2020.2.9 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• Countrification
  • Fixed the Simplified Chinese translation of the “Calculation in Progress” error message.
• Fabrication – MEP
  • Improved stability when connecting a part that attempts to apply connector adjust when connector matching.
• Import/Export
  • Addressed potential security vulnerabilities related to import of SketchUp files.
  • Updated components used for importing .adsk files to address security vulnerabilities.
• Revit Cloud Models
  • Fixed an issue where Revit Cloud Worksharing models could not be opened due to missing metadata.
• Upgrade
  • Fixed an MEP fitting centerline logic issue that failed to upgrade a project.
• User Interface
  • Addressed vulnerabilities in components used for data interoperability and materials management.

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2020.2.8 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• Import/Export
  • Addressed potential vulnerabilities in Raster Image link and import.
• Link Topography
  • Fixed an issue that linked topography could not be reloaded when using the Desktop Connector version 15.0.0.1540 or later ones.
• Options Dialog
  • Resolved the issue that editing Option>Check Spelling>Additional Dictionary does not work under Windows 11 environment.
• Parameters
  • Fixed an issue that caused longer than expected delays when switching views.
• Security
  • Addressed potential security vulnerabilities related to the log4Net component within Personal Accelerator.
• View Filters
  • Fixed the issue that 2D elements are missing in the Family Editor.

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2020.2.7 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• Security
  • Fixed an issue where some addins fail to load when Revit starts due to the publisher of the addin not being verified.

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2020.2.6 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• Linked RVT Files
  • Fixed an API issue where calling ‘LoadFrom’ on an existing cloud model link could trigger an error.
• Security
  • Addressed potential vulnerabilities throughout Revit.

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2020.2.5 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• API
  • Fixed an issue that Revit Macro didn’t work after upgrading to Revit 2021.1.3.
• IFC
  • Added support for exporting linked Revit files hosted in BIM360 to IFC when the option to export linked files as separate IFC files is enabled.
• MEP Fabrication
  • Fixed an issue when checking out worksets with a large number of elements to delete in a Cloud Worksharing model could not proceed due to the elements being mapped to invalid worksets.
• Security
  • Addressed potential vulnerabilities in PDF link/import.

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2020.2.4 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• DirectShape Elements
  • Fixed an issue that could produce very large journal files during upgrade of models with many DirectShapes.
  • Improved upgrade of some families created in Revit 2018 or earlier to preserve some geometry created via import operations or API.
• Duct/Pipe Display
  • Fixed an issue that incorrectly filtered out detail lines and masking regions when they conflicted with model lines at a specific detail level.
• Electrical Cable Tray and Conduit
  • Fixed an issue that caused cable tray fittings to not display in a plan view with annotation scale turned on.
    Export DWG/DXF
  • Fixed an issue where small objects would not export correctly to DWG at large drawing scales.
• Help
  • Fixed the issue that F1 keys do not display the correct help page in browser.
• IFC
  • Fixed an issue that caused steel elements with fabrication to change GUID on IFC export.
• Materials
  • Fixed an issue that material texture not found after moving textures to a new assigned render path folder.
• MEP Fabrication
  • Fixed an issue that caused costing data to be lost after exporting parts to a .maj file.
• Properties Dialog
  • Improved performance when using the type selector.
• Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
  • Fixed an issue which could cause BIM 360 links to fail to load when the user had their permissions on the linked model forcibly relinquished.
  • Fixed an issue where the Activity Indicator would show that the model is not being actively synchronized if the synchronize time is longer than 5 minutes.
• Steel Connections
  • Fixed an issue that caused steel connections to become invalid after performing a Roombook addin calculation.
  • Improved time performance for worksharing synchronization actions when the central model has link models attached that contain or have contained steel fabrication elements such as steel connections.
• Tags
  • Improved the stability when selecting material tags in 3D, section, or elevation views when there is a linked topographic file.

