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Bug Fixes / Updates – Revit 2021
2021.1.7 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Color Fill
Improved stability due to an invalid piping flow parameter value in the color fill calculation.
Countrification
Fixed the Simplified Chinese translation of the “Calculation in Progress” error message.
Fabrication – MEP
Improved stability when editing parts containing a single connector.
Import/Export
Addressed potential security vulnerabilities related to import of SketchUp files.
Updated components used for importing .adsk files to address security vulnerabilities.
Line
Improved stability when using the Tangent End Arc tool, with the Radius checkbox checked, and second-clicking in an invalid location.
MEP Systems
Fixed an issue that caused a mechanical system to be borrowed by a user who made modifications to the network, but not the system itself.
Revit Cloud Models
Fixed an issue where Revit Cloud Worksharing models could not be opened due to missing metadata.
Sketching
Improved stability when placing, by face, a component whose plan representation contains an arc that is very short and/or has a very large radius.
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.
2021.1.6 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Annotation – Text
Improved stability when loading families into the Revit model.
Assembly
Improved stability when creating assemblies in Revit.
Link Topography
Resolved an issue where linked topography could not be reloaded when using the Desktop Connector version 15.0.0.1540 or later.
Linked RVT Files
Improved performance during some sync with central operations, for host models that contain rooms, tags attached to link geometry, and Revit links that contain unloaded nested attached links.
Improved performance during reload latest for models containing Revit links that include unloaded nested attached links.
MEP P&ID Modeler
Resolved an issue where the new pipe segment in P&ID Browser failed to get created in a worksharing environment when there is an update from P&ID drawing.
Materials
Improved performance of AppearanceAssetElement editing API.
Options Dialog
Resolved an issue when editing Option>Check Spelling>Additional Dictionary does not work under Windows 11 environment.
Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
Resolved an issue when RevitAccelerator accumulates subscriptions to PubNub channels and thus causes performance degradation at PubNub service.
Fixed an issue in which ownerships on newly-added elements were not relinquished during synchronize with central.
Security
Addressed potential vulnerabilities throughout Revit.
View – Filters
Resolved an issue when 2D elements are missing in the Family Editor.
View Templates
Improved stability when restoring temporary view properties.
2021.1.5 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Revit Cloud Worksharing
Fixed the issue that the call on Revit API CheckoutElements from the handler of DocumentOpened Event could fail when the target is a Cloud Worksharing model.
Security
Addressed potential vulnerabilities throughout Revit.
2021.1.4 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.
2021.1.3 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 Circuits
Fixed an issue that the load can’t be propagated properly through a single phase transformer.
Electrical Panel Schedule
Fixed an issue where the Phase doesn’t display correctly when assigning a spare in single phase panel.
Energy Model
Fixed an issue that caused interior spaces to be excluded from an energy analysis.
Export DWG/DXF
Fixed an issue where small objects would not export correctly to DWG at large drawing scales.
Licensing
Fixed an issue where user license expired unexpectedly causing Revit to fall into a 10 minute grace period, after which Revit is automatically terminated.
Materials
Fixed an issue where the Material browser would load thumbnails unnecessarily.
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.
Fixed an issue with kerf values resetting to 0 after importing a job file.
Open/Save
Fixed data corruption message displayed in error when opening a model.
Properties Dialog
Improved performance when using the type selector.
Reinforcement
Fixed an issue where the concrete cover of a model in place element cut by another element is reset after finish editing without any changes.
Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
Fixed issue that mirroring fails if a new workset has been added to the model but has not been saved to the cloud.
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 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.
Units
Corrected symbols for Russian translated units.
2021.1.2 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Annotation – Tags
Improved the stability when selecting material tags in 3D, section, or elevation views.
DirectShape Elements
Improved Massing instances imported from FormIt to dimension properly.
Energy – Analytical Model
Fixed an issue that caused systems analysis to fail if an analytical surface is created without a valid analytical space reference.
Export DWG/DXF
Improved the stability when exporting to DWG in a location synced to a cloud storage service.
Fabrication – MEP
Fixed an issue with elevation tags that would display ? when removing the leader from the tag.
