Bugs fixed and things still broken in Revit 2011 SP1

[Wes Macaulay]

Bugs fixed:
wall sweeps could not be halftoned using the right-click element override menu
bizarre status bar behaviour where Revit would freeze while the buttons and menus on the status bar danced around down there
overriding the colour of an object using an element override would cause the dialog to generate very slowly the first time it was invoked in a sessionStuff still broken:
Can't right click on a viewport and Select All Instances in project (this worked before 2011)
Can't make multiple views worksets editable from the Project Browser (Make Worksets Editable isn't there if more than one view is selected)
User-created Worksets that have been made editable still show as editable in the worksets drop-down after relinquishing the workset in a Sync with CentralAnyone know of other fixes or outstanding bugs in SP1?

[patricks]

UI still shifts when selecting first object in files with other Revit files linked in. This has been happening for me since R2009 I believe. I can just undo the resulting "Drag" action, and then it's fine, but it's still annoying as ****.

[Wes Macaulay]

That's weird - I can't reproduce that behaviour on my end...?

[patricks]

It's been doing it to me for the past several releases, both on XP x86 and 7 x64, with a variety of different nVIDIA drivers, on both FX550 and FX580 graphics cards. Only seems to happen on files with other Revit models linked in.

I got a message from Support saying they are aware that it's still an issue and are working on a fix for a future release. Not totally comforting, I guess, but at least they do know about it.

[patricks]

User-created Worksets that have been made editable still show as editable in the worksets drop-down after relinquishing the workset in a Sync with Central

I noticed this awhile back, also. If you open the Worksets dialog and then click OK it shows up correctly as Not Editable.

I wish they would change the Not Editable to some other term like "Checked In" or just remove it completely, because ever since the automatic borrowing was implemented for worksharing, the "Not Editable" prefix really has no meaning.

Checked In, Checked Out, or Borrowed should be the 3 terms describing the status of a Workset.

[benmay]

Modifying multiple views/sheet properties doesnt seem to be reliable with modeless properties. For instance, I cannot update multiple sheets drawn by with the properties dialog

Also, I am still having problems with model hatch (i.e. cut patterns/Surface patterns) not priniting as transparent when those elements are set as transparent through VG overides

Why has the WU come out so early? I was expecting it not for another week at least, couldnt they have fixed these other outstanding issues in the meantime?!

[tory.puglisi]

Schedules > Sorting/Grouping > Itemize Every Instance > Uncheck > Still lists every instance.

SP1 installed.

[Phillip_Miller]

They have fixed the bugs in the API with regards to Dynamic Model Update. Horay. I am VERY Happy :)

[patricks]

Modifying multiple views/sheet properties doesnt seem to be reliable with modeless properties. For instance, I cannot update multiple sheets drawn by with the properties dialog


hoooooly shoot you're right! And I swear I just did this day before yesterday on a project! :shock:

Time to file another support request. :roll:


Schedules > Sorting/Grouping > Itemize Every Instance > Uncheck > Still lists every instance.

SP1 installed.

I just tried it, switched back and forth on a schedule between itemizing every instance and not itemizing and it worked fine for me.

[mzabritski]

Modifying multiple views/sheet properties doesnt seem to be reliable with modeless properties. For instance, I cannot update multiple sheets drawn by with the properties dialog


I just discovered this. Kind of a big deal when organizing sheets and views. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

(Put in my Support Request on this one)

[DaveP]

I take it Print Ambient Occlusion is NOT fixed yet?

[Wes Macaulay]

I just discovered this. Kind of a big deal when organizing sheets and views. This needs to be fixed ASAP.
Let's all get our SR's in on this one eh :beer:

[benmay]

I just discovered this. Kind of a big deal when organizing sheets and views. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

(Put in my Support Request on this one)

Exactly, have a couple projects going in 2011 unfortunately, and it is amazing how much time is now wasted filling out titleblock data, and switching parameters manually to sort sheets etc! I logged this request almost on the first day of release and no fix

[Scott Womack]

Exactly, have a couple projects going in 2011 unfortunately, and it is amazing how much time is now wasted filling out titleblock data, and switching parameters manually to sort sheets etc! I logged this request almost on the first day of release and no fix

See the PDF which I printed from another thread this morning. Granted the modless issue needs fixed, but this is a quick work-a-round.

