In this blog I have analysed and made comments on various Revit Architecture enhancements over the years. With all the recent talk of subscription value-for-money, I thought that now would be a good time to list and analyse the yearly enhancements to core Revit and those specific for Architects (my field).
Major changes
to the software occurred in v2010 with a radical change to the UI (the ribbon)
and a whole new conceptual massing environment. Further improvements have been made to
the massing tools each year but no attempt has been made to bring the
traditional Revit environment into line with the new Massing environment – they
continue to diverge, which is problematic.
Here is a
summary of enhancements to Core Revit and Revit Architecture only (API, BIM360/cloud, MEP & Structures enhancements are specifically not included):
Classification:
This method
of classifying the enhancements (by colour code) is subjective, and is based on how significant each change is
to workflows and the impact it had on day-to-day
usage. Significant new features that
only get used once or twice a year by most people do not count as major enhancements (“Shiny new toys”)
·
“Shiny new toy” – a gimmicky tool of more use to the Revit
marketing team than customers (not to say that we don’t ever use them)
·
Major Enhancements
·
Moderate Enhancements
·
Minor Enhancements
·
Follow up fixing & tweaking
V2010
·
The “Ribbon” interface – this was not requested
by users, and was disastrous: very clunky,
slow and unstable
o
This was Autodesk’s attempt to modernise the UI
and make it consistent with the new but "iffy" ribbon design by Microsoft.
o
The old Revit UI may not have looked elegant but
it was very fast to use.
·
Conceptual massing – great new tools but hard to
learn and incompatible with the rest of Revit
o
Refer: https://revitcat.blogspot.com/2013/12/rival-revit-environments-traditional-vs.html
o
The old massing techniques used the same 3D
modelling tools as the rest of Revit – simple, consistent but limiting for
complex curved geometry (No NURBS or lofting)
o
Autodesk tried to make the UI simple (like
Sketchup) but that introduced its own limitations, which we still have 11 years
later.
·
Numerous small enhancements, not listed here.
V2011
Reference: http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2010/03/whats-new-in-revt-architecture-2011.html
There were no major enhancements in this version, but a lot
of work was done to clean up after the dramatic changes in v2010
·
Adaptive Components in the Conceptual massing environment – great new tool but not
very compatible with the rest of Revit
·
Reporting Parameters – great but many
limitations (in formulas)
·
Linked model & workset improvements
·
Conceptual massing improvements
o
Edit form and sketch mode
o
Dissolve form
o
Divide surface by intersecting planes &
lines
·
Ribbon UI fixes – stable but still clunky
·
Modeless Properties Palette (and a few resizable
dialog boxes)
·
Graphic display improvements (Direct 3D)
o
Realistic and consistent colour views
o
Ambient Occlusion
· Minor enhancements including:
o
Rendering
multi-core
o
Rendering image
background
o
Select all
instances by view
o
Dwg Export
improved
o
Sheet Guide Grids - sadly this never solved the view alignment problem
o
Text boxes and better
leader placement
·
Analysis – Sun path tool ported from Ecotect
·
Web-based help
files - this was disastrously bad – and took several versions to fix
V2012
Nothing specifically for architects in this
version Reference: http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2011/03/autodesk-revit-architecture-2012.html
·
Parts and Assemblies – for the construction side
of AEC
·
Revit Server
·
Citrix support
·
Linked model improvements – Tagging rooms and
keynotes
·
Autodesk Vault collaboration
·
Point Cloud support
·
Materials format underlying change
o
This was confusing and required two more years
of enhancements to fix
·
Wiki-help file - this was an improvement on v2011,
but still no graphics
·
Modelling enhancements including:
o
Adaptive components available in project
environment
§
Not very compatible with the rest of Revit –
refer:
§
https://revitcat.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-dozen-reasons-not-to-use-adaptive.html
§
Not available for structural or MEP categories
o
Solid-solid cut tool in families
o
Face-based void families can cut host families
in project (limited categories)
·
Conceptual Massing enhancements:
o
Sub-regions / Split Surface on non-planar
surfaces in conceptual massing
o
Parameter values for hosted points allow
formulas
o
Family Type:Divide Surface can be formula driven
· Numerous
small enhancements including:
o
Worksharing Visualization
& Edit Requests
o
Workset
visibility in View Templates
o
Starting View
o
Detach from
Central allows disabling worksets
o
DWG Export
customisation / standardisation
o
Graphic Display option
improvements
o
Temporary
dimension improvements
o
New ‘Rounding’ function
in formulas
V2013
Reference: http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-new-in-autodesk-revit-2013.html
·
Stair tools completely revamped – Component
based stairs. Improvement, but not the
quantum leap it could have been.
