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Revit Updates!

Revit 2015 Update Release 13 and Revit 2016 R2 Update 3 have both been released.

User can get the R2 version of UR 13 and Update 3 either from the Autodesk Desktop App, or by going to manage.autodesk.com and searching the downloads under the BDS or Revit products.

We should be strongly suggesting you install these updates as they address potential data fidelity issues in Collaboration for Revit among other things.

Revit 2015 Update Release 13 readme and release notes

Revit 2015 Update Release 13 for R2 readme and release notes

Revit 2016 Release 2 Update 3 readme and release notes

 

Downloading R2 for 2016...

Recently some users are reporting that the Release 2 (R2) installer for Revit 2016 (included in the Building Design Suites) are not in the Product Updates section of Manage.Autodesk.com, but the Revit Architecture (and Structure and MEP) one is.

 

It also does not show up if you filter for it under the Building Design Suite in Products and Services.

The fix for this issue is to search for it by going through the following process:

• Once logged into Autodesk Account, search for the Design Suite which you have a subscription contract. ie: Building Design Suite Premium
• Select the Downloads link for the desired Design Suite.

 

 

 

 

• Select Updates & Add-ons tab.
• Specify 2016 Release 2 within the search box.

 

 

• Select Browser download to install.

Revit Customize Alphanumeric Sequence - Copy and Paste

Revit 2016 added the ability for more complex, comma-separated revision sequences to deal with specific requirements.  As part of this change you can also copy and paste your sequences into this field.

Quick tip - if you wanted to pre-populate an entire custom sequence,  it might be easier to keep a text file and edit the list in another application.

Revit will do some basic reformatting of the data - for example if you copy and paste this:

Revit will reformat it into this after you click OK:

Revit 2015 Update Release 9 and Revit 2016 Service Pack 2

Revit 2015 Update Release 9 and Revit 2016 Service Pack 2 are now available.

Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 9

This update applies to the following products:

Applies to Building Design Suite 2015, Infrastructure Design Suite 2015, Plant Design Suite 2015, Revit 2015, Revit 2015, Revit Architecture 2015, Revit MEP 2015, and Revit Structure 2015.

For the above products, the version of Revit should be detected and the appropriate update will be installed.

Autodesk Revit 2016 Service Pack 2

This update also utilizes the same updated installer and applies to the following products:

Revit 2016, Revit Architecture 2016, Revit LT 2016, Revit MEP 2016, and Revit Structure 2016.

Enhancement documentation is available on each download page as well.

Revit 2015 Update Release 8 and Revit 2016 Service Pack 1

Revit 2015 Update Release 8 is now available from the following page:

Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 8

This update utilizes a new installer which presents the user with a simplified path to install UR8.  This update applies to the following products:

Building Design Suite 2015, Infrastructure Design Suite 2015, Plant Design Suite 2015, Revit 2015, Revit 2015, Revit Architecture 2015, Revit MEP 2015, and Revit Structure 2015.

For the above products, the version of Revit should be detected and the appropriate update will be installed.

Autodesk Revit LT 2015 Update Release 8

Revit 2016 Service Pack 1 is also available from the following page:

Autodesk Revit 2016 Service Pack 1

This update also utilizes the same updated installer and applies to the following products:

Revit 2016, Revit Architecture 2016, Revit LT 2016, Revit MEP 2016, and Revit Structure 2016.

Enhancement documentation is available on each download page as well.

Process for upgrading files from Collaboration for Revit 2015 to 2016

If you have used A360 Collaboration for Revit 2015, when you install and open A360 Collaboration for Revit 2016, your 2015 projects and their associated Revit models will not be visible. To access 2015 project data in A360 Collaboration for Revit 2016, you will need to create a new project and upgrade the data. 

Follow these steps to upgrade your projects and Revit models before you start working in A360 Collaboration for Revit 2016.

1. Open Revit 2015.

2. Browse to the A360 project that you want to upgrade.

3. Open each Revit model and save it to your local workstation.

4. Create a new project to be used with A360 Collaboration for Revit 2016 in your A360 team hub.

5. Open Revit 2016.

6. Open each Revit model that was saved to your local workstation in step 3 and save it.

A 2016 version of the model is created.

7. Initiate collaboration on each model and specify the 2016 project name that was created on A360 in step 4. 

When you initiate collaboration, the model is associated with the new A360 Collaboration for Revit 2016 project. 

8. Re-link the Revit models as needed.

9. Communicate to project team members that they should use the 2016 project. 

There are now two separate and distinct projects (2015 format and 2016 format). Project team members must use the upgraded project and models when collaborating. 

10. On A360, rename the 2015 version of the project or deactivate it.

See Also:

2015 Help

2016 Help

 

Alert! Action required to prevent service interruptions for Autodesk Desktop Subscription customers

Today, Autodesk will perform an upgrade to a security protocol that will enhance our ability to provide secure access to Desktop Subscription software. The upgrade is in response to published information describing a vulnerability in SSL 3.0, a communication protocol designed to provide security over computer networks. The vulnerability, called POODLE, is an industry-wide vulnerability and is affecting the SSL 3.0 protocol itself and is not specific to Autodesk products.

For Revit users specifically, you may have other issues connecting to A360 in Revit, as well as accessing a number of cloud services.

To ensure you have access, download and install the hotfixes on the page below:

SSLv3 (Poodle) Hotfix for Revit

For more information regarding the Poodle .v3 issue, please review this page.

 

 

Alert! Upcoming downtime for update to A360 Collaboration for Revit 2015

On Friday, March 13th beginning at 5pm PST the A360 Collaboration for Revit (C4R) service will be updated to version 4. Additionally, the A360 Platform will be updated on Saturday, March 14th. We expect both services to be restored late on Saturday night. The service will not be available during this time and a notification on this blog will follow when the service has been restored.

Due to some necessary security enhancements, previous installations of C4R will stop working after this update. All C4R team members will be required to apply Revit Update Release 7 and install the new v4 C4R addon. Users will be alerted via the Autodesk Application Manager when these updates become available, as well as the C4R download page. We always try to avoid “blocking updates”, but in this case we decided that the security improvement warranted the situation.

The A360 Collaboration for Revit team

Revit 2015 - Update Release 6

Update Release 6 is now available for Revit 2015 products.  Please keep in mind there are separate downloads for both Revit 2015 and Revit 2015 R2:

Direct links Revit 2015:

Revit 2015 UR6

Revit Architecture 2015 UR6

Revit MEP 2015 UR6

Revit Structure 2015 UR6

Direct links Revit 2015 R2:

Revit 2015 Update Release 6 for Revit 2015 R2

Revit Architecture 2015 Update Release 6 for Revit Architecture 2015 R2

Revit MEP 2015 Update Release 6 for Revit MEP 2015 R2

Revit Structure 2015 Update Release 6 for Revit Structure 2015 R2

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

Revit 2015 UR5 Build Numbers

I updated the previous post Revit 2015 - Update Release 5 to include the specific download links for both Revit 2015 and Revit 2015 R2 users.  There is a separate installer for each version of Revit 2015.

Also, for reference, I wanted to list the build numbers Revit reports after installing the noted update:

Revit 2015 - UR4 - 20140903_1530
Revit 2015 - UR5 - 20141119_1515

Revit 2015 R2 - 20140905_0730
Revit 2015 R2 - UR5 - 20141119_0715