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2020.2.3 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• Background Processes
  • Resolved a Windows 7 specific issue where application level macros could cause deletion of non-Revit files.
• Duct
  • Fixed an issue that caused instability when placing duct elements created using direct shapes.
• Duct/Pipe Display
  • Fixed an issue that prevented offset tags from reporting a value for design duct and pipe fittings.
  • Fixed an issue that caused single line vertical pipes and pipe fittings to not display properly beneath pipe accessories.
  • Fixed an issue that caused symbolic lines in a family to not display correctly.
• Export DWG/DXF
  • Fixed an issue where lines would be missing when exporting certain slightly curved elements to DWG.
• Link Topography
  • Fixed an issue where Link Topography didn’t work when Windows Region Format is set to use a period as the digit grouping symbol.
• MEP Analytical Systems
  • Fixed a conversion error for the Airflow per area parameter of analytical spaces.
• Pipe
  • Fixed an issue that caused instability in Revit when modifying a duct or pipe system.
• Project Browser
  • Improved stability when renaming views (and using the delete key) in the Project Browser.
• Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
  • Fixed an issue where a Revit Cloud Worksharing link path could incorrectly resolve to the Collaboration Cache directory.
• Steel Connections
  • Fixed an issue in which the “Cannot perform this action because calculations for steel elements are in progress” message always appeared when a steel connection was edited from the Type Properties dialog.
• Udgrade
  • Fixed an issue that upgrading failed for models that contain conduit fittings without connectors.

Important Notes

• Dynamo for Revit
  • In some cases Dynamo will not be visible within the Manage tab after 2020.2.3 Hotfix is applied. To restore Dynamo, replace DynamoRevitDS.sig and DynamoRevitVersionSelector.sig in the following location: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit 2020\Addins\DynamoForRevit\Revit\ .
• Content
  • Updated Content for Revit 2020.2 is not included in the patch deliverable and is provided on the Autodesk Knowledge Network, use this link.
• Uninstall
  • Revit updates cannot be uninstalled to revert Autodesk Revit 2020 to its pre-update state. If you need to remove the update, please uninstall Autodesk Revit 2020 and then reinstall it.

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2020.2.2 Hotfix

• Annotation – Dimensions
  • Fixed an issue when upgrading a model with an incorrect dimension leader style.
• Beams, Braces
  • Fixed an issue that structural framing elements might be incorrect for cloud rendering.
• Fabrication – MEP
  • Fixed an issue that could lead to product instability when dragging to connect open ends of inline fittings.
  • Fixed an issue with the Optimized Straights feature which was occasionally incorrectly altering the length option from Auto to Value.
• Family Editor
  • Improved stability when using Create Similar with certain families.
• File Open/Save Internals
  • Improved stability when saving a family file from a cloud model after changing the Maximum backups in File Save Options dialog.
• Floor
  • Improved stability when orbiting or editing elements in a 3D view.
• gbXML
  • Fixed an issue that caused exterior wall surfaces to be assigned to a space without a spaceIdRef when exported to gbXML.
• Import/Export Other
  • Updated Revit to use FBX Toolkit version 2020.0.
• Licensing
  • Fixed an issue which caused Revit to become unresponsive.
• Link Topography
  • Fixed an issue where coordinates were changed when the linked topography was reloaded.
• MEP Other
  • Improved stability when editing a family that had been corrupted.
• MEP Pipe
  • Fixed an issue that caused instability when switching views while editing a pipe’s diameter.
• Reinforcement – Shape Driven Rebar
  • Improved stability when upgrading a Revit project containing rebar.
  • Improved stability when editing rebar constraints.
• Revit Home
  • Fixed an issue where the name of the local copy instead central model was displayed on the Recent Files page.
• Startup/Shutdown
  • Removed potential security vulnerability.
• User Interface
  • When an unrecoverable error happens, a clear link from Revit to the self-service support page is provided.
• View – Analysis Visualization
  • Improved the performance of the display of Analysis Visualization entities when more than one set of independent results is added to a view simultaneously.
• ViewCube Navigation
  • Improved stability when click on the navigation bar.

Important Notes

• Dynamo for Revit
  • In some cases Dynamo will not be visible within the Manage tab after 2020.2.2 Hotfix is applied. To restore Dynamo, replace DynamoRevitDS.sig and DynamoRevitVersionSelector.sig the following location: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit 2020\Addins\DynamoForRevit\Revit\

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2020.2.1 Hotfix

Issues Resolved

• Family
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in the loss of family data in some workshared models when family definitions had not been recently modified. This fix does not repair models which have encountered loss of family data, for more information refer to Family Corruption in Revit 2020.2
• Licensing
  • Fixed an issue which caused the licensing of Addons to fail with Revit 2020.2
  • For Vault 2020 users, after the 2020.2.1 Hotfix is applied replace AdskLicensingSK_2.dll in Revit 2020 install location: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit 2020\ .
• Revit Cloud Models
  • Improves Revit’s stability on opening large cloud models.
• User Interface
  • Improved consistency of menu options available from the InfoCenter Sign In menu.

