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Bug Fixes / Updates – Revit 2022
2022.1.3 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Background Processes
Added a Revit.ini option, DisableBackgroundProcesses=1, to disable background processes or put them in wait mode.
Color Fill
Improved stability due to an invalid piping flow parameter value in the color fill calculation.
Dynamo Player
Release-dependent player cache folders are now created.
Fabrication – MEP
Improved stability when editing parts containing a single connector.
Family
Improved stability of Revit on file save.
FormIt Converter
Addressed a vulnerability by updating a component dependency.
Generative Design
Addressed a vulnerability by updating a component dependency.
IFC
Updated IFC export and linking to match the latest open source changes.
Import/Export
Addressed potential security vulnerabilities related to import of SketchUp files.
Updated components used for importing .adsk files to address security vulnerabilities.
Improved stability when importing and linking FormIt AXM files.
Line
Improved stability when using the Tangent End Arc tool, with the Radius checkbox checked, and second-clicking in an invalid location.
MEP Analytical Model
Improved Systems Analysis by creating a separate zone for each space assigned to the default HVAC Zone, when the Rooms or Spaces mode is used to create the energy model.
Fixed an issue where floors were incorrectly classified as interior in Systems Analysis.
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.
Revisions
Fixed an issue where pressing Space bar would not flip the rectangular revision cloud during sketching.
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.
2022.1.2 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Annotation – Text
Improved stability when loading families into the Revit model.
Assembly
Improved stability when creating assemblies in Revit.
Link Topography
Fixed an issue that linked topography could not be reloaded when using the Desktop Connector version 15.0.0.1540 or later.
Link RVT Files
Improved performance during reload latest for models containing Revit links that include unloaded nested attached links.
Materials
Improved the performance of AppearanceAssetElement editing API.
MEP Miscellaneous
Fixed 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.
Options Dialog
Resolved an issue where editing Option>Check Spelling>Additional Dictionary does not work under Windows 11 environment.
Project Browser
Improved stability when accessing the Measure Between Two References command in canvas.
Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
Fixed an issue where some addins fail to load when Revit starts due to the publisher of the addin not being verified.
Fixed an issue where the Version History page was not available for models hosted in the EU region.
Fixed an issue where RevitAccelerator accumulates subscriptions to PubNub channels and thus causes performance degradation at PubNub service.
Route Analysis
Resolved the issue that Route Analysis > One Way Indicator content does not work in localized Revit versions.
Security
Addressed potential vulnerabilities throughout Revit.
View Filters
Fixed the issue where 2D elements are missing in the Family Editor.
View Templates
Improved Revit stability when restoring temporary view properties.
2022.1.1 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Annotation – Tags
Fixed an issue in tags that prevented using the Add/Remove Host command prior to a tag first being placed and then selected.
Copy-Cut-Paste
Improved stability in the Edit Pasted Elements mode when loading a family, and then closing the family before finishing the Edit Pasted Elements mode.
Design Option
Improved stability when duplicating a design option after running solar or lighting analysis which will create an AVF object in Revit file.
IFC
Updated ODA toolkit to correct syntax errors when exporting exponential values to IFC.
Import/Export Other
Improved stability of export for certain geometry types.
MEP Electrical Circuits
Fixed an issue with combined parameters displaying a double dash in a panel schedule.
Phasing
Improved stability when using the phase combine functionality, and there are elements with the same Phase Created and Phase Demolished values.
Reinforcement – Shape Driven Rebar
Added the ability to lock elements obtained by importing solids to the Structural Rebar category, in the project or families, using align or dimensional constraints.
Security
Addressed potential vulnerabilities throughout Revit.
Shared Parameters
Ensured that Create Global Parameter APIs work with new parameter types.
Worksharing
Fixed an issue in which ownerships on newly-added elements were not relinquished during synchronize with central.
2022.1 Update
Issues Resolved
Category Visibility
Fixed an issue with the sub-categories of Abutment Categories in the family editor Visibility/Graphic overrides.
Dimensions
Improved stability when working on a view that contains linear dimensions.
