Opening an RFA File

The RFA file type is primarily associated with Revit.

RFA	File extension: RFA
	File type:	finished family data file

What is an RFA file?

RFA files mostly belong to Revit by Autodesk. RFA files are data files associated with the Revit application developed by Autodesk.

• Main Use: RFA stands for Autodesk Revit Family file. Autodesk Revit is a commercial building information modeling (BIM) CAD application used to save building families. Revit uses RFA files to store several views of a 2D or 3D object from multiple angles. The data in the RFA file is saved in the OLE2 Compound Document Storage format. RFA family files can be made using Autodesk family templates stored in the RFA file format. RFA family files can also be created using standard AutoCAD DWG drawings.
• Other Uses: RFA can also refer to the Refractor File Archive format. RFA files are used in this context as a primary map resource archive format in the Battlefield 1942 game. The RFA files consist of the game's resources that are specific to a given location on the map or level. RFA file format is used alongside the Ricoh networked fax machines to store a list of address book entities along with the fax numbers and email addresses.

How to open an RFA file

You need a suitable software like Revit to open an RFA file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your RFA file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a RFA file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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RFA file format:

To find out what program is needed to open RFA files, you need to determine the file format. Often, the file format can be deduced from the file extension or the initial bytes (called the signature). If the file extension does not match the file format, double-clicking on the file will cause an error upon opening. So a detailed analysis of a file is vital in order to determine the format and the associated program. Our analysis of the RFA files produces the following result:

The RFA file extension is used very often and mainly uses a defined RFA format. However, the following two file formats are common:

• 97% of all RFA files are based on the Microsoft Compound File format, also known as Composite Document File format or OLE2 compound document format. Compound document files are used to structure the contents of a document in the file. It is possible to divide the data into several streams, and to store these streams in different places in the file. In this way compound document files support a complete file system inside the file, the streams are like files in a real file system, and the sections are like subdirectories. The first 8 bytes of the CFB format are D0CF11E0A1B11AE1 (which looks like "DOCFILE"). The file contains several sections which are named like Contents, Formats, Global, Partitions, BasicFileInfo, PartAtom, TransmissionData and RevitPreview. The average file size is 810 KB with most files being between 360 KB and 2 MB in size. It is a modern file type. Such RFA files store data about door, revit, series, panel, unit, metric, double, riello, single, pump and wall.

The remaining 3% of all RFA files are files with no common format. These files sometimes refer to fire, doors, line, electric, drawing, sliding, sample, window, based, mount, valve or water. If you want to find out which format your RFA file belongs to, just click on the button "Choose your .rfa file to analyze".