It’s recommended NOT to install this update for CAMduct or ESTmep. Installing the 2022.0.1 Update will prevent access to the Projects folder. CADmep does not appear to have issues with this update.
It’s been a long time, but Autodesk finally released an update to Autodesk Fabrication. 2022.0.1 Update was released recently and contains several fixes for 2022 versions of CADmep, CAMduct and ESTmep.
Install from the Autodesk Desktop App or download from your Autodesk Account portal (https://manage.autodesk.com)
For Autodesk Fabrication Part users, this is a Hotfix you’ll want to get applied. Since the first release of Fabrication Parts in 2016, there’s been ongoing issues with MEP Systems modeled with Fabrication Parts.
The issues is that to add/remove or update Fabrication services, you need to reload your configuration. This often would cause “disconnects” between parts. Often this would happen for no good reason or explanation as the parts involved may not have even had changes to them.
This has been a difficult issue for Autodesk to resolve because it’s been difficult to reproduce. Since the 2016 until now, Autodesk has slowly made the issue better but it’s still not eliminated. With this hotfix in 2019, Autodesk is taking another stab at it and hopefully it’ll be eliminate. IF not fixed once an for all, hopefully it’ll be another small incremental step better.
You can review the release notes for all Revit 2019 updates here. Look for the notes under 2019.2.1 Hotfix and you’ll see the following note…
“Resolved an issue that could cause MEP Fabrication elements to disconnect when reloading a Fabrication configuration.”
Downloading The Update
The Update is available from the Autodesk Desktop App provided it’s working for you. (Note: Mine seems to lockup or crash repeatedly since installing the Autodesk Desktop Connector. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Desktop App seems to only resolve the issues for a short while)
Alternatively you can download from the Autodesk Accounts portal if you have download permissions given to you from your contract administrator.
Autodesk just released update 2018.2 for CADmep, CAMduct, ESTmep as well as the lesser used CAMduct Components, Tracker and Remote Entry.
There’s a hand full of fixes for CADmep, ESTmep and CAMduct. If you refresh your Autodesk Desktop App, the updates should appear if you have an active subscription (maintenance plan or annual subscription). The Desktop App says they were released a few weeks ago but they just showed up in the Desktop App today.
You can also access them from the Product Downloads section of the Autodesk Accounts portal.
CAMduct Components, Tracker and Remote Entry did not have any “fixes” and were only updated to keep the build numbers consistent which means there’s really no benefit to updating those.
You can find a complete list of updates and build numbers here.
Here’s the fixed issues…
CADmep
Improved the stability of patterns 1206 & 1207 when adding holes.
Improved minimum straight length size when filling in Design Line.
Improved patterns 2884 & 2051 by relaxing the bad dimension checks.
Improved connector insulation adjustments when insulation parts = Wrap inside.
CAMduct
Improved geometry cuts in NC program for VICON Post Processor.
Improved the stability of patterns 1206 & 1207 when adding holes.
Improved Piercing for Custom NC.
Improved patterns 2884 & 2051 by relaxing the bad dimension checks.
Improved connector insulation adjustments when insulation parts = Wrap inside.
ESTmep
Improved Item List view in Job contents table to auto-refresh when parts are deleted.
Improved the stability of patterns 1206 & 1207 when adding holes.
Improved the estimating information present on the Review Installation Costs, Review Installation Times, and Review Fabrication Time tabs.
Fixed an issue causing hangers to report incorrect costs.
Improved patterns 2884 & 2051 by relaxing the bad dimension checks.
Improved connector insulation adjustments when insulation parts = Wrap inside.
For those involved in the MEP trades interested in Fabrication Parts in Revit (added in 2016) they often want to import or export Fabrication Parts into or from the other Autodesk Fabrication products like CADmep, ESTmep or CAMduct. In fact, that was one of the interesting part of the Fabrication products for Autodesk, it was a single content stream that supported multiple platforms.
What a lot of users don’t realize is that installing Revit doesn’t give you the ability to Import or Export Fabrication Parts. To get this functionality, you also need to install the Revit Extension for Fabrication.
Revit 2016
For Revit 2016 you can download the Revit Fabrication Extension from the Autodesk App Store free of charge from this link.
Revit 2017-2018
If you’re using Revit 2017 or 2018, you can download the extension from your Autodesk account’s products page. If you personally can’t download it, contact your company’s Autodesk Contract Manager or Software Coordinator.
Alternative Download Option
Yet one other way, is to use the Autodesk Desktop App to install the Revit Extension for Fabrication.
Access from the Revit Add-Ins Ribbon
Once installed, you can access the Import/Export of Fabrication parts from the Revit Add-Ins tab.
A few items to note….
Imports/Exports are done using Autodesk Fabrication’s MAJ file format.
You can Export as many or few Fabrication Part from Revit, as many times as you like.
You can only Import Fabrication Parts into Revit only if the Revit model contains no other Fabrication Parts.
When importing Fabrication Parts in Revit, some things can cause them not to import. The most common are Fabrication Parts that don’t have a material and/or specification assigned.
Not all Fabrication Patterns (CIDs) are supported in Revit. For a list of which Patterns are and are not supported in Revit and be found here.
