The Revit Clinic

What is the difference between Revit 2015 R2, and Revit 2015 UR2?

As mentioned previously the Revit Sundial Release preview has ended and Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 is now available for Autodesk Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers. Click the following link for information on 39 Architectural, Structural, MEP, and multi-disciplinary enhancements made in R2:
New in Revit 2015 R2

If you haven’t looked at the updates released for Revit (or Sundial), there could be some confusion between Revit 2015 R2 (Build: 20140905_0730), and Revit 2015 Update Release 2 (UR2) (Build: 20140323_1530). 

If you look on the Revit download page, you should see that the latest 2015 update available is Update Release 4 (released 2014-09-21). 

If you look on the Subscription Center, you will find Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 (released 2014-09-17). 

R2 includes all of the updates included in Update Release 4 (and after installing will show Update Release 4 in the About Revit dialog), but also has added functionality available only to Autodesk Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers.  

Note: You cannot install both UR4 and R2. Additionally, if you inadvertently install UR4, and later realize that you want to load R2, you will need to uninstall Revit, reinstall, and then install R2.

Additional Note: As mentioned in the installation readme for UR4 (and R2) the update requires either the initial release of Autodesk Revit 2015 (build: 20140223_1515) or Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 3 (build: 20140606_1530). If UR1 or UR2 is installed, you will need to install UR3 prior to installing R2 or UR4.

Revit 2015 - Update Release 4

Update Release 4 is now available for Revit 2015 products.

Direct links:

Revit 2015 Update Release 4

Revit Architecture 2015 Update Release 4

Revit Structure 2015 Update Release 4

Revit MEP 2015 Update Release 4

Revit LT 2015 Update Release 4

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

Repairing Revit Server can break Revit Server Administrator!

It has been reported that using the Repair function (in the Programs and Features Control Panel) for Revit Server will cause Revit Server Administrator to stop working, showing the following message:

We have found that the repair process is changing the Managed Pipeline mode for the Revit Server Application Pool from Integrated to Classic, and this change is leading to the error above.

Fortunately fixing this can be fairly fast:

1. Open IIS Manager (Microsoft link).

2. Change the Managed Pipeline mode for the Revit Server AppPool

from Classic -> Integrated

Note: In the image above, Revit Server 2014 was repaired (through the Control Panel), and the Managed Pipeline Mode was incorrectly set to Classic.

 

 

 

Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon

Passing along a great opportunity, participation details below:

Announcing the Autodesk® Exchange Apps Hackathon September 20-21

An online event with an opportunity to receive up to US$100 per app published and win one of eight iPad minis!

You are invited to join the Autodesk® Exchange Apps Hackathon — a virtual web based hackathon that runs from 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) on Saturday, September 20 to 4:00 p.m. September 21.  Anyone can participate from anywhere in the world and at any time both before the event and during the Hackathon days.  The Hackathon is a free event and offers a cash reward for apps published (up to 5 apps).  You can also participate in the “Cloud App” and “Sustainability App” competitions for a chance to win an iPad mini. You can even participate in the Hackathon without publishing apps – you can use the event as a learning opportunity to build products and services by using a new Autodesk API such as one of our Cloud service APIs.  

For full details and registration and visit the Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon event pages.  

Hotfix for Autodesk Revit 2014 \ 2015 Multi-Category Schedules

I wanted to include 2 hotfix links for Revit 2014 \ 2015 related to multi-category schedules and linked models. 

The 2014 hotfix also includes an API MFCDockableFrame improvement.  If you have Update Release 3 installed for either product, make sure to install the applicable hotfixes:

Hotfix for Autodesk Revit 2014 - Multi-Category schedules and MFCDockableFrame API

Hotfix for Autodesk Revit 2015 - Multi-Category Schedules