Improved stability when editing spot elevations.
Dynamo for Revit
Fixed the issue that Dynamo would fail to launch when the Revit install path includes non-English characters.
Fixed an issue where Dynamo would display blank geometry until regeneration when toggling the setting for Show Edges or Revit Background Preview.
Electrical Circuits
Improved performance when changing the assigned panel for a circuit in a large model.
Improved the performance when editing circuits with a large number of components.
Electrical Demand Factors
Fixed an issue that Load Classification name and element ID are not displayed in the deletion error message when deleting a Demand Factor in use.
Electrical Settings
Improved the performance when dragging/rehosting electrical families to a new location, especially when there are many lighting fixtures in an extremely large space.
Energy Model
Fixed an issue that caused instability when generating the energy model using the Rooms or Spaces mode and a room tag warning appears during the process.
Fixed an issue that caused analytical spaces to be assigned to thermal zones and zone equipment incorrectly when using the Use Rooms or Spaces mode to create the energy analytical model.
Fixed an issue that caused instability when generating the energy analytical model.
File Open/Save
Improved stability when saving a model during unstable network status.
Graphics
Fixed an issue that caused a pipe accessory family, that uses an annotation symbol instead of linework assigned to the pipe accessory category, to not display correctly with annotation scale enabled.
Grids
Fixed an issue related to drag grid endpoint.
Help
Resolved the issue that Autodesk Account is not automatically signed in when launching help a link from Revit.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Fixed an issue that custom KeyboardShortucts.xml placed in the UserDataCache folder wasn’t brought into the user folder and applied.
Link RVT Files
Improved stability when editing a dimension witness line that refers to a linked element.
MEP Analytical Systems
Fixed an issue that caused analytical spaces to incorrectly stay assigned to zone equipment when running a systems analysis after all are unassigned in the System Browser.
Fixed an issue that caused a systems analysis report to scroll to the top when the focus changed to a different view.
MEP Fabrication
Fixed an issue with changing size on parts that are connected to families which could result in poor stability.
Fixed an issue where toggling the connectors with severe slope angles would result in gaps from the connector to the dragging point.
Fixed an issue when placing an elbow on a rolled combo that could cause a main branch to unexpectedly move.
Materials
Fixed an API issue with setting the rotation angle of the material texture image.
Mechanical Settings
Fixed an issue that caused instability when deleting a line style that is used by the MEP Hidden Line setting.
Parameters
Removed the deprecation flag for BuiltInParameter/ForgeTypeId API mapping functions.
Updated the remarks for public API method Definition.GetDataType().
Fixed UnitUtils methods GetTypeCatalogForSpec(ForgeTypeId) and GetTypeCatalogStringForUnit(ForgeTypeId) to execute ArgumentException instead of InternalException for invalid inputs.
Fixed Definition.GetGroupTypeId() to return an empty ForgeTypeId instead of executing an exception when Definition.ParameterGroup is BuiltInParameterGroup.INVALID.
Updated the API documentation by clarifying “Other” group In LabelUtils.GetLabelForGroup(ForgeTypeId).
Phasing
Fixed an issue that a void extrusion created in a newer phase would show up in an older phase.
Properties Dialog
Improved stability when working with the type selector in editor mode.
Reinforcement
Fixed an issue where free form rebar is not visible in elevation views that are cutting through the set.
Fixed an issue where a uniform shape driven rebar set would disappear when the option to show it as solid was enabled.
Fixed an issue where a moved bar would not be visible in a section view, unless the original bar position was within the range of the section.
Fixed an issue where the Place Rebar tool, on the ribbon Modify tab, was not displayed during Edit Assembly.
Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
Fixed an issue where a cloud model would not open when there is not enough disk space.
Schedules
Fixed an issue where duplicate parameters could appear in a Note Block schedule, which if added to the scheduled fields, would cause stability issues.
Fixed an issue where the Split & Place schedule dialog may not respond.
Fixed an issue when copy/pasting a split schedule instance.
Shared Coordinates
Improved stability when working with the Project Base Point and the Survey Point.
