Introducing Synthesis for Revit
We’re excited to share that Synthesis for Revit will be available to all Synthesis clients at the close of business on Friday, February 27th.
Synthesis for Revit brings your firm’s Synthesis content directly into the Revit environment. The goal is simple: reduce context switching and make trusted knowledge available at the moment it’s needed without leaving Revit.
The add-in:
Opens as a dockable panel inside Revit
Automatically reflects your firm’s branding and permissions
Connects directly to Synthesis content designed for Revit users (standards, guides, learning resources, and more)
Watch this short video overview to walk through installation and configuration.
As always, thank you for the feedback that helps shape what we build.
Happy Reviting!
Introducing Stock Icon Favorites
We’re happy to share that Stock Icon Favorites will be available to all Synthesis clients at the close of business on Friday, February 6th.
With Stock Icon Favorites, teams can mark commonly used stock icons as Favorites, create new favorites directly from the stock icon search interface, and quickly access those icons wherever they’re working. This reduces repetitive searching and helps teams build pages that are more consistent and on brand.
A quick note on permissions: Stock Icon Favorites are global, meaning everyone in your firm will see the same set of favorites. To keep things intentional, only Global Administrators and users with Branding permissions can add, edit, or remove favorites.
This is a small feature, but one we’ve heard strong requests for, and we think it will make day-to-day content creation in Synthesis just a little smoother.
As always, thank you for the feedback that helps shape what we build. We’re excited to see how your teams use it.
Introducing Advanced Project Search
Finding the right project—whether for marketing, staffing, or learning from past work—is harder than it should be in most AEC firms.
That’s why we built Advanced Project Search—a powerful new AI Search capability in our Synthesis platform that helps teams explore their firm’s project history with far greater clarity. Whether employees are searching by project type, location, size, client, consultants, or team members, Advanced Project Search helps them find meaningful answers faster.
Advanced Project Search combines structured project data from integrations with leading AEC systems—such as Deltek, Unanet, aec360, and OpenAsset—with natural-language search. The result is AI-powered answers that reveal not just individual projects, but also their relationships with employees, clients, and collaborators.
In this short video, you’ll see how Synthesis can answer questions like:
What’s our average cost per square foot for higher education projects?
Which lab projects over 200,000 square feet have we delivered in Washington in the last five years?
Which projects have won AIA awards?
Which projects have we designed with automated humidification controls?
Which healthcare projects have we completed with LMNO Consultants?
Which architects have worked on projects in Wisconsin?
Which higher ed projects have Em Davisson and Ann Johnson worked on together with BCN Engineering?
Want to learn more about Synthesis? Let’s talk.
Introducing Stock Icons 2.0
We are excited to introduce Stock Icons 2.0, our latest update to the stock icon feature in Synthesis.
This new feature allows users to:
Filter Stock Icon Results by Style – Use the new style and weight filters to adjust the look of your stock icons for visually consistent results.
Set the Default Stock Icon Style – Set sitewide defaults in the branding settings to maintain a cohesive look across your intranet site.
Show or Hide Stock Icon Filter in the UI – Choose whether contributors see style filters in the stock icon interface—or hide them to preserve consistency.
Stock Icons 2.0 makes it easier to stay on brand and quickly find the icons you need.
We’ll release this update after the close of business on Friday, July 18th to all Knowledge Architecture clients.
Enjoy!
Introducing our aec360 + Synthesis Integration
Our new Synthesis-aec360 integration helps AEC firms make employee, project, knowledge sharing and opportunity information from aec360 available across the firm using Synthesis.