[ron.sanpedro]

See the PDF which I printed from another thread this morning. Granted the modless issue needs fixed, but this is a quick work-a-round.

I just want to know how this kind of garbage gets shipped? I mean, really, if it was a car the @%#$ door handle just fell off a brand new car and the "GMC Gremlin User Group" posted that a great answer is channel locks! ;)
There is simply no explanation other than senior management not giving a flying expletive about producing an embarrassing product, as long as said embarrassment is profitable.

Gordon

[patricks]

Exactly, have a couple projects going in 2011 unfortunately, and it is amazing how much time is now wasted filling out titleblock data, and switching parameters manually to sort sheets etc! I logged this request almost on the first day of release and no fix

First day of what release, 2011? I just confirmed that I CAN change the properties of multiple sheets at once on a computer with the original release of 2011. I can NOT do this, however, on machines with this week's update installed.

[Wes Macaulay]

We've done some testing this afternoon, and it seems, we can get multiple sheets' properties changed using the Project Browser after all. But it's still flaky:

you cannot select more than two clicks' worth of sheets, so you can Ctrl-Click only two sheets; otherwise you must use Shift-Click
all the sheet views must be collapsed so that views are not visible under each sheet; only the sheets can be visible
sometimes you still can't get multiple sheets to select using the above: so click on the first sheet you want to change, then click in the drawing area, then back on the same sheet, and then Shift-click the last sheet you want to change, and the Properties pallette should show that you're selecting multiple sheets

I just want to know how this kind of garbage gets shipped? I mean, really, if it was a car the @%#$ door handle just fell off a brand new car and the "GMC Gremlin User Group" posted that a great answer is channel locks! :wink:
There is simply no explanation other than senior management not giving a flying expletive about producing an embarrassing product, as long as said embarrassment is profitable.It's called April, dude. That's when they ship the software. Ready or not, here we come!

These are not deal-breakers, but it tarnishes Revit's image as top-shelf, relatively bug-free software. Leonid and Irwin are probably somewhere squirming about now. (Not to say that pre-Autodesk Revit was completely free of bugs either)

[tory.puglisi]

Can't open files from Recent Document list when in a perspective view.

[tory.puglisi]

2011 + SP1 more unstable. Not a day goes by when it doesn't Fatal Error, despite all the computer memory management workarounds developed during version 2010. Fatal errors so common I feel like I'm back on a Mac.

[DaveP]

We've done some testing this afternoon, and it seems, we can get multiple sheets' properties changed using the Project Browser after all. But it's still flaky:

I'll second that "flaky" comment. (OK, probably eighth it or ninth it).

I have a hard time getting anything done selecting multiple sheets, but if I re-dock both the Project Browser and the Properties Palette, it works as expected.
Doesn't care if I have the PB & PP on the same monitor, or on the second, it still fails.
Doesn't work if either PB or PP is un-docked

The only thing that works reliably is BOTH PB & PP docked. Then I can Shift-Click Ctrl-Click, expand or collapse the PB, everything works if they are both focked. (Oops, that was a typo, but I'm going to leave it that way. Maybe that should be the description of this problem.)

[Alex Page]

Also - theres a rumour that the curtain panel family template could be screwed:

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=120533

[patricks]

bizarre status bar behaviour where Revit would freeze while the buttons and menus on the status bar danced around down there


oh drat, mine just did that for the first time since installing the update last week. boooo it's not fixed. And yes I did update to the nVIDIA driver recommended for my card by ADSK. :roll:

Guess I'll try nVIDIA's most recent driver release and see how that goes.

[oliver.p]

Still not fixed:

In formulas: exp(x) is supposed to be e (about 2.71828183) to the power of x - it sais so in the oh-so-handy online help. Instead it is 10 to the power of x.

[narlee]

I take it Print Ambient Occlusion is NOT fixed yet?

That is correct, unfortunately.

[Bill McLees]

Those of us who use the All Access RCP package still can't. This bug remains in SP1. Supposedly to be fixed as a part of SP2, but we'll see.

[Tony C.]

2011 + SP1 more unstable. Not a day goes by when it doesn't Fatal Error, despite all the computer memory management workarounds developed during version 2010. Fatal errors so common I feel like I'm back on a Mac.