Important Notes

• Dynamo for Revit
  • In some cases Dynamo will not be visible within the Manage tab after 2020.2.1 Hotfix is applied. To restore Dynamo, replace DynamoRevitDS.sig and DynamoRevitVersionSelector.sig the following location: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit 2020\Addins\DynamoForRevit\Revit\

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2020.2.0 Update

Enhancements

• Dynamo for Revit
  • Integrated Dynamo Revit 2.3 to Revit 2020.2.
  • A new Dynamo node called ‘Selection – All Elements of Category in View’, which allows for selection of all elements of a designated category in a view, is available.
  • A new Dynamo node called ‘Element-Delete’, which allows for deleting elements through a Dynamo script, is available.
• File Corruption
  • Enhanced data storage implementation to prevent missing element file corruption.
• MEP Analytical Systems
  • Added support for specifying an absorptance value for architectural element types and passing it to the Systems Analysis feature.
• MEP Electrical Panel Schedule
  • Improved the behavior to show circuit and panel properties directly in a panel schedule view.
• Revit Cloud Models
  • Improved support for increased communications security protocols to better safeguard data and communications.
• Revit Home
  • Provided a consistent visual style between Revit and Civil application home.
  • Provided a self-guidance message that displays when a customer opens the published version of Revit Cloud model from Desktop Connector.
• Route Analysis
  • An enhancement to the Route Analysis Path of Travel tool allows you to add and edit waypoints on an existing Path of Travel line so that it goes through specific points along the Path from A to B.
  • Two new APIs, PathOfTravel.FindStartsOfLongestPathsFromRooms() and PathOfTravel.FindEndsOfShortestPaths() support streamlined route analysis workflows to find longest paths from locations in rooms to destinations (such as exit doors).
• Schedules
  • The currently active cell and row are highlighted so that they can be easily found when working in a large schedule.
  • Added the ability to freeze (lock)/unfreeze the schedule title and header in place to keep them visible when scrolling through a long schedule.
• Shared Coordinates
  • Added the ability to show the Revit internal origin from the host model and the linked models.
  • Removed clip function on the project base point so that it’s always moved in unclip mode.
• Steel Connections for Dynamo
  • Updated the “Autodesk Steel Connections” documentation with the new nodes for Load Connection.
  • Updated the “Autodesk Steel Connections” documentation with the new nodes for analysis results.
  • Updated the “Autodesk Steel Connections” documentation with the modified behavior of the “Connection.ByType” Dynamo node.
  • Added support for envelope minimum and maximum in the load case/load combination input drop-down for the “Autodesk Steel Connections” Dynamo package.
  • Added Input.ResultTypes node for “Autodesk Steel Connections” Dynamo package, containing a drop-down of result types (Fx,Fy,Fz,Mx,My,Mz).
  • Added a drop-down Dynamo node to the Steel Connection Automation package to list the Analysis results, Load Case/Combination/Envelope, and model name for the current project and provide as input to FilterBy.AnalysisResults node.
  • Added the “Filter.ByVerticalPosition” node for the “Autodesk Steel Connections” package, and the “Connection.ByType” node now throws an exception when placing base plate connection types at the upper end.
  • Changed the names of the following Steel Connection Automation nodes : ConnectionNode.FromStructure, ConnectionNode.SubNodesOfSize and BySectionType.
  • Removed the Sub-connection category, which included Miter and Cope, from the Steel Connection Automation “Connection Type” drop-down. The placement of those cuts can still be automated by including them in Custom Connections.
  • Added a new Dynamo node, which can filter the connection nodes using the analysis results stored in Results Builder, to the Steel Connection Automation package.
  • Added the “existing” output to the “Connection.ByType” Dynamo node for the “Autodesk Steel Connections” package.
  • Fixed an issue in the Steel Connection Automation package that caused all typical scripts that can apply Base Plate connections to display an incorrect warning message on each run.
• View – Other
  • Added a Fly mode to the Navigation bar that provides direct access and shortcuts to give the experience of “flying” through a model live to present it to clients and stakeholders.