Fixed an issue where thousand of combination was causing Revit to freeze during a reload configuration.
Family
Fixed the issue that families cannot be loaded if they are accompanied by a type catalog where types are separated by blank lines.
File Open/Save
Improved stability for model open when a registry item is lost.
Help
Fixed the issue that F1 keys do not display the correct help page in browser.
MEP 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.
MEP Electrical Circuits
Improved stability when creating a circuit in system browser after delete a circuit in canvas.
MEP Mechanical Other
Fixed an issue that caused a hosted element to move when its workset changed.
MEP P&ID Modeler
Allow user to associate a BIM 360 Plant Project on BIM 360 Docs via P&ID modeler when the model was originally associated with a Plant Project on A360 Teams.
Revit Cloud Worksharing
Fixed an issue so that sync with central would not be blocked by the long file path of a linked file in a cloud model or a Revit Server model.
Fixed an issue that a cloud model with name length close to limit 255 causes failure of navigating to the corresponding folder on Import/Link RVT dialog.
Fixed an issue when the Worksets are not editable task dialog is shown, when there are 2 users, both of whom created new worksets and edited their respective worksets, and then performed a SWC respectively, causing a Workset clash due to new worksets being downloaded into their locals during SWC.
2021.1.1 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Align
Improved the stability when aligning grid lines.
Alignments
Fixed the issue that Revit will hang when importing bridge model including the alignment from InfraWorks to Revit.
Content Browser
Improved stability with family load when using Load Autodesk Family.
Duct/Pipe Display
Fixed an issue that caused a gap between a pipe and fitting when using single line display with “Use Annot. Scale for Single Line Fittings” enabled in Mechanical Settings.
Energy Model
Fixed an issue that caused an energy analytical model to contain analytical surfaces with missing geometry.
Help
Fixed the issue that help link is broken when customers press F1 on the Revit plug-in.
Parameters
Fixed an issue that was caused longer than expected delays when switching views.
Shared View
Fixed an issue that a text is truncated on Shared View Dialog.
Tags
Resolved an issue so that values from a calculated instance parameter in the Tag family is available in a linked object.
Units
Updated Russian translations
View
Fixed the issue so that wall tags won’t randomly disappear.
2021.1 Update
Enhancements
API
Deprecated two properties DocumentSavingAsEventArgs.IsSavingAsMasterFile and DocumentSavingAsEventArgs.IsSavingAsMasterFile and added two properties DocumentSavingAsEventArgs.IsSavingAsCentralFile and DocumentSavedAsEventArgs.IsSavingAsCentralFile.
In the API, replaced the Enum value ConnectorType.MasterSurface with a new value ConnectorType.MainSurface (no rebuild of existing applications referencing the replaced value is required).
Alignments
Added support for alignments to Revit transferred from a future version of InfraWorks as a part of the InfraWorks bridge model. Alignments support alignment station annotations to be added to an imported alignment individually or as “sets” to meet documentation requirements.
Dynamo for Revit
Updated Dynamo for Revit version to 2.6 in Revit 2021.1.
Provided new Dynamo for Revit nodes for Path of Travel function including getting/adding/setting and removing waypoints, calculate the shortest way to multiples destinations.
Added 90 new Dynamo Revit nodes related to Revit platform functions such as selection, documentation, view, etc.
Electrical Panel Schedule
Added support so users can modify elements in a circuit using the properties palette while in a panel schedule view by selecting the desired element(s) in the System Browser.
Export DGN
Renamed the property used for selecting the working units during DGN export through the API to WorkingUnits.
Import/Export/Link SAT/SKP
Added support for importing SketchUp 2020 files.
MEP Analytical Systems
Improved System-Zones by reporting the Level Offset and making it editable in the Properties palette.
MEP Miscellaneous
Added support for P&ID Modeler to access Plant 3D Collaboration projects on a Europe data center.
Reinforcement
Added the ability to identify the rebar host for any selected rebar set, area or path reinforcement.
Shared Coordinates
Provided informational messages when attempting to acquire coordinates from a link.
Shared View
Provided an easy way to share 3D views in Revit.