Hmm,..
I've had a little of the same result, but not as bad.

After installing the Web Update 1 last week on my workstation, Revit immediately crashed. Repeatedly. Immediately. Over and over, even after multiple reboots of the computer. ...but only on that same morning. After lunch that day, and every day since then, Revit has not crashed once.

curious.

Then this week I started getting the screen jump issue
( http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=14997251&linkID=9243099 ) which this computer never had before. Now I can't fix it, even with the solutions provided.

Both of these are *probably* not related to installing the update, but its curious that these problems happened soon after installing the update.

Has anyone else had similar experience after installing Web Update 1?
Can you list the specifics?

thx,
-tony

[mark.98140]

Those of us who use the All Access RCP package still can't. This bug remains in SP1. Supposedly to be fixed as a part of SP2, but we'll see.

is this the reason Revit 2011 64 won't load at work where i am using RPC ultimate and at home will where using on an identical machine? If os, any word on a fix as we use this everyday as part of our design workflow... am looking at artlantis again so we can continue to move forward with rendering...

[Bill McLees]

This is correct. Revit 2011 won't load if you have more than about 300 RPCs available in your library.

Because RPC Ultimate has several thousand RPCs, the 64 bit version won't run. (I don't know about 32 bit.)

Anyway, you have to take your big RPC library out of the path and only use a few selected RPCs until the fix arrives.

Bill

[ron.sanpedro]

That is correct, unfortunately.

Maybe when they make it printable, they will also allow it to be used in a Hidden Line view, rather than only a Shaded with Edges view? But I predict it won't be done till 2012, because printing is a "feature" and therefor can't be done with a service pack.
I love the way they rationalize ****-poor planning and execution so as to have the law "force" them to not fix it in a timely fashion. Weak.

Gordon

[david.kingham]

I've had 4 users complain that they have crashed 3 times in a row after installing the sp, after deleting the local files and starting over everything seems to be ok....

[mark.98140]

This is correct. Revit 2011 won't load if you have more than about 300 RPCs available in your library.

Because RPC Ultimate has several thousand RPCs, the 64 bit version won't run. (I don't know about 32 bit.)

Anyway, you have to take your big RPC library out of the path and only use a few selected RPCs until the fix arrives.

Bill

thanks bill,

knowing this has saved me untold frustration. i haven't till now been able to verify this was the case... they did mention it once before as going to be fixed with sp1, but clearly this is not the case... pretty awkward for those of us using this, especially as revit is being promoted as being able to use rpc ultimate... the trial version of rpc subscription being promoted with the software so directly is definetely something new this version..but odd when it won't work.. anyway, no more ravng... thanks again for the info.:)

[iru69]

But I predict it won't be done till 2012, because printing is a "feature" and therefor can't be done with a service pack.
I love the way they rationalize ****-poor planning and execution so as to have the law "force" them to not fix it in a timely fashion. Weak.
There is nothing in the "law" that doesn't allow them to add "features" to the current release. And where is it that "they" rationalize this? It's only Revit users that make these references over and over again. Seems more like Revit users are trying to rationalize it.

[tory.puglisi]

Can we add to the thread title the phrase "..and new bugs in..."

Subregions now seem to affect contours. This is a feature I didn't want, need or was expecting. Can it be reverted to a time when subregions didn't affect contours?

[bregnier]

Subregions have always affected contours in certain situations, as Revit reinterpolates between elevation points when you make them. I had the same problem back in RAC2009, as did others.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=76575&highlight=subregion+change

[Wes Macaulay]

Subregions have always had the unfortunate capability of affecting contours. This is because the splitting of the toposurface to facilitate the different material appearances has an effect on triangulation -- turn on Triangulation Edges and you'll see the effect

[tory.puglisi]

I hadn't notice that behaviour before - perhaps it's the sort of sites "I've been working with up till now. Oh well, better move it to the "stuff still needs fixing" list.

New one(?): sometimes, can't open drawings in the "Recent Files" list. Have to quit revit then restart to make "Recent File" list work.

[patricks]

Tried the latest nVIDIA driver, Status Bar stuff still dances around for about 30 seconds early in the morning after first starting into Revit. :(

When I opened a Support Request, they thought I was referring to the UI shift issue that's related to Press & Drag :roll:

[tory.puglisi]

New one(?): sometimes, can't open drawings in the "Recent Files" list. Have to quit revit then restart to make "Recent File" list work.
Worked it out: can't open recent files when in a 3d perspective view.