Fixed an issue when tagging angles that are smaller than 0.1 degrees.
Space Engineering Parameters
Fixed some dialog display issues with localized versions of Revit.
Steel Connections
Fixed the upgrade of models saved in older Revit models that contained labels created for sub-elements of steel connections.
Text
Resolved an issue with missing characters in tags containing right-to-left text such as Hebrew.
Fixed an issue where the cursor did not appear when editing text after Windows 10 Update 2004.
Units
Resolved incorrect symbol placement for Cost Per Area unit of measurement.
User Interface
Fixed an issue were switching the view with Ctrl+Tab may not work for some models.
Improved stability when working with warnings and errors.
Improved stability when working with Revit view windows.
Enhancements
Align
Added a Lock option to the Align tool to allow automatic locking of all aligned elements.
Category Visibility
Added a Category Name search bar to make it easier to locate the desired category in the list.
Content Browser
Added the ability to select multiple families in Load Autodesk Family.
Dynamo for Revit
Upgraded Dynamo for Revit to 2.12 in R2022.1 with the latest Dynamo Core version 2.12 integrated. Refer to link.
Edit
Added the ability to snap the mid of two points when drawing and modifying Revit elements, placing components in both project and conceptual massing environments.
Export PDF
Added the ability to pass along page size in Revit internal unit, in feet, instead of PDF unit for the callback API.
Family
Clarified error messaging when loading a restricted family category while using an element placement tool.
FormIt Converter
Added the ability to control the visibility of FormIt curves through FormIt layers after the model was imported into Revit.
Added the ability to snap to more geometries in the imported FormIt models.
Exposed a new API to allow the user to import FormIt models.
IFC
Added support for importing and exporting IFC files of any size.
Import/Export Other
Addressed potential vulnerabilities in PDF link/import.
Added support for Rhino 7 files and Sketchup 2021 files.
Import/Export/Link SAT/SKP
Fixed an issue where dimensions snapped to geometries in an Import Symbol were distorted after reloading a CAD link that had been unpinned.
Import/Export/Link STL
Added the ability to import OBJ and STL files via the Import CAD command.
Import/Link DWG/DXF/DGN
Added the ability to pick all levels in the current model when importing or linking CAD formats in 3D views and section/elevation views.
MEP Fabrication
Reduced the amount of lateral movement when adjusting the elevation of sloped parts.
Improved the layout accuracy by maintaining perpendicular branches when using the in-canvas rotation controls within the angle tolerance of the fittings.
Added the ability to drag and drop straight ends to make sloped connections for bend and tee scenarios.
Parameters
Added the ability to load a shared parameter file that has been created or modified in a newer release.
Added the ability to duplicate family parameters in the Family Types dialog.
Print
Fixed an issue where partial cuts in hosts did not print in some cases in Wireframe views.
Fixed an issue with some elements not printing in Wireframe when overlapped by elements with solid fills overridden to transparent.
Project Browser
Added the Find in Project Browser command in the right-click menu of the drawing area to make it easier to find the currently opened view, sheet selected family, group, Revit link, or other content.
Reference Planes
Expanded the Select All Instances > Visible in View and Select All Instances > In Entire Project commands to now include reference planes.
Reinforcement
Improved the behavior of rebar couplers to automatically switch to a type that is compatible with the connected rebar.
Added the ability to edit the constraints of multiple rebar sets at the same time.
Revit Cloud Model (workshared)
Enhanced the personal accelerator to work with the controlled links.
Added date filtering for version based on date presets.
Added a version history page in Revit home for Cloud Models where the user can open any of the model’s versions as a detached .rvt file
Schedules
Improved the performance of splitting keynote legend schedule with Filter by Sheet.
Enabled copy/paste keynote legend with filter by sheet across sheets and maintained layout/position after paste.
Added contextual tips in the Split and Place dialog to indicate that the last split schedule segments exceed the defined height or don’t contain any data.
Added contextual tips in the Split & Place dialog as a reminder that more than one sheet is required for splitting schedules across sheets.
