Revit Render Benchmark - v.01

[Steven Campbell]

Here it is, as promised. Please read the read me before running the script. Typical run time is around 10 to 20 minutes for a year old or newer computer.

Revit Render Bench - v.01

Remember I created this for my personal use on my own time and it is not supported by Autodesk in any way.

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Instructions:
1. Unzip the contents into your C:\Revit-Bench. (The self-extracting zip is set to default to this directory and is require by a portion of the benchmark.)
2. From explorer drag the correct version of the render-bench text file onto your Revit Icon on your desktop.
render-bench5.txt for Revit 5.1
render-bench6.txt for Revit 6.0 & 6.1
Note: The version of the test for 5.1 will not run on 6.0 or 6.1 and vice-versa.
3. AntiVirus - It may be required to temporarily disable your antivirus script settings to allow this script to run.
4. Use at your own risk, this script is unsupported and may not work on every system and or version of revit.
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Steve

[wfdesigns]

Is the unzip location required to be the letter "C" drive or the main drive the computer is working from?

[Steven Campbell]

Is the unzip location required to be the letter "C" drive or the main drive the computer is working from?

It is recommended because of the decal loaded into the model is mapped to that location. I you want to place it in a different location, you will have to open up the Render-Bench.rvt and remap the Roadway.jpg to the new location. Save the file, then run. Otherwise you will get a warning that the image is missing and the script will stop.

Steve

[christopher.zoog51272]

Thanks for posting this Steven!

If everyone would kindly post their results HERE we can keep this thread open for questions and comments reguarding the benchmark.

[Allen Lacy]

I have tried to run the test twice and get unrecoverable error message both times after the file has opened (version 6.1 current build 20040404_2100)

[Steven Campbell]

Allen,
Which script are you running??? As I mention in the instruction you need to run the "render-bench6.txt" for 6.1. The "render-bench5.txt" will not run with version 6 or 6.1.

Hope that fixes it for you...

Steve

[Henry D]

Steven,

Has anyone else reported to you that after running this script the Revit program it was used on ends up with your user name "Steve"? I was trying to figure out why I couldn't make my worksets editable, so I checked my settings and lo and behold the user name said "Steve".. that's pretty funny !

[Steve_Stafford]

I haven't been working on a workset project for a couple weeks now and NO I hadn't notice that...but then my name IS Steve...so I'm good to go haha!

[Steven Campbell]

Steven,
Has anyone else reported to you that after running this script the Revit program it was used on ends up with your user name "Steve"? I was trying to figure out why I couldn't make my worksets editable, so I checked my settings and lo and behold the user name said "Steve".. that's pretty funny !

Opps, sorry about that. By running the journal Revit inherits the user from the journal. Since I made it on my home machine the journal captured my user name from there.

I uploaded a new version that ignores the user. You can download it from the same link above.

Steve

[christopher.zoog51272]

[quote:35d584daba="Henry D"]Steven,
Has anyone else reported to you that after running this script the Revit program it was used on ends up with your user name "Steve"? I was trying to figure out why I couldn't make my worksets editable, so I checked my settings and lo and behold the user name said "Steve".. that's pretty funny !

Opps, sorry about that. By running the journal Revit inherits the user from the journal. Since I made it on my home machine the journal captured my user name from there.

I uploaded a new version that ignores the user. You can download it from the same link above.

Steve[/quote:35d584daba]

lol that same thing happened to me today, and I was like WTF? Did stafford sneak into my office last night and change my workset name?