[DoTheBIM]

When I opened a Support Request, they thought I was referring to the UI shift issue that's related to Press & Drag :roll::roll:Why is it so hard to demonstrate an issue? I imagine if we were on the other end we'd be wishing for more info. I started sending jing made videos... seems to get the point across so much quicker and only requires a summary of what's going on.

[patricks]

:roll:Why is it so hard to demonstrate an issue? I imagine if we were on the other end we'd be wishing for more info. I started sending jing made videos... seems to get the point across so much quicker and only requires a summary of what's going on.

It's pretty difficult to get a video of something that usually happens for only a few seconds, once a day, and not even every day.

[gaby424]

A hatch printing issue. Drafting Hatchlines.Available if hatch line are very thin smaller than 0.05 mm.

In Revit 2009 if you print black and white directly from Revit a drafting hatch, that has pen 1 set at the smallest value (0.025mm) the lines was ok eaven if the hatch was "Align with Element" or "Orient to View".(anyway the line looks more heavy than the set value...compared with autocad the same 0.025mm is heavier in revit...but this is another story)

In Revit 2011 is a bug when the hatch is printed. We have to cases:
A) if the hatch is set to "Orient to View" than the hatch lines on sectioned Walls, Floors and Beams looks like dashed lines. So a bad symbol if you have a hatch convention.

B) if the hatch is set to "Align with Element" than the hatch lines on sectioned Walls, Floors are ok (continuos lines) but on sectioned Beams looks like a dashed lines.

So hatch on beams looks bad in bouth cases.

In plus when you join a beam with a floor that have the same material(concrete) you want the hatch to be continous. Only a "Oriented to View" hatch could give you that...so this is case A where the bug will afect all elemnts that have that hatch.

Tested on the same black and white laser printer with vector and raster max quality settings..

[gaby424]

The only way I could remove this bug was to use for pen 1(pen1=hatch pen) a line thickness at list of 0.05mm(0.002 inch).

In fact maybe this is not a bug but a feature. I observed the dashed line effect is growing as an efect(bigger spaces) from the 0.05mm(no spaces) to the 0.025mm(biggest spaces). I`ve made progresive test by printing from revit blck and white. So I think revit try to simulate a greyscale efect when the lines become thinner that it can handle to output eaven you chose black and white output. This greyscale effect is clearly visible when you export to pdf as a raster set to prezentation quality(and in the pdf put the lossles output). When you zoom in pdf on the hatch lines you`ll see they are grey not black.

Condition to see this are:

a) pen1 set to 0.25mm(0.001inch) (smaller effect if you set bigger values...the effect ends at 0.5mm(0.002inch))
b) hatch has to be defined as Oriented to View (it will affect any element that is cut in section) or Aligned to Element(it will affect ONLY BEMS that are cut in section)
c) print to pdf (raster qual set to presentation and pdf settings set to loseless )


If you don`t meet one of this conditions revit will print ok the hatches in black and white with continusous lines(no dashed effect) and it succed these prints becouse i think it automaticly override your thinner pen1 setings with a bigger value.Insteed of a value smaller than 0.05mm(0.002inch) it will use 0.05mm(0.002inch). So the print will be ok but the hatch lines(pen1) are printed heavier than yout settings. This override behavior was was standard(untouchable) in revit 2009.

Conclusion: I think the team is try to impove the very thin lines printing from Revit that are not at the quality from acad (see the pictures from this topic http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=85009&highlight=autocad+hatch )
It`s a good start but the method with grey scale output will distroy the hatch conventions. Why not copy paste the code from acad printing system. And why is this greyscale method afected by hatch algniament. Hope this observations help the Revit Dev. Team.

[jspartz]

This is correct. Revit 2011 won't load if you have more than about 300 RPCs available in your library.

Because RPC Ultimate has several thousand RPCs, the 64 bit version won't run. (I don't know about 32 bit.)

Anyway, you have to take your big RPC library out of the path and only use a few selected RPCs until the fix arrives.

