New Build for Revit Building 9 (20060619_2300)

[Steve_Stafford]

Following posted on Autodesk's site:

This build (20060518_2300) addresses a reported area tolerance issue in Revit-based release 9 project files. It also addresses measurement-related issues discovered in DWF™ files produced from Revit-based release 9 project files.

Note: This update incorporates issues previously addressed in the last build (20060426_2300). Specifically with Autodesk Revit Building 9-based projects utilizing linked files, and issues relating to cascading network licensing for the Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series—Building 9 products.

Download HERE (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=5488990)

[Doug]

I am getting an error:
"The contents of this file cannot be unpacked. The executable you are attempting to run has been corrupted. Please obtain another copy of the file, verify its integrity and try again."

No GO! Anyone else having this problem?

[hand471037]

anyone know if this build solves the exporting to Max 8 issue as well?

guess we'll find out soon enough.

[Wes Macaulay]

Big thanks to the Factory for coming through on the fix for Area Plans! Much, much appreciated...

[dpasa]

anyone know if this build solves the exporting to Max 8 issue as well?

guess we'll find out soon enough.

Can you explain exactly what this issue is? I haven't read anything about it and I'm very much interested...

[hand471037]

Can you explain exactly what this issue is? I haven't read anything about it and I'm very much interested...

With Revit 8.1, when you imported into Max 8 a DWG model that came from Revit (via the 'File Link Manager' using the Revit default) you'd get a nice 3d model in Max that had all the Revit materials intact and properly named.

With Revit 9, so far, if you do the same thing you get that same model, with materials, but the material names are garbled because for some reason instead of using the name that the material has in Revit, it uses the material ID from Revit, something you don't see unless you do a ODBC export. I suspect it has something to do with the new behavor of materials in R9 confusing Max. Everything still works, but it's just not as nice, for instead of being able to pick 'Metal - Stainless - Brushed' off the material browser in Max (to edit it) you instead get 'RevitMaterialID002094'. When folks brought this up a while back someone said that this bug might be addressed in the next build, so...

[dpasa]

Aaah, yes, I know, This is a very big problem, I completely forgot about it. Well I do exterior arch. renderings most of the times, (few materials) so I can easily trace which is which (from the elements writen beside the name - or if I list the materials by object).
This is the solution for now. If tou list the materials by object then you can understand that Revit39348349 on every "door-double exterior-glass" object is glass

[MRV]

I opened the file I had sent to support with area problems, and it did NOT update the areas correctly. However, if I copied the boundary or otherwise made changes to it, it DID update with the correct area. This may require some testing by others to see if you get the same results... Be careful with files from a previous version!

Michael Vaughn
BWG Architecture

[smorse.71532]

I opened the link to Autodesk Revit Building - Data & Downloads, Updates, nothing is listed for Revit Building 9. How do I get the latest build?

[Wes Macaulay]

Here's the link again:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=7142518

[smorse.71532]

Thanks for the info.

[paul.114746]

I have found in Revit 9 that linking other revit models into a site plan, the site plan revit file is very slow...

Does this update fix this problem?
Is there more information on the fix to file linking mentioned?

thanks

[DaveP]

I have found in Revit 9 that linking other revit models into a site plan, the site plan revit file is very slow...

Does this update fix this problem?
Is there more information on the fix to file linking mentioned?

thanks
Actually, it was the build BEFORE this one (something like # 20060428) that fixed the problem with links slowing down.

[Wesley]

Yes, but it appears that the slow down with links has reappeared with this build...
also, does anyone know what happened to the panoramic (IVR?) creation and export process? Can't get it to create a cylindrical image, and don't see export IVR anywhere anymore...

Wes

[mmodernc]

Where is the thread for area problem-I haven't been listening.

[DaveP]

Where is the thread for area problem-I haven't been listening.http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=38578

[DaveP]

Yes, but it appears that the slow down with links has reappeared with this build...

Wes
I've just heard from one of my users that he's noticing the slowdown again.
I had upgraded him to 9, then the April build, which fixed the problem, and now the May build (20060518_2300), and he's saying it's slow again.

I'll file a Support Request & see what they say

[sbrown]

9.0(latest build) does seem very slow compared to 8.1. I'm not sure what is causing the performance issues on my end since I don't have any model links and just 4 dwg links. I do have lots of groups and rooms.

[archjake]

Does anyone else have the problem of placing an area tag in an area plan?

I'm puzzled.

[Mr Spot]

Does anyone else have the problem of placing an area tag in an area plan?