Refer: http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2014/02/revit-stairs-railings-index-page.html
·
Railing tools – minor improvements:
o
Toprails, Handrail supports
o
Edit rail
·
Conceptual massing improvements
o
Divide Path tool
o
Repeat (array) tool. Refer: http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2014/03/revit-repeaters-index-page.html
·
Revit “One Box” – Architecture, Structure and
MEP rolled into one product
·
Parts and Assemblies improvements – for the
construction side of AEC
·
Materials data model changed – structural &
thermal assets
o
Materials UI changes were disastrous – totally
confusing!
·
View templates applied as a view property
(instead of one-off). A good
improvement that streamlined workflows
o
Included View types; Discipline; Underlay;
Colour Schemes etc
·
Graphic Display / Visualisation improvements
o
Surface Transparency controls
o
RPC supported in Realistic Views
o
Anti-aliasing to all views
o
Sky images and gradients
o
Lighting in Realistic Views
o
Ray Trace View style
·
Small enhancements include:
o
Delete dimension segment
o
Diameter dimension tool
o
Dimension Equals controls
o
Search in Project Browser
o
Double-click scroll-wheel to zoom to fit
o
Double-click to edit many items added (whether you
like it or not)
·
Import / export enhancements
o
DWG import / export improvements
o
DWG link/import correct lines off axis
o
MicroStation v8 support
o
IFC Import / Export improvements
V2014
No major enhancements in this version - tidy up after stairs and materials changes.
Reference: http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2013/03/whats-new-in-revit-2014.html
·
Stair tools – minor fixes. (Should have addressed significant shortcomings of new
v2013 tools, but did not)
o
Landing shape-handle behaviour modified
o
Precast stair runs join floors
o
Additional location lines by Supports
o
Snaps improved, and some temporary dimensions
added
o
Extra riser line on landings no longer displayed
·
Railing tools –
Nothing! There should have been a major follow
up after new stair tools.
·
Displaced Views – shiny new toy! Gimmicky marketing tool of limited use,
albeit well executed.
·
Materials UI debacle of 2013 fixed up (although
underlying structure is still confusing)
·
View templates – temporary view template
override
·
Point Cloud improvements
·
Options to control Double-click to edit
functionality
·
Non-rectangular viewports
·
Schedules revamp – lots of small fixes:
o
Additional schedule categories enabled
(architectural columns, detail items, entourage, generic models, grids, levels,
pads, roof soffits, structural beam systems, structural area reinforcement,
structural path reinforcement and structural fabric area)
o
Schedule Phase created or demolished
o
Text Styles to control formatting of schedules
o
Cell text overrides
·
Minor enhancements:
o
Explode imported solids in a family, allowing
limited manipulation of elements
o
Conceptual massing – Align tool works on U/V
angle on surfaces
o
Project Browser & Properties palette
dockable in same window as tabs – really only useful on a laptop where screen
real-estate is extremely limited.
o
Room calculation point
o
Selection locks – allow/prevent selection of
Links, Underlays, pinned elements, by face (NB.
The default for “Drag elements on selection” is still “Allow” – Autodesk
stubbornly refuse to change this dangerous setting!)
o
Split Elevations (as per Split Sections)
o
View regeneration suspended during view
navigation option – to speed up working in Revit
o
Bring to Front / Send to Back – for 2D items
o
Dual units in dimensions
·
Import / export enhancements
o
DWG improvements
o
IFC improvements
V2015
This was a very “lean” release, particularly for architects
References:
http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-feature-list-for-revit-2015.html
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-in-revit-2015-schedules-parameters.html
·
Sketchy Views – Shiny new toy, created because competitor software can do this
(better). It more or less works, but is
a flawed solution that needs improvement (never happened).
Refer: http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-sketchy-lines-in-revit-2015.html
·
Stair & Railing tools
– Nothing! Still no follow up to new
stair tools.