Bill

I decided to search for an rpc loading bug, and found this. Interesting. More interestingly is the fact that I've been using the program without any issues for months and just today it decided to sit at 100% CPU usage for 2 minutes each time I first open a file in Revit 2011. It does eventually work for me. I tried repairing and reinstalling, that's when I guessed it to be content related, bringing me to the RPC issue. I moved them and it loaded instantly. Any word on when this might be fixed? Weird that I never had the issue until today though.

[samov]

Inside a conceptual Mass.

Creating a Line from Reference Points


http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=1082793#post1082793

[Bill McLees]

Relative to the RPCs, I have been told the following:

The RPC library problem will be fixed in the second web update. (Of course, I think I was told it would be fixed in the first web update.)

In addition, I have been told that the issue involves Revit attempting to index every RPC you have everytime it loads. Apparently, when Revit apparently hangs, it is actually doing the indexing, and if you wait long enough, Revit will eventually open. But I have waited a long time (30-45 minutes) and no success.

Finally, I did successfully run Revit 2011 64-bit one time with all RPCs, and it functioned normally for about five minutes. Then it crashed. I don't know why it loaded that one time.

Revit does appear to run fine for me with the 300 or so RPCs I let it see. However, I do get 1 or 2 unexplained crashes per week. Whether this is in any way related to RPCs, I have no idea.

Regards, Bill

[twaldock]

Have not yet installed SP1 for v2011, but have just been informed by Autodesk support that the following v2011 will not be fixed until the next major release because it is considered to be a change request (as opposed to a bug introduced in v2011):

In v2010, if you had a central file linked into your current file, you could open a local copy of that linked file in the same session of Revit. In v2011 it no longer allows you to open the local file in the same session - see this post:

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=119154&highlight=central

[twiceroadsfool]

Have not yet installed SP1 for v2011, but have just been informed by Autodesk support that the following v2011 will not be fixed until the next major release because it is considered to be a change request (as opposed to a bug introduced in v2011):

In v2010, if you had a central file linked into your current file, you could open a local copy of that linked file in the same session of Revit. In v2011 it no longer allows you to open the local file in the same session - see this post:

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=119154&highlight=central

Im still very happy with 2011 overall, but ill be filing something about that this morning. Thats insane.

[r.grandmaison]

We're having an issue with items that we've defined in prior versions of a file, not printing at all. For instance, we've created some fill patterns that have a 1/64" spacing between the lines. When we try to plot them in 2011, they don't print or print preview. If we change that spacing to 1/32" it prints fine.

We've also seen this happen with extremely fine lineweights. In 2010 and 2009 we used lineweights as small as 0.003" but, in 2011 objects that have this lineweight applied as an override wont' print preview or print.

Has anyone else found this type of behavior? I know that Revit doesn't like it when you try to draw objects that are very small, like less than 1/32"- but is there some kind of change between 2010 and 2011 that limits the ability of objects that have small values in their definitions that prohibit or filter them out from the plot preview and plotting functions?

We're running 64 bit Windows 7 Pro machines.

[DoTheBIM]

...some fill patterns that have a 1/64" spacing between the lines... I tried this on xp sp3 32bit and it printed fine as a drafting pattern. I couldn't define a model pattern closer than something like 1/4".

[nguyenhoanganhst6986]

thanks ! cam on tat ca moi nguoi voi nhung y kien dong gop chia se da neu tren.Minh moi vao mong nhan duoc su giup do cua moi nguoi

[troberts]

thanks ! cam on tat ca moi nguoi voi nhung y kien dong gop chia se da neu tren.Minh moi vao mong nhan duoc su giup do cua moi nguoi

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Chào mừng các bạn trên tàu (Welcome Aboard.)

[gaby424]

We're having an issue with items that we've defined in prior versions of a file, not printing at all. For instance, we've created some fill patterns that have a 1/64" spacing between the lines. When we try to plot them in 2011, they don't print or print preview. If we change that spacing to 1/32" it prints fine.

We've also seen this happen with extremely fine lineweights. In 2010 and 2009 we used lineweights as small as 0.003" but, in 2011 objects that have this lineweight applied as an override wont' print preview or print.

Has anyone else found this type of behavior? I know that Revit doesn't like it when you try to draw objects that are very small, like less than 1/32"- but is there some kind of change between 2010 and 2011 that limits the ability of objects that have small values in their definitions that prohibit or filter them out from the plot preview and plotting functions?