Issues Resolved

• Autodesk A360 Sign In
  • Improved stability when launching Revit.
• Dynamo for Revit
  • Fixed an issues where the Path of Travel nodes were not available in Dynamo for Revit.
• Export DWG/DXF
  • Fixed an issue where exporting a sheet with multiple rotated views to DWG resulted in elements being moved away from the correct position.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in incorrectly moved and rotated blocks, caused by exporting sheets that contain rotated viewports to DWG.
  • Fixed an issue that occurred when exporting a sheet with multiple viewports to DWG and resulted in some elements missing parts of their geometry.
• Fabrication – MEP
  • Fixed an issue that prevented product data from being read when it was located in the common database directory.
  • Fixed an issue that enabled users to access costing information from the data that was cached in the model.
  • Fixed a stability issue that resulted in splitter warning messages displaying incorrectly when attempting to place some parts in the model.
• Family
  • Fixed an issue in which non-existent doors were shown in schedules.
• File Corruption
  • Improved stability when performing Sync with Central.
• File Open/Save Internals
  • Improved stability when working offline with file-based worksharing.
  • Ensured that the model’s name is presented when generating warning dialogs.
  • Updated .ini setting for ignoring foreign file warnings to save the full file path of the suppressed file.
• gbXML
  • Changed the tolerance value that is used to determine analytical surfaces that are passed to gbXML so that it corresponds with the value used by EnergyPlus and other simulation engines.
• Graphics – Display
  • Fixed an issue where pan and orbit stopped working in an uncropped perspective view after an error dialog was closed.
• Host Sweeps
  • Improved stability when editing a gutter with a potential geometry failure.
• Link Topography
  • Improved performance when switching to the Topography tab in the Manage Links dialog when many topographies are linked.
  • Improved performance when placing spot annotations by picking points on the link topography.
• MEP Analytical Systems
  • Fixed a weather service timeout issue that caused a sporadic systems analysis failure.
  • Added support for weekend usage schedules when running an annual simulation systems analysis.
  • Improved the usability of systems analysis reports by matching the zone names to the model’s analytical space names when using the ideal air system to calculate loads.
  • Improved performance by generating the default unconditioned zone equipment using one per analytical space.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a systems analysis report to be truncated due to a size limit for Revit views by locating all systems analysis reports in a Revit subfolder.
  • Fixed an issue that caused instability while running a systems analysis that produces a very large report.
• MEP Connectors
  • The ability to add pipe insulation and change parameters for piping elements can now be performed by using group edit mode.
  • Fixed an issue that caused instability when displaying a pipe or duct rise or drop symbol within certain views.
• MEP Duct/Pipe Display
  • Fixed an issue that caused the wrong rise/drop symbol to display when an accessory is located in a vertical duct.
• MEP Electrical Settings
  • Improved stability when opening and upgrading a Revit model.
• MEP Graphics
  • Fixed an issue that caused a line to appear inside the rise symbol for single line piping when printing.
• MEP Insulation lining
  • Fixed an issue that occurred when a model contained insulation with a specific thickness, and which caused the project to fail to upgrade.
• MEP Pipe
  • Fixed an issue that caused a lag when selecting a pipe or duct.
• Materials
  • Improved stability when editing custom parameters in the Material Browser.
• Reinforcement – Fabrics
  • Corrected an issue related to the wire mesh diameter exported to IFC.
• Reinforcement – Multi-Rebar Annotation
  • Fixed an issue that caused a multi-rebar annotation to display, even when all the rebar references where cropped out of the view.
  • Improved stability when adding parameters to a multi-rebar annotation tag and reloading into the project.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in a multi-rebar annotation displaying information from non-rebar references if the option to group tag heads was disabled.
• Reinforcement – Shape Driven Rebar
  • Improved stability when constraining a bar connected by couplers to another bar.
  • Improved stability when editing rebar constraints in a view placed on a sheet.
• Revit Cloud Models
  • Fixed “Manage Links” dialog to show full model path names.
  • Stopped
  • creating some collaboration cache files to reduce customer disk space usage.
• Revit Home
  • Fixed an issue in which the File Menu list did not display when enabling the ‘Do not keep history of recently opened documents’ Windows setting.
  • Fixed the File Menu lagging issue that occurred when opening a central model from an external internet path.
  • Fixed truncated texts in button and description in Open Published Version dialog for some languages.
• Route Analysis
  • Enabled access to Route Analysis settings from within any active view, not just plan views.
  • Fixed an issue to prevent a path of travel analysis from being placed or copied to a section or elevation view of the model.
• Shared Coordinates
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in the highlighted point being too large when snapping to the project base point and the survey point from a linked Revit model.
  • Improved stability when binding a linked model where the project base point or survey point is visible in the current view.
• Steel Connections for Dynamo
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in the Dynamo scripts creating invalid Steel Connections and not counting or deleting the connections.
  • Fixed an issue with one sample Dynamo script where it could place invalid Apex connections.
  • Fixed an issue resulting in duplicate and overlapping connections created by Steel Connections for Dynamo scripts with invalid input.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in scripts designed to filter for vertical beams (columns) using the Slant Angle node incorrectly considering horizontal elements.
  • Fixed some of the sample scripts delivered with Steel Connection Automation packages that had overlapping nodes.
  • Fixed a typo in the “Apex Haunch” sample script (En-US) of the “Autodesk Steel Connections” Dynamo package.
• Templates
  • Aligned the Project Base Point with Internal Origin in the DACH project templates.
• UI Frameworks
  • Improved stability when opening a model.
• User Interface
  • Fixed an issue where Revit could lock up and did not react to any commands when using a Network license.
• Upgrade
  • Improved stability when upgrading a 2019 Revit model that contains steel elements with an invalid state.
• Worksharing
  • Increased program stability when network is disconnected mid-session.

