All architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry firms have to decide how to organize digital assets for their teams. Downloading a content management system (CMS) like AVAIL is a great place to start, but the customization options can feel overwhelming at first when you’re looking at a blank platform. To help AVAIL users get started organizing their firm’s content library with ease, AVAIL released new Channel Card and Key Card templates at the beginning of 2025. These cards help your team visually navigate your firm’s BIM library, so designers and engineers can find what they need faster. Discover the new templates and how to use them in AVAIL below.
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When deciding how to organize digital assets in AVAIL’s content management system (CMS), consider including Channel Cards and Key Cards in your strategy. These cards help BIM managers create a visual interface that reflects their firm’s specific needs and culture.
Channel Cards are 16:9 cards that are added to the content containers in AVAIL—known as Channels—to assist in visual navigation. Likewise, Key Cards are 16:9 cards that are added to AVAIL tags to also assist AVAIL library searches.
Learn more about AVAIL’s Channel Cards and Key Cards in our guide below.
When it comes to content organization strategies using Channel Cards and Key Cards, AVAIL has studied the most successful card designs and determined the essential elements that have worked for countless AEC industry firms.
At the beginning of 2025, we combined those essential elements with new design pizzazz to produce two Channel Card templates and three Key Card templates for AVAIL Publishers to download and start using in their firm’s AVAIL environment.
If your firm is just getting started in AVAIL’s CMS, we recommend you start organizing your digital assets with these templates first, then go back and customize your Channel Cards and Key Cards further as your team can offer feedback.
Depending on your firm’s content management needs, there can be a lot of work ahead of your BIM team to move your library into AVAIL. These templates include proven elements and organizational strategies, so your firm can jump-start visual organization in AVAIL without having to reinvent the wheel.
Please note: The Key Card Lens in AVAIL Desktop is only available to paid AVAIL and Enterprise customers.
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AVAIL users can download the new templates for free by following the instructions below.
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Access AVAIL Channel and Key Card templates in the Installers + Publisher Resources Channel from the AVAIL Marketplace
Please note: The Key Card Lens in AVAIL Desktop is only available to paid AVAIL and Enterprise customers.
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Founded in 2016 as a solution for architecture and engineering firms to find the information they need faster, AVAIL creates software for the global architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. AVAIL’s content management system (CMS) platform and Revit application tools help designers and engineers take control of their intricate network of files in one visual, streamlined solution. AVAIL’s customers include industry leaders Gensler, Perkins&Will, IMEG, LEO A DALY, and Populous.