Tag: Revit 2014

Revit 2014 Update 3 direct links

Luke Johnson

Here you go:

Revit 2014 Update Release 3

Revit 2014 UR3 (32-bit) (exe – 68327Kb)
Revit 2014 UR3 (64-bit) (exe – 106583Kb)

Revit Architecture 2014 Update Release 3

Revit Architecture 2014 UR3 (32-bit) (exe – 68327Kb)
Revit Architecture 2014 UR3 (64-bit) (exe – 106583Kb)

Revit Structure 2014 Update Release 3

Revit Structure 2014 UR3 (32-bit) (exe – 68327Kb)
Revit Structure 2014 UR3 (64-bit) (exe – 106583Kb)

Revit MEP 2014 Update Release 3

Revit MEP 2014 UR3 (32-bit) (exe – 68327Kb)
Revit MEP 2014 UR3 (64-bit) (exe – 106583Kb)

Revit LT 2014 Update Release 3

Revit LT 2014 UR3 (32-bit) (exe – 68327Kb)
Revit LT 2014 UR3 (64-bit) (exe – 106583Kb)

Installation Readme files and Enhancements Documentation are available on each product page.

From:
http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/service-packs/

Heads-up
https://twitter.com/TroyGates/status/491279341150429184

Auto NWC View Exporter (realtime watcher addin) for Revit, by Kyle Morin

Luke Johnson

In the past, some users have automated Revit to NWC export to happen overnight using customized journal files. Kyle Morin has now created an addin that monitors model changes and automatically keeps your NWC up to date, essentially in “real time”.

You can download it for Revit 2014 here, and view / contribute on the open source page here.

Check out his post at:
Revit to Navisworks: Auto NWC View Exporter – kylemorin.co Blog

via
https://twitter.com/kylemorin/status/455437946330423296

Having Ribbon Problems with Revit 2012 after installing Revit 2014?

Luke Johnson

Quick fix for Revit 2012:

  1. Close Revit
  2. Go here, download and extract ZIP
  3. Go to Revit 2012 Program folder and rename AdWindows.dll to AdWindows.dll_OLD
  4. Copy AdWindows.dll from the extracted folder to the Revit 2012 Program folder
  5. Open Revit Architecture 2012 – your ribbon problems should be fixed

For Revit 2013 links, see below:
Ribbon behavior problems occur in Revit 2012 and 2013 after the installation of Microsoft .NET 4.5, which is one of the pre-requisite for Revit 2014. This is why this problem is typically encountered after Revit 2014 is installed side-by-side with a previous version of Revit. For those using Revit 2012, the Autodesk Revit 2012 – Ribbon behavior due to .Net 4.5 installation hotfix will resolve this problem. And for Revit 2013 users, the fix is included in the latest update releases, which are available from the following links: Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Revit Structure, andRevit.

Tony Michniewicz
Autodesk Revit QA

Related forum thread:
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Revit-Architecture/Revit-2014-Corrupts-Revit-2012-and-2013-Ribbon-Menu/td-p/3876942/page/2

Temporary View Properties has a Recently Used List

Luke Johnson

Have you ever used the 2014 feature Temporary View Properties?  If you have, you might have noticed that it automatically creates a list of the (temporary) View Templates that have been used recently.

What Revit Wants is for us to stop clogging up our models with 100s of working views, and instead just use 2 or 3 “Working View Templates” along with the Temporary View Properties feature.

This way, you don’t have to keep switching between Working and Printing views all the time…

Also, apply some keyboard shortcuts to these (the “Restore” one will be particularly useful):

Group Identity Breadcrumb for Revit 2014

Luke Johnson

Let’s say you want to quickly schedule a particular Model Group’s instances in your project, and also be able to quickly “find” them in the project:

  1. Make a new Generic Model that can have everything “hidden”
  2. Make sure it has a Shared Parameter that is set to “Varies by Group Instance” in the Project
  3. Make a Schedule that shows only this family (using a Filter).  In essence, this schedule will now be scheduling the actual group.
  4. If you want to, enter some identifying information into the “varying” Shared Parameter that you made in step 2
  5. Use the Highlight in Model option in the Schedule to locate each instance

This process is only made possible in 2014, due to the ability for parameters to vary by Group Instance.

I adapted and expanded on this method over at:
Auditing and Comparing Model Groups in Revit 2014

    Split Pane Views in Revit 2014

    Luke Johnson

    Most of you know that in Revit 2014, you can stack Project Browser, Properties Palette and other “panes” on top of each other, resulting in a tabbed dialog.

    But did you know you can also drop them beside each other, resulting in a Split Pane view?  Like this:

    Note: you can also do this with panes stacked on top of each other.  And, it is not limited to two panes vertically or horizontal, you can do a mixture, like this:

    Tekla and Revit 2014

    Luke Johnson

    Some up-to-date info on data exchange between Tekla and Revit, including IFC and SDNF workflows (from revit structure blog):
    The main purpose of the IFC import into Tekla is to allow the fabricator to accurately build a model from the consultants Revit model. However, you can convert certain objects from the IFC file to native Tekla objects such as beams, columns, footings etc. This is clearly useful rather than building a model from scratch. I tried this on a few beams and columns and again found no discrepancies with the original Revit Structure 2014 model, however, as you would expect the stairs translated to a bounding box. See the below image including the report.
    …
    I also imported an IFC model from Tekla to Revit with some fairly good results that are fine for coordination purposes. I would imagine that this may be better in a product such as Navisworks… 
    …
    The best way to incorporate the analytical model from Tekla to Revit is to transfer the model as CIMsteel (Note that you will need to install the SDNF Import/Export for Autodesk Revit 2014). This gives you the option of transferring the analytical model

    Read more:
    Revit Structure 2014 and Tekla Structures 19.1 | Autodesk Revit Structure

    Opening a Revit 2013 file with PCG clouds in Revit 2014…

    Luke Johnson

    This is basically what will happen:

    So, basically you can choose to re-index to RCP, or leave them as-is and continue to use the PCG.

    While there is much to love about the smooth performance RCP point clouds, I have to admit that PCG point clouds seemed to allow:

    • greater point density, perhaps due to different default indexing settings, 
    • more consistent display (ie. once the view had regenerated, that’s how it would stay – while RCP seems to slowly and continuously re-gen until you get a very realistic view)
    • and didn’t have cropping problems – I’ve noticed that a 3D Section Box with an RCP point cloud will require a greater “buffer” than with PCG.  If you crop it too close, the RCP points won’t show (even if they physically exist in that section box space).
    On the flip-side, PCG point clouds are typically much larger than the RCP / RCS equivalent.

    Related forum post:
    Point cloud disappears partially revit 2014 – Autodesk Discussion Groups

    Free SuperFilter add-in for Revit 2014

    Luke Johnson

    Download it at:
    SuperFilter | Autodesk Revit | Autodesk Exchange Apps

    It has a dockable interface, shows number of objects and can list ID of elements, as per the translation from this Russian site:

    • Now Super Filter works with all types of objects, including the objects selected in the manager of the project.
    • Now the window is presented in the form of a constantly open window similar to the properties window and the project manager. You can place it on the analogy of these windows, even doing extra tab.
    • The updated interface is both visually and in functionality. Now show the number of objects in each node. It is also available a list of ID elements.