I'm puzzled.
An area has to be placed before the area can be tagged...

[archjake]

An area has to be placed before the area can be tagged...
Thanks,
Just tried it (err.. noticed it thanks to your post), and it worked.
Placing an area is new to R9!

[Phil Palmer]

We are also noiticing a cosiderable 'slow down' on this version of Revit9.

Major slow downs with opening of dialogues
especially Visibility dialogue
THe workset dialogue

And STC's take an age !

[Chad Smith]

I would like to check with others if this build has solved some of your exporting issues. For me, I'm still getting missing linework.

[Steve_Stafford]

New Build Posted: Text from Autodesk's site:

This latest build (20060619_2300) fixes some export issues currently found within Autodesk Revit Building 9-based software products. The updates resolve an issue with regard to exporting elevation or section views which contained linked files as well as export of rotated views on a sheet.

Note: This update incorporates issues previously addressed in the last build (20060518_2300); specifically with Autodesk Revit Building 9-based projects utilizing linked files, and issues relating to cascading network licensing for the Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series—Building 9 products, area tolerance issue measurement-related issues discovered in DWF™ files produced from Revit-based release 9 project files.

Download it HERE! (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=5488990) Select your language first

[funkman]

Anyone else getting an error when installing the download. I have downloaded it twice now, with the same error.

The file '/download/9_1ContentENU/ENUHelp.cab' could not be downloaded.
The server replied with error code 404.

[Chad Smith]

Hmmm, I was wondering where my post got to, it's been moved here.

On a side note, can we get a forum feature where when one of your own posts is moved, you are automatically re-subscribed to the thread it was moved to?

[Damo]

Anyone else getting an error when installing the download. I have downloaded it twice now, with the same error.

The file '/download/9_1ContentENU/ENUHelp.cab' could not be downloaded.
The server replied with error code 404.Yes, I've got the same error message. Had to skip a lot of files.

[Steve_Stafford]

I get this message attached

[Elmo]

Hi Steve I also got this but you don't need to worry about this actually. When finished installing it wants to download the the content from the internet which you don't need to do. You already have the content that it wants to install, it was originally installed when you put your original disk in.

[Steve_Stafford]

In my case it isn't gaining access to the Help file. If it has changed I'd like to get the file...it probably has not at this time though. Still if users are getting errors the guys that make this stuff available should know.

[ejburrell67787]

In my case it isn't gaining access to the Help file. If it has changed I'd like to get the file...it probably has not at this time though. Still if users are getting errors the guys that make this stuff available should know.Same problem here, skipped the content files but got error 404 on the help ENU file.

[DaveP]

In my case it isn't gaining access to the Help file. If it has changed I'd like to get the file...it probably has not at this time though. Still if users are getting errors the guys that make this stuff available should know.
Haven't had a chance to download this build yet (and I'm vacation next week woo hooo!), but I've had the same problem with accessing the Help file in previous builds (and previous versions)

Happy 4th, everyone!

[funkman]

Ok, so there is definitely a problem.

Factory ?

[Graham Briggs]

I am getting an error:
"The contents of this file cannot be unpacked. The executable you are attempting to run has been corrupted. Please obtain another copy of the file, verify its integrity and try again."

No GO! Anyone else having this problem?
I downloaded and installed the new build (20060619_2300), but I also get an error regarding the Help files. See the attach screen shot.

Anyone have an answer? I have tried several times to re-download the Help.cab to no avail.

[Chirag Dedhia]

you can just cancel of that download. When you open up revit the first time after installing the new build, you might be informed that the download process wasn't complete, you can select CANCEL here and move on safely...

But the factory should definitely take a note of this, coz the users do feel lost when they see such warnings n errors popping up!!

4th Build in a row!! where r we going??

[Doug]

Graham

I just got the same error message when I download the latest fix. Is this the official reply to cancel?
Everything seems to work ok... sure does not add any to the confidence

[Bill McLees]

The help file didn't work for me either.

But if it had, would I be secure enough to admit it? Would anyone? Something for us all to ponder.

[nole]

Hi there!
Same problem here. I've tried to download all content during installation and I've received 404 Error messages for all content cabs.

[studio3p]

I am able to download the latest build until it is 61% downloaded, then the download stops. I have tried it with both FireFox and IE - both hang at 61%.

[Chirag Dedhia]

All the content as well as help files would have been installed previously when you installed it via a Media(CD/DVD). When you r installing this new upgrade, you can coolly cancel all such installations again.