We're running 64 bit Windows 7 Pro machines.

for lineweights as small as 0.003" revit apply a greyscale solution on them so try again with raster set to prezentation and use a inkjet printer. on my lasser 600dpi the lines are dashed.on my inkjet 1200dpi is perfect.Better[thinner] than rev2009. print directly from revit. Interesting is the fact that if I make a copy of the printed inkjet page at the laser printer(that has copy ability) the copy is as fine as the inkjet original. So I think is not the 600dpi resolution the problem but the way the print system from revit comunicate with the laser printer..

[mark.98140]

Relative to the RPCs, I have been told the following:

The RPC library problem will be fixed in the second web update. (Of course, I think I was told it would be fixed in the first web update.)

In addition, I have been told that the issue involves Revit attempting to index every RPC you have everytime it loads. Apparently, when Revit apparently hangs, it is actually doing the indexing, and if you wait long enough, Revit will eventually open. But I have waited a long time (30-45 minutes) and no success.

Finally, I did successfully run Revit 2011 64-bit one time with all RPCs, and it functioned normally for about five minutes. Then it crashed. I don't know why it loaded that one time.

Revit does appear to run fine for me with the 300 or so RPCs I let it see. However, I do get 1 or 2 unexplained crashes per week. Whether this is in any way related to RPCs, I have no idea.

Regards, Bill

Bill, I guess i am glad to hear this will be fixed, but really it is too little too late for us... i have reverted to artlantis for rendering.. greatly improved quality, speed and file interchangeability between both platforms.. can render in 15min what revit takes 3-4 hours to do..and in addition i have access to a far greater range and quality of content... Archvision really should have been offering a credit to revit customers in terms of the licence period... it has been months now without being able to access the full rpc range under subscription (easily that is). we are now happy to put the subscription fee toward content which we own.. already have far more useable content than the rpc library for the same annual fee... and this content is mostly useable rather than the questionable quality of rpc content.

[Michael Coviello]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or intentional...
After closing a model, the model name/current view is still displayed in revits' application titilebar.
We also have had issues with WSM showing multiple sessions for users and I'm curious if this is related.
RAC2011 w/sp1 Windows XP x64

[patricks]

Update on the status bar "dancing" issue that we thought was fixed in SP1 but is not. Basically there is no fix according to the factory. :(

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=1086024#post1086024

[patricks]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or intentional...
After closing a model, the model name/current view is still displayed in revits' application titilebar.
We also have had issues with WSM showing multiple sessions for users and I'm curious if this is related.
RAC2011 w/sp1 Windows XP x64

I'm pretty sure it's always been this way.

[hehud]

DWG export is no longer keep different materials on any geometry, When open in 3dsmax.

(it was Working on Revit 2010).
DWG export become useless...
(and don't tell me use FBX...)
Any solutions ?? stuck on Revit 2010...

[ron.sanpedro]

Have not yet installed SP1 for v2011, but have just been informed by Autodesk support that the following v2011 will not be fixed until the next major release because it is considered to be a change request (as opposed to a bug introduced in v2011):

In v2010, if you had a central file linked into your current file, you could open a local copy of that linked file in the same session of Revit. In v2011 it no longer allows you to open the local file in the same session - see this post:

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=119154&highlight=central

This is EXACTLY the "Call it a feature not a bug and postpone the fix" that pisses me off so much. It WORKED in 2010 and now it doesn't. That is a !%$ bug Autodesk. B$ excuses for not fixing your mistakes are getting old.

Gordon

[psteel]

Dare I even say Stairs / Railings.

Thses two items have now been "broken" forever and apparently the Factory are not addressing them in the next release.

Stairs and railings are bread and butter architectural items, is it not time they were fixed.

[ron.sanpedro]

Dare I even say Stairs / Railings.

Thses two items have now been "broken" forever and apparently the Factory are not addressing them in the next release.

Stairs and railings are bread and butter architectural items, is it not time they were fixed.

Uh, Site as well. My guess is the folks working on house boats and/or space stations are a small subset of all working AEC professionals. The rest of us have buildings on Sites, and need site tools that actually fail to suck.

Gordon

[narlee]

tools that actually fail to suck.