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2020.1.0 Update

Enhancements

• API
  • Enhanced the Revit API Help with the addition of several new code snippets.
• Analytical Model – Other
  • Added the Autodesk Analytical Modeling 2020 Dynamo package to help structural engineers have better control and automate the creation of analytical models in Revit, by creating a complete and consistent analytical model with parameterization, definition of logical assumptions, priorities, and customizable scripting.
• Content
  • Added 104 MEP families for Japan.
  • Updated the DACH library by adding the path of travel tag in the templates and samples, improving the material setting in the templates, and adding wood construction in the samples.
• Dynamo for Revit
  • Integrated Dynamo Revit 2.2.1 into Revit 2020.1 release, including multiple user enhancement, API changes, and bug fixes.
• Energy – Analytical Model
  • Replaced the 3D Energy Model view that is automatically generated when creating the Energy Analytical Model, with a view called Analytical Spaces that displays only analytical spaces with the model categories set as underlay.
• Foundation
  • Added 4 parameter tooltips for wall foundations: Eccentricity, Length, Width, and Foundation Thickness.
• Graphics – Sun and Shadow
  • Improved the accuracy of shadows.
  • Improved stability when adjusting the sun position or date, in cases where the sun does not rise or set at far north or south locations.
• Import/Export Other
  • Added support for importing Sketchup 2019 files.
• Link Topography
  • Added the ability to link topography published to BIM 360 European server.
• MEP Analytical Systems
  • Added the ability to represent HVAC systems analytically and assign them to the analytical spaces created with the energy analytical model for use in a downstream systems analysis.
• MEP Electrical Circuits
  • Improved the Move To behavior to support swap the existing circuits.
• MEP Electrical Wiring
  • Improved the default homerun length behavior during auto-wiring.
• MEP HVAC Zones
  • Added the ability to run local energy analyses locally, including system sizing and annual simulation, using an installation of Energy Plus.
• Reinforcement – Constraints
  • Improved the performance when editing rebar constraints in hosts with complex geometry or containing a large number of bars.
• Reinforcement – Rebar
  • Added the ability to adjust rebar constraints faster and more intuitively, enabling easier modifications of bars.
  • Added the ability to constrain any shape-driven rebar sets in the model and preserve reinforcement layouts when making changes.
• Route Analysis
  • Enhanced the performance of Path of Travel lines by storing internal calculation information for a view so the information can be reused without needing to regenerate the data.
  • Improved the Route Analysis Path of Travel tool to allow you to view, schedule, and tag the room name and number associated with the startpoints (From Room) and endpoints (To Room) of paths in the model.
  • Improved the Route Analysis Path of Travel tool to allow users to drag or use the Move key to adjust the location of the start and endpoint of a path line.
  • Improved the Route Analysis Path of Travel tool to allow users to indicate which elements are considered obstacles, making it easier to troubleshoot a failing path and better understand obstacle settings.
  • Added a Dynamo node that takes an array of start/end points and creates multiple Path of Travel lines simultaneously for fast and efficient route analysis calculations.\
• Schedules
  • Added the ability to set the rows to display in contrasting colors to make it easier to follow them across the schedule when working in wide schedules.
• Wall
  • Improved the Attaching Wall to Floor and Attaching Wall to Roof dialogs by setting No as the default for automatic attachment, and setting it to remember the user’s selection.