[Phil Palmer]

Would be nice to hear from the 'factory' if it is the case that we can igonore the error with regard to the Help cab file.

A word on whether any help files or actual content has been updated would help please ? ? ?

[Chirag Dedhia]

Would be nice to hear from the 'factory' if it is the case that we can igonore the error with regard to the Help cab file.
Thats true. But you can also check it up by going to
HELP >> GETTING STARTED
HELP >> REVIT HELP F1
HELP >> TUTORIALS

These shud be working correctly. If not, then you'd might want to download the relevant content again.

[mmodernc]

404 error here too

[Wes Macaulay]

I've chosen to hit 'Cancel' regarding the download of the Help cabinet -- I doubt there's been an update to the documentation anyway. Nonetheless it might be disconcerting to users to see the error: though I'm sure by now they're aware of the problem, on July 4th nothing is likely to get fixed in America :-P

[dhurtubise]

I sent it to support

[cadkiller]

Here is the response from the factory on the subject.

We have been made aware that there are customer issues with installing the new Revit build (RevitBuilding9_20060619_2300.exe). Once this exe is ran there is a "content" installation phase that will attempt to download CAB files from our servers. This is currently failing with a 404 (file not found) error on multiple files. These files must currently be "skipped" in order to continue with the install and we do not recommend building network deployments until this issue is resolved.
We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and thank you for your patience on this issue.

[Mr Spot]

Odd, i didn't receive any errors installing that build. However, i always skip content installation. I've also prepared a network deployment which also worked fine...

[ejburrell67787]

As posted already, I got the error message from a help file even when SKIP content was chosen. Saying that though, we have just downloaded and installed this build on two more machines and had no problems or error messages at all... and it was super-duper fast for a change! 8-)

[rgranja508683]

Hi,

The problem is in the RevitInstall.ini file located in the folder download. Inside of this file you must change the path of the contents to the correct url place:

[ContentRoot]
URL=http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/9_0/
ALT=.
[Units]
USAENU=all

Regards,
Ricardo Granja

[dhurtubise]

Here's what i have in that file :
[ContentRoot]
URL=http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/9_0
ALT=.

[Units]
USAENU=all
USAFRA=all
CANFRA=all
CANENU=all
defaultUSAENU=Imperial
defaultUSAFRA=Imperial
Default=Metric

[rgranja508683]

Hi,

You must put a/ at the end so the path of URL be correct.

...../download/9_0/

Regards,
Ricardo Granja

[ejburrell67787]

Hi,

The problem is in the RevitInstall.ini file located in the folder download. Inside of this file you must change the path of the contents to the correct url place:

[ContentRoot]
URL=http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/9_0/
ALT=.
[Units]
USAENU=all

Regards,
Ricardo GranjaI noticed my *.ini file had /9_1 in this place so I changed it to /9_0/ as you suggested and tried again but it made no difference, it is looking somewhere else still... see attached image

[cadkiller]

I just got this notice from the factory.

As you may know, last week our build of Revit Building 9 ("RevitBuilding9_20060619_2300.exe") experienced errors when trying to download remote help and content in CAB files; we apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused you.
This issue was corrected last week (07-05-2006), but file name and web server issues prevented us from effectively pushing out the corrected build to all of the global web servers on the Akamai network. As a result, the fix was further delayed in being visible to the public. Although the original error had been corrected and posted, the old file was still being served to our customers globally.

I wanted to follow up with you today to let you know that a new file/link was posted yesterday (07-10-2006) to the Revit Building 9 Product download page. This file "RevitBuilding9_20060619_2300a.exe" (note the 'a' at the end) was installed and tested for both single installs and network deployments and should solve the issues you had with the other build.

[dhurtubise]

Got the same to

[Wes Macaulay]

Akamai caching is one of the mysteries of the internet -- what you think is "live" data is in fact a few days old and residing, cached, on a server somewhere.

[cadkiller]

Well I still get the error message even with the new build.

[dhurtubise]

Did you emptied the download folder before installing ? Did you got the one mentionning a.exe at the end ?

[zanzibarbob7]

I updated on two computers and everything worked fine. I'm glad I waited for the corrected download, the 2300a.exe.

[DaveP]

Akamai caching is one of the mysteries of the internet -- what you think is "live" data is in fact a few days old and residing, cached, on a server somewhere.
I downloaded yesterday (Tuesday) morning and got the old version again.
Today (Wednesday), I'm seeing the A version.