What a great term - let's coin it! :)

[Darken_Rahl]

Our firm's quick access toolbars seem to reset every time we launch revit. Any solutions I missed?

[Scott Womack]

Even better, only a part of my QAT resets. Anything I put on it from the Modify Tab will reset. The Items placed on it from the View or Manage tabs remain without a problem.

[DoTheBIM]

We've had QAT issues like this as well. I've personally almost given up on the QAT customization and started adding lots of keyboard shortcuts for common stuff and then go find the less common in the ribbon.

[Batman]

I have no idea how I did it or how to get it back to the way it was but...

My 'Modify' tab has jumped to the front of the queue (in front of Home!!!).

Anyone know how to get this back to the end of the line?

Can live with it but it is annoying.

[twiceroadsfool]

Batman-

Just hold down control and drag it back, you dont have to reset the UI.

[Batman]

Thanks Aaron.... now I know how I did it :lol:

[patricks]

so... any of the issues in here fixed with SP2?

I CAN confirm that the Select All Instances of Viewports issue is actually fixed! woohoo!!!

[psteel]

This a re-print of my earlier general question.

Control of Worksets for linked files has been included into the View template for 2011,
but NOT for the host model.

This additional control in the host model is desperately needed
for large commercial projects where we tend to use a number of worksets
for structure, shell & core, interiors etc etc

Hopefully could we apply pressure for this to be added as a further release of 2011 or included into RAC 2012.

[tory.puglisi]

so... any of the issues in here fixed with SP2?

I CAN confirm that the Select All Instances of Viewports issue is actually fixed! woohoo!!!

In the 4 hours since I downloaded + installed SP2 this morning, Revit has crashed twice, and all I've been doing is modifying filled regions and generally moving things around on an existing model.

[michael.12445]

There is a closed, "sticky" thread entitled "Remember to file support requests" that gives a procedure for doing so, using a tool under "Help." The thread seems to be old (2007?), and the method described no longer works. (I'm using 2011, SP2.) In fact, entering "bug report" into the Knowledgebase on Autodesk's web site returns "No results were found for your search." The only support options now appear to be self-help tools, i.e., the Knowledgebase, online documentation and user forums, or paid per-incident support.

So has the mechanism of "filing support requests" mentioned in the earlier thread been abandoned?

[dbaldacchino]

If you're a subscription customer, you can still file support requests. And it's very easy now to do it straight from within the software (top-right portion of the application window, click the key icon and select to file a support request). There is also a web-form to submit feedback (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1109794), and this goes straight to product managers.

[michael.12445]

Thank you, Dave. We are on subscription, so I'll be using the key icon.

[jessica.146534]

I just noticed another thing that isn't working but I'm not sure if it's something that's screwy on my end:

Schedules>Sorting/Grouping>Blank Line (won't work when "Level" is selected with footer in "Sort By")

[dbaldacchino]

Just tried it with a room schedule and I don't see any issues. If it still doesn't work on your side, please post an example file.

[stuart.245608]

Hi All

I have been using Revit Architecture 2011 for the last three months and have been using it with 2x 23inch monitors. I have been quite content moving my 'properties' and 'project browser' windows onto the second monitor and leaving them 'undocked' from my main Revit window (that i maximize on my primary monitor).

Unfortunately I have found that if you undock the windows an issue occurs with selecting families in the project.

When I go to the 'project browser' and scroll down, select a family type and ask Revit to 'select all instances' it does not come up in the properties window. If I dock both the 'properties' and 'project browser' and repeat the same task it works fine. This is annoying as I cannot select all instances of a family and change their type from the 'properties' window.

[dbaldacchino]

I can confirm that observation and in fact filed a related SR#05654839 on 12/15/2010. The suggestions I have is to move your properties palette AND project browser back to the main monitor and try the selection again. Sometimes dropping the selection and re-selecting can address the issue. Autodesk's suggestion was as follows (some editing applied):



Try selecting all instances in the Project Browser. (The Edit Family button should be missing and you cannot change the type.)
Escape out of the command.
Select the family. (The Edit Family button should now be available and so is the type selector.)
Escape out.
If you Select All Instances in the Project Browser, you should now see the Edit Family button (and the type selector). Quantities of selected families should now be correct and no "phantom" additional family should have been selected.