Units
Added 50 new units of measurement, spanning across all disciplines. Please see What’s New for a complete list. link.
User Interface
Refined disciplines and job roles in the user profile.
Updated the following dialogs to be resizable: Parameter Properties (Family Editor), Manage Project Units, Manage Project Parameters, Project Parameter Properties, New Shared Parameter, Shared Parameter Properties, Edit Tooltip.
Refined a link message in the Default Family Template File Invalid dialog.
Added the option to switch view tabs by history order (starting from last active/working view) using CTRL+(SHIFT)+TAB.
Issues Resolved
API
Fixed an issue when reading the UnitType property of an ExtensibleStorage.Field built with UnitType.UT_Custom. Updated the ExtensibleStorageManager SDK sample project to accept the included sample XML file (aSimpleSchema_adsk___78630.xml).
Fixed an issue where
Realistic views would export black through the API only.
Analytical Model
Improved stability when selecting an Analytical Node from an Analytical Beam that has 0 length.
Background Processes
Fixed an issue that caused model sizes to increase significantly due to unfinished background calculations.
Improved stability of background processing.
Ensured colorfills calculate correctly after Syncing with Central in a Workshared model.
Copy-Cut-Paste
Fixed an issue so that users can copy and paste elements.
Fixed an issue so that the imported DWG file appearance won’t be overridden after duplicating a view with view template being applied.
Curtain System
Fixed an issue when users are working with the curtain walls within a group.
Design Option
Fixed an issue when face-based components were deleted on make design option primary.
Improved the naming of duplicate design options so they order more naturally.
Dimensions
Fixed an issue so that dimension text would show correct value.
Improved stability when splitting a wall that is dimensioned.
Improved stability of switching views when expanding spot elevation types in the Properties palette.
Improved stability when opening a file with dimensions.
Duct
Fixed an issue that caused instability when placing duct elements created using direct shapes.
Improved duct tags that use the Overall Size or Free Size parameters by displaying the dimension that is parallel to the view first.
Duct/Pipe Display
Fixed an issue that prevented offset tags from reporting a value for design duct and pipe fittings.
Dynamo Player
Fixed an issue where Dynamo Player selection nodes could not be used when switching between open Revit models.
Dynamo for Revit
Fixed the Dynamo Revit node: Roof.ByOutlineExtrusionTypeAndLevel issue so it works as expected.
Fixed the issue so that “All Element of Type” Dynamo node would work as expected.
Removed the redundant error message when Dynamo Revit users run the Dynamo script containing the global parameters.
Fixed the incorrect Dynamo Revit sample file location in the description.
Electrical Wiring
Fixed a worksharing issue that caused wires to be automatically borrowed when opening a local file.
Energy Model
Fixed an issue that caused instability when using the Location dialog while in Preview Solar Study mode.
Export DWG/DXF
Fixed an issue where lines would be missing when exporting certain slightly curved elements to DWG.
Family
Fixed the text issue so that text type catalog would show correctly with Cyrillic letters.
File Open/Save
Resolved issue where family file size would increase after being saved in 2021 format.
Added ‘ignoreEESchemaConflict’ option in File Open API ‘OpenOptions’.
Floor
Improved stability when editing a floor profile.
Graphics
Fixed an issue where decals displayed offset from their actual position in Realistic views when placed on the face of a loaded family instance.
Help
Fixed an issue so that Revit would show the correct help page when pressing F1 on an API-added button with an API-assigned local help file.
IFC
Re-enabled the use of the “Export user-defined property set” option when exporting IFC files.
Import/Export Image
Fixed an issue where mapped drives were case sensitive in the relative path of an inserted PDF or Raster Image.
Link Topography
Fixed an issue where Link Topography didn’t work when Windows System Locale was set to a non-English option in which a period was used for digital grouping rather than comma.
Improved the performance of Link Topography when the Civil 3D published surface is extremely large.
Fixed an issue in the Link Topography dialog where the button sizes did not fit the localized language.
Fixed an issue where shared coordinates were updated incorrectly after reloading a moved linked topography with large coordinates.
MEP Analytical Systems
Fixed a conversion error for the Airflow per area parameter of analytical spaces.