Issues Resolved

• API
  • Improved the usability of the API when creating or opening internal types for documents.
  • Updated the SDK sample which could cause instability in Revit 2018 & 2019.
  • Fixed an issue in which the RadialArray.Create() API was not able to create a correct radial array on a vertical workplane.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented rebar couplers to be placed between free form bars from the API.
  • Corrected the RevitAddInUtility.dll file which was incorrectly reporting a version of 0.0.0.0.
  • Fixed an API issue so that Reference Planes, created via the API, can be drawn and displayed in drafting views.
• Analytical Model – Other
  • Fixed an issue that caused API method AnalyticalModel.ManuallyAdjust to throw InternalException for beams and braces.
• Analytical Model – Surfaces
  • Added the prefix “Analytical Surface” to the name of new materials that have been added for analytical surfaces and spaces when upgrading from Revit 2019 and previous versions.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the wrong properties to appear in the Properties palette for an analytical surface for a curtain panel.
• Annotation – Dimensions
  • Improved stability when upgrading a file which contains incorrect dimensions.
  • Improved stability when creating a spot elevation on a roof.
  • Fixed an issue with dimensions on references of element cut edges from a linked file that could not be displayed in host file.
  • Improved stability when copying or deleting a dimension.
  • Improved stability when moving a spot elevation.
  • Improved stability when editing a dimension.
• Assembly
  • Improved stability when changing the naming category of assemblies before editing the type.
• Ceiling
  • Improved stability when using Auto Ceiling to sketch a ceiling with a modified room bounding.
• Cloud Model (Non-workshared)
  • Added a warning dialog when saving a non-workshared cloud model and removed the incorrect dialog when opening a non-workshared cloud model in the Revit viewer mode.
  • Fixed an issue that non-workshared cloud models would fail to open if an empty save is applied to the model after restore.
  • Removed the Worksets tab in the RVT Link Display Settings dialog for non-workshared cloud models.
• Cloud Project Upgrade
  • Fix a bug in Revit which caused upgrade failure when using the automated Revit Cloud Model upgrade tool.
• Content
  • Updated the voltage and distribution system settings in the electrical and system templates.
• Dynamo for Revit
  • Fixed 16 problematic Dynamo Revit nodes which have no elements or SelectedIndex is invalid, such as “Wall Location” and “ScheduleType”.
  • Improved stability when leaving Dynamo open with a pending change.
  • Removed GetAllFamilyInstances and GetAllWalls from RevitSystemTestBase.
  • Fixed the Dynamo Revit node “FaceAnalysisDisplay.ByViewFacePointsAndValues” so that it could be correctly used.
• Energy – Analytical Model
  • Fixed an issue that prevented internal load density parameters from being populated in an Analytical Spaces schedule.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the thermal properties for doors, windows, and curtain panels to not export correctly when using detailed elements and overriding the object’s thermal properties with user defined values.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the updating of thermal properties when changing the Define Thermal Properties by parameter to Schematic Type in door, window, and curtain panel types.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the “Define Thermal Properties by” parameter in a new window, door, or curtain panel type from being set properly when the family is loaded back into the model.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the thermal properties of an analytical surface to not display properly in the Properties palette.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Analytical Construction parameter in window, door, and curtain panel types to be empty after upgrading the model.
  • Fixed an issue the caused the thermal properties for a curtain panel door’s analytical surface to report as Not Computed.
• Energy – Simulation
  • Improved stability when generating an energy analysis for Insight while the active view in Revit is a non-geometric view (schedule, report, etc.).
• Fabrication – MEP
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Change Service feature to fail when used on the same selection multiple times.
  • Fixed an issue when cancelling out of a Change Service action that could lead to the user interface being left in a bad state.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in missing journal data when double clicking to add and remove services from MEP Fabrication Settings.
  • Improved the Change Service/Size feature to better support back to back fitting scenarios.
  • Fixed an issue with model updates that were causing disconnects when using the reload configuration feature.
  • The quantity state is now properly set allowing quantities in print reports for fabrication parts to be properly quantified.
  • Fixed an issue with a sporadic warning message that was being displayed when cancelling a reload configuration action.
  • Fixed an issue that caused modeled parts to either disconnect or vanish after reloading a configuration.
  • Fixed an issue that caused internally lined parts to fail to place when using autofill features.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in poor stability when using the Optimize Lengths feature on services containing couplings configured with invalid materials.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in poor stability when editing the type properties for taps when self-dimensions are displayed.
