit®, AutoCAD® and other design applications. For more information, please contact us at seek.manufacturers@autodesk.com.How to make your product information assets visible to millions of designers — in their applications:
- IDENTIFY YOUR DATA SOURCES
Assess the various sources of rich product and design information in your company including your current systems (ECM; PLM), corporate websites, product catalogs and design file libraries. - REVIEW THE AUTODESK SEEK PRODUCT WORKBOOK
Review our easy-to-use Product Workbook and Autodesk Seek Metadata Style Guide for the requirements necessary to create the most powerful finding experience for architects and engineers. - COLLABORATE WITH AUTODESK SEEK OR OUR PARTNERS
Review your design files and documents against the requirements of the Product Workbook to determine if you require further content service requirements or actions. Contact seek.manufacturers@autodesk.com. - DEVELOP A CONTENT PLAN
Work with Autodesk Seek and/or our Partners to develop your roadmap for collecting and creating the product information necessary to fuel the Autodesk Seek search engine and provide quality BIM objects to designers. - GO LIVE!
Your product information is published to Autodesk Seek. Architects and designers can now find and specify your product from within their design applications.
Together, the Autodesk Seek Metadata Style Guide and associated Product Workbook form the backbone of your online product information strategy, allowing you to turn your data into valuable information assets that can be used in any online initiative, including your corporate website.
Autodesk Seek Metadata Style Guide
The Autodesk Seek team has defined product information style and formatting guidelines — based on commonly used industry standards — that ensure a rich end-user finding experience in Autodesk Seek. Once manufacturers, content service organizations and content specialists develop product information using the Metadata Style Guide, content can also be used for other web-based initiatives, including your corporate website.
Autodesk Seek Product Workbook
After product information has been formatted for access on Autodesk Seek using the Metadata Style Guide, the associated Product Workbook, which uses a simple Microsoft® Excel® interface, can be completed and sent to the Autodesk team for upload to Autodesk Seek.