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Autodesk Revit 2017 Service Pack 2

Is now available...see below for details:

Autodesk® Revit® 2017 - Service Pack 2

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 2016 R2 - Delete Multiple Object Style Subcategories

This enhancement falls under small but powerful (and frequently requested from customers).

Previously multiple object style subcategories could be selected, but not deleted.  You still had to delete them one by one (which could be problematic if you had hundreds or thousands you wanted to cleanup).

With the release of Revit 2016 R2 it is now possible to both select multiple object style subcategories and delete them:

It is important to keep in mind the underlying logic has not changed (for example you still can’t delete hard-coded object style subcategories).  If you select some subcategories you can delete and some you cannot - the option to delete will still be unavailable.  Revit will still warn on attempted deletion - now giving a total count for multiple subcategories.

But for user or family created object styles, or for all of those imported object subcategories you want to quickly cleanup - this could save some serious clicks.  This functionality is available in both the project and family environment.

New Health Dashboard for Cloud Services

 

Recently, we launched a new customer facing dashboard that shows the current status of a number of Cloud Services as well as any upcoming maintenance windows.

There are two great features; not only is it real time, but you can subscribe to certain services so that you get an email when the status of that service changes.

 

 

Feel free to check it out here.

 

 

 

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

 

Revit 2015 - Update Release 7

Update Release 7 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:

Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 7

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Update Release 7

Autodesk Revit MEP 2015 Update Release 7

Autodesk Revit Structure 2015 Update Release 7

Direct links Revit 2015 R2:

Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 7 for Revit 2015 R2

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Update Release 7 for Revit Architecture 2015 R2

Autodesk Revit MEP 2015 Update Release 7 for Revit MEP 2015 R2

Autodesk Revit Structure 2015 Update Release 7 for Revit Structure 2015 R2

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

Update to planned downtime for Collaboration for Revit this weekend

The Planned Collaboration for Revit update has been changed. The following e-mail was sent out to Collaboration for Revit users explaining change:

Planned downtime for update to A360 Collaboration for Revit® 2015 ***Postponed until March 13***

The update to the A360 platform scheduled for Saturday, March 7^th has been postponed until Saturday, March 14^th. This will coincide with a planned update to A360 Collaboration for Revit (C4R) beginning the evening of Friday, March 13. There will be no downtime March 6 or 7.