• Family Constraints
  • Fixed an issue causing reference lines to fail on rotation for angles between 180 and 360.
• File Corruption
  • Improved Revit stability when working on a workshared model that contains an element in an invalid workset.
• File Open/Save Internals
  • Improved Revit stability when opening a corrupt model from Revit Home.
  • Added a warning message when uploading a cloud model in Revit viewer mode.
  • Fixed the issue when OpenAndActivateDocument API open the file path with non-lowercase extension.
• Graphics – Cloud Render
  • Corrected the glazing material transmissive color in cloud rendering.
• Graphics – Image Import/Export
  • Improved stability when loading a PDF with a very large physical sheet size.
  • Improved stability in the Manage Images dialog for PDF files with a very large width to height ratio.
  • Fixed an issue with ImageType instances created through the API that made certain placement options of ImageInstances unavailable.
• Graphics – Rendering
  • Improved stability when rendering with wood textures.
• Graphics – Sun and Shadow
  • Fixed an issue where Sun Path and Shadows did not work at far north or south locations.
• Groups
  • Fixed an issue where modifying a space would interact with group instances in the model causing the ‘Changes to groups are allowed only in group edit mode’ error.
• Help
  • Fixed an issue with launching CHM help files using the Revit ContextualHelp API.
• Link Topography
  • Fixed an issue where incorrect topography geometry was created when linking a Civil 3D published topography which had large coordinates.
• Linked RVT Files
  • Fixed an issue where rooms and spaces could lose or no longer detect a linked model boundary after reload latest when using Revit Cloud Worksharing.
• MEP Analytical Systems
  • Fixed an issue that could cause part of an exterior wall to not be included in the gbXML export.
• MEP Duct/Pipe Display
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a single-line pipe drop to not display when it is hidden by another element if there is a transition in the vertical pipe.
  • Fixed an issue that caused single line ducts to display as broken over a drop symbol.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a gap to display between a pipe and p-trap while using single-line display.
• MEP Duct/Pipe Pressure Loss Calculations
  • Fixed an issue that caused poor performance when adding a new pipe segment in a large network.
• MEP Electrical Circuits
  • Fixed an issue that caused an electrical fixture to be added to 2 circuits and then could not be removed.
  • Improved stability when selecting a panel from the recent panel list with the Enable Feed Through Lug error dialog open.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Revit to hang when creating a circuit in a model in which the maximum wire size defined in the wire type is smaller than the smallest size in wire material table.
• MEP Electrical Other
  • Fixed an issue in which a model can’t be upgraded to Revit 2020 if a specific conduit fitting exists in the model.
• MEP HVAC Zones
  • Improved performance of zone display in canvas.
• MEP Insulation lining
  • Fixed an issue that pipes in group get disconnected after copy/paste or create similar in a specific model.
• MEP Pipe
  • Fixed an issue that could cause duct and pipe rise symbols to not display when they extend to the level above and are hidden on that level.
• Materials
  • Improved stability when working with the Materials Browser dialog.
  • Fixed the Visible Transmittance value of glazing materials calculated incorrectly in the Material Browser.
  • Fixed an issue that added materials used by analytical spaces and surfaces when upgrading a family.
• Part Elements
  • Corrected an issue that would allow excluded parts to be merged with parts.
  • Corrected an issue that occurred when copying walls containing multiple parts hosting area reinforcement.
  • Corrected an issue related to a part cover not being updated around newly added voids.
  • Added shortcut keys for the Modify Parts tools in the ribbon.
  • Corrected an issue related to copying the reinforcement hosted in parts from multi-layered walls when copying the original wall.
• Precast – Reinforcement
  • Corrected an issue that occurred when copying walls with parts that host rebar.
• Precast – Segmentation
  • Corrected an issue in which side lifters were not created when an opening occupied a large portion of the wall height.
• Print
  • Fixed as issue where nested generic annotations in a legend component shift location when printed with vector processing.\
• Reinforcement – Constraints
  • Fixed an issue where the concrete cover would reset when editing a model-in-place concrete element.
• Reinforcement – Fabrics
  • Improved stability when creating bent fabric sheet through the API.
• Reinforcement – Path & Area
  • Fixed an issue that occurred when placing an area fabric reinforcement on parts from multi-layered walls that contain voids.
• Reinforcement – Rebar
  • Improved the behavior of rebar to not follow a stirrup corner when already placed at the corner of another stirrup.
  • Improved the behavior when rebar is hosted in parts and is copied along with the wall host.
  • Fixed an issue where an incompatibility between the hooks specified by the rebar type and shape would prevent the placement of rebar in the model.
  • Fixed an issue where certain dimensions of a rebar coupler did not allow zero spacing between the connected bar ends.