Section/Elevation
Improved performance when selecting or editing a very complex model element. For example, previously it took around 8 minutes to select the floor element, now it takes 0.3 seconds.
Improved the performance when there is large number of views, for example: First time opening a plan view or changing the detail level of the view containing about 10,000 section views, previously it took around 5 minutes, now it takes 1.5 minutes.
Selection
Expanded the ‘Select All Instances > Visible in View and Select All Instances > In Entire Project commands to now include additional line categories.
Expanded the Select All Instances > Visible in View and Select All Instances > In Entire Project commands to now include Model Lines and Detail Lines, which are filtered by line style.
Improved the Select All Instances > In Entire Project commands to filter the selection of Areas across all views associated with the current Area Scheme only.
Expanded the Select All Instances > Visible in View and Select All Instances > In Entire Project commands to now include Rooms, Areas, and Spaces.
Shared Coordinates
Added the ability to resize the Choose Site dialog when choosing a Shared Site from a link.
Sheets
Enabled the Duplicate Sheet function in the Project Browser when right-clicking on the sheet.
Site
Added the ability to resize the Site Settings dialog.
Tags
Added the ability to select all instances in the current view or in the entire model when multiple objects are chosen.
User Interface
Improved the response time when creating a new section or schedule view, or clicking the “reference other view” checkbox when there is large number of section views in a model. For example, when clicking the View – Create – Schedule button, previously it took 2.5 minutes to open the dialog, now it takes 1.5 seconds.
Workplane
Fixed an issue where the work plane wasn’t shown in the workplane viewer.
Enhanced the Work Plane Viewer display status to automatically zoom to fit after opening it.
Worksharing
Added API to delete Workset for workshared models.
2022.0.1 Hotfix
Issues Resolved
Color Fill
Fixed an API issue with ColorFillSchema.updateEntry().
Electrical Circuits
Improved stability when editing an electrical circuit.
Export PDF
Fixed an issue where PDF Export is not active in assembly view.
Enhanced Export PDF API error handling when using paper placement and zoom percentage options at the same time.
Fixed an issue where two fonts with the same postscript names are not showing correctly in the exported PDF.
Fixed underline characters in some font families that are not exported correctly in PDF.
Fixed an issue where Arabic Unicode Characters in the extended presentation form area are showing square in the Exported PDF.
Fixed and issue where some fonts with an @ symbol are not showing correctly in PDF for Chinese OS.
Fixed symbols (Hex code from 0x3200 to 0x33FF) in some font families showing a square in PDF.
Fixed an issue where the select all status may be lost when there are several views in the model.
Fixed an issue where hyperlinks between exported individual PDF files won’t work when CJK characters are included in file names.
Graphics
Fixed an issue where if a Revit was opened by directly double clicking an .rvt file, Realistic views would not display and Revit would crash after the program was closed.
Import/Link DWG/DXF/DGN
Fixed an issue where importing via API may change the active view.
MEP Fabrication
Fixed an issue with having generic machines setup in the configurations which stopped the fabrication settings dialog from loading.
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.
Reinforcement
Fixed an issue where changing the layout from maximum spacing to fixed number would lock the quantity to 1.
Fixed an issue where a project containing rebar with preferred constraints could not be upgraded.
Schedules
Fixed an issue when upgrading split keynote legend schedule with Filter by Sheet.
Fixed an issue when splitting a keynote legend with ‘filter by sheet’ after deleting segments from the schedule.
Improved the performance of splitting keynote legend schedule with Filter by Sheet.
Improved stability when attempting to add the same shared parameter to a second key schedule of the same category.
Improved stability when right-clicking on the panel schedule in a sheet from the project browser.
Stair
Improved the stability when editing a plan region with stairs created.
Tags
Resolved an issue where users cannot tag an architectural column with the multi-category tag. Known limitation: If a user adds a multi-category tag to an architectural column in Revit 2022.0.1, the tag must be deleted if the user wants to change the column or the tag in Revit 2022.
Wall
Fixed the issue that the detailed wall sweep components will offset outside the wall.