Improved Systems Analysis by not assigning temperature set points to unconditioned analytical spaces.
Fixed a Systems Analysis error by blocking the exclamation point character from being used for gbXML names.
MEP Connectors
Fixed an issue that allowed a pinned family to be moved by dragging a MEP connector grip.
MEP Fabrication
Fixed an issue with the “Display On Views” setting which failed to update status changes when reloading configuration.
Updated tooltip information on the Fabrication AddOn features.
Fixed an issue that prevented barcodes and QR codes from displaying in fabrication reports.
Fixed an issue with dialog window icons which were getting overwritten after installing the Fabrication Addon.
Fixed an issue that resulted in disconnections when using the Change Size feature on branch runs in tee and tap-off scenarios.
MEP Miscellaneous
Fixed an issue where Transfer Project Standards is not working for P&ID project settings.
Improved the performance of turning graphic disconnect warnings on or off in an MEP model.
Materials
Improved stability when working with RPC elements.
Mechanical Systems
Fixed an issue that prevented a tag from reporting a value for a vertical pipe or duct.
Pipe
Fixed an issue that caused instability in Revit when modifying a duct or pipe system that was in a bad state.
Fixed an issue that caused a pipe rise symbol to be hidden by a pipe above that is not displayed due to phase filtering.
Fixed an issue where pipes were removed as a result of another pipe type deletion.
Plan Regions
Fixed the issue so that the wall display won’t be changed after the plan region is deleted.
Platform
Improved stability on exit when Gflags are enabled.
Precast
Corrected an issue that would prevent the Precast tab to be loaded when the operating system is in Turkish.
Pressure Loss Calculations
Improved piping systems by removing unnecessary warnings.
Print
Fixed an issue where whole viewports print black if multiple realistic views on the same sheet have a different anti-aliasing setting.
Fixed an issue where views set to Realistic that were not directly opened in the session would print wireframe when printing multiple selected views and sheets.
Fixed an issue with text in multiple dwg links with different colors all printing the same color in vector mode.
Project Browser
Improved stability when renaming views (and using the delete key) in the Project Browser.
Reinforcement
Fixed an issue where overridden hook lengths become negative when changing the rebar shape.
Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
Fixed an issue where a user had 2 editing requests for the same element from 2 different users and granted one of them. the second request would not be properly updated in the user’s view.
Fixed an issue where cloud models could incorrectly be marked as transmitted.
Manage Links dialog or Insert Link dialog are now able to show all the models visible to a user even if there are models with the same model identifier.
Fixed an issue where workset creators unexpectedly lose ownership after a sync with central.
Shared Coordinates
Fixed an issue in the Coordination Model dialog where the pull-down list size of Positioning options did not fit in the localized language.
Startup/Shutdown
Improved stability when launching Revit.
Text
Fixed an issue where vertical text leaders would incorrectly move during placement.
Units
Changed parsing for inputs such as “1 M” to interpret the unit as meters instead of nautical miles, restoring behavior from releases prior to Revit 2021.
Added units of measurement to additional types to improve consistency across disciplines. Please see What’s New for a complete list. link.
Resolved an issue with accessing unit schema data.
Updated the API documentation to clarify changes in units.
Resolved data race on startup that could cause sporadic instability.
Fixed DB Strings for INCHES_OF_WATER and INCHES_OF_WATER_PER_100FT.
Added an enumeration value corresponding to UnitType::Custom at ParameterType 99.
Resolved an issue with accessing unit schema data.
User Interface
Corrected a misspelling in Customize Workspace dialog.
Improved stability when a floating view is docking to the main window.
View Templates
Fixed the issue so that view scale name will be correctly overridden by the view template after a customer view scale is applied with “Display Name” checked.
Wall
Improved stability when creating slanted stacked walls with large angle offsets.
Fixed the issue so that nested elements such as reveal or sweep in a curtain wall displayed correctly when applying the Displace Element command.
Worksharing
Fixed an issue where elements added in a local save and then synced were sometimes impossible to check out.
Fixed an issue that caused pipe or duct straights to overlap after syncing when two users made modifications to the same run containing multiple straights in a line.