  • Fixed an issue where toggle visibility would work only for one rebar in a selection of multiple bars.
  • Improved the behavior when directly editing the individual segment lengths of rebar.
• Revit Cloud Worksharing
  • Improved stability while editing a spline in a model that was hosted on BIM 360.
• Revit Home
  • Fixed the terminology inconsistency issue by replacing “Recent Files Page at Startup” with “Enable Recent Files List at Home”.
  • Improved Revit Home so that clicking Refresh button will check the customer entitlement.
  • Improved the behavior when displaying BIM 360 account information.
  • Removed an unnecessary error message that would appear when double clicking on a model from recent files page.
  • Improved the message in the Publish to Cloud dialog.
  • Fixed an issue where the project list still points to a 2019 project after the project has been upgraded to 2020.
• Route Analysis
  • Fixed Path of Travel tags so that they automatically update their units when the Project Units are changed (and the labels in the tag are set to use project settings).
  • Fixed an issue causing floor slab edges to incorrectly block a Path of Travel line.
  • Fixed an issue causing file corruption when a warning is issued for a failed update to a Path of Travel line.
  • Fixed an issue that caused linework applied to wall openings to incorrectly block Path of Travel routes.
  • Fixed an issue to ensure split face boundary lines do not block the Path of Travel analysis.
  • Fixed an issue so that Path of Travel lines correctly display in plan views when the Path of Travel line is associated with a level below 0.
  • Improved stability when placing a Path of Travel line in a new session of Revit when the previous session had enabled Tag On Placement for Path of Travel lines.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Revit to be unresponsive when creating a Path of Travel in large models when the Reveal Obstacles command was added to the Quick Access Tool Bar.
• Schedules
  • Improved the stability when open a model with a schedule view as the default view.
• Steel Connections Propagation
  • Fixed an issue in which the Propagate Connection command didn’t work on certain languages (Chinese, Japanese, etc.).
• Steel Fabrication Beam
  • Fixed an issue related to fabrication beam geometry disappearing after the model was reopened.
  • Corrected the calculation of weight and exact weight for steel beams with fabrication.
• Steel Fabrication Elements
  • Fixed an issue in which the Hole Tolerance value was reset to the default value after the Bolt Pattern was modified.
• Steel Modifiers
  • Improved the stability while placing steel modifiers inside the group.
• Structural Connections – Detailed Connections
  • Fixed an issue that restricted the access to the edit connection type dialog when the Korean language is used for Revit.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the user cases created in Code Check forces dialog to not be kept.
  • Improved stability when tagging an anchor missing from the AstorBase.mdf.
• Structural Connections – Platform
  • Fixed an update issue of the structural steel connections part of a linked model, if the linked file has more than one instance in the model.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a BIM 360 worksharing user file to become corrupt after simultaneous synchronization by 2 users bringing in steel changes.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the values of project parameters and shared parameters from being changed when these parameters belonged to sub-elements of steel connections, steel plate/beam modifiers, or hole patterns created on steel plates/beams.
  • Fixed an issue where steel beams with fabrication data lost their section on copy/paste in a new model, visible after closing and reopening Revit.
• User Interface
  • Fixed an issue where some edit controls in 3rd party Docked Views would not work properly with all input.
  • Improved the stability when open a project file.
  • Fixed an issue with tooltips for the Revit Home/Close/Minimize/Maximize buttons, which caused them to display using an incorrect font.
• View – Dependent
  • Improved stability when using the copy or copy to clipboard command on a dependent view.
• View – Other
  • Improved stability in API View.BoundingBox[].
• View – Save/Insert
  • Improved stability that resulted from incorrectly allowing the File> Save As> Library> View command to be active in Revit’s view-only mode.
• View Templates
  • Improved the performance of wall editing when a model contains many multi-category schedules.
• Worksharing
  • Fixed an issue that caused upgrade to fail for models with steel connections.
  • Fixed the issue that worksets Opened status is changed unexpectedly when editing Manage Worksets in Manage Links dialogue.
  • Fixed an issue in the Sync With Central dialog when saving changes to a cloud model that links a foreign file.
  • Fix a bug in Revit that upgrade might fail when using the Revit cloud model upgrade tool.
  • Improve upgrade success rate when using the automated Revit cloud model upgrade tool.

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2020.0.1 Hot Fix

• License
  • This hotfix addresses a customer reported issue in which Revit sessions run in Viewer Mode unexpectedly, without displaying the Viewer Mode dialog to warn users that Revit functionality is restricted in this mode. These restrictions include: save or save as in all cases, exporting or publishing modified projects, exporting or publishing any projects to a format containing model data that can be modified, and printing projects after changes are made.