·
Performance Enhancements
o
Faster view redraw
o
Faster selection graphics
·
Can no longer delete Pinned Elements - the best feature of this release!
o
Warning when multiple pinned elements selected
o
Attached Detail Groups behave as ‘Clipped’ instead
of ‘Pinned’
·
Revisions:
o
Revision clouds by drawing tools (lines,
rectangles etc)
o
Can delete revisions
·
Family Parameters sort order
o
Tooltips for family parameters
·
Schedules
o
Walls heights (NB. Warning: wrong values if wall
is 'attached' - never fixed)
o
Images in schedules
·
IFC Imports improved
·
A handful of small enhancements – some useful
and some badly executed:
o
Anti-aliasing (smooth lines) by view or by
project
o
Duplicate view automatically adds “Copy” suffix to name
o
Allow to change view reference after ‘Reference
Other View’
o
Trim/Extend multiple elements
o
Tag leader behaviour consistent with Text
leaders
o
View Titles allow more parameters
o
Manage Links Dialog has ‘Add Link’ button
o
Can display all hidden lines in a 3D view (by
category instead of by discipline)
o
Ray trace interactive rendering view improved
·
Help files changed yet again!
- "Site Designer" add-in released as a Revit extension (purchased by Autodesk from EaglePoint) - unfortunately this add-in was not intuitive and most people could not get it to even function, so it was effectively useless. It never lived up to expectations, nor was it updated or modified by Autodesk at all.
V2015 R2
From mid-2016, Autodesk started releasing enhancements as
part of point releases during the year – these were often things that were
under development for the following year but did not require a database change,
so they were released early for those on subscription. For the sake of compiling a year-by-year
list, anything from 2015 R2 is listed as part of 2016; 2016 R2 is listed as
part of 2017 etc
V2016 (and 2015 R2)
References: http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2015/04/whats-new-in-revit-2016.html
This version did not have any major enhancements – although it
was noticeably faster than previous versions;
and had a reasonable list of minor enhancements, only a couple of which
were specifically for architects.
·
Reveal Constraints - extremely useful tool that came out of 'Global Parameter' development
·
Performance Enhancements
o
Faster regeneration after toposurface editing
o
Multiple Processors for GPU
o
Synch with Central speed improvements
o
Faster updates to views that contain multiple
instances of families
o
Improved performance where Revit
link instances are loaded but not visible in the view.
o
Allow navigation during redraw option
·
Minor Revision enhancements:
o
Select & delete multiple rows at once
o
Change starting number for a numeric sequence
o
Alphabetic is now Alphanumeric
o
Add a prefix or suffix to values
·
Minor enhancements:
o
“ Remove Repeater” tool for dissolving a
repeater (Array in Conceptual Modeling)
o
Search capability in Type Selector
o
New option to ‘Load a family into project &
Close Family’
o
File upgrade version notification message
o
Properties Palette remembers last scroll
location
o
New Pin/Unpin icons for hosted elements (curtain
wall panels, mullions etc)
o
Import/Link position default changed to ‘Auto –
Origin to Origin’; Revit remembers
previous settings
o
Revit Link in closed worksets show that in
status
o
Wall Joins – can now select multiple joins; multiple Allow/Disallow joins
o
Shaft openings – base constraint defaults to
active view level
o
More editing capabilities in perspective views
o
Reset target tool in perspective views
o
Toggle between parallel and perspective views in
3D views
o
Search during Reference Other View
o
View tags become hyperlinks in exported PDFs
o
Add data row to some schedules (Rooms, areas,
key, spaces or sheets)
o
Select host tool for tags
o
Allow default text properties for stair numbers
before placement (still not a Type
property, which would be a better solution – so this is only a marginal
improvement)
o
Thin Line setting remembered between Revit
sessions
o
DWG export coincident lines – new tidy up option
o
Adaptive Point Orientation – new naming (as utterly confusing as the previous naming)
o
IFC link assigns elements to default phase
o
Solon integration for building performance
analysis
o
Energy analysis reduces memory usage
o
Dynamo built into Revit
o
Rotation of detail elements during ‘Rotate
Project North’ function (Bug fix)
o
Open Sheet by right-click on a view in Project
Browser
o
Selection Boxes – to get to selected elements in
3D
o
View states remembered between Revit sessions
o
Multiline text in printed schedules and tags
o
Floor Elevations – new parameters for scheduling
and tagging (Top, core, bottom etc)
o
IFC links can define room boundaries
o
Place Rooms automatically (no control over sequence)
·
Rendering – Choice of Mental Ray or Autodesk
Tracer
·
New Energy analysis mode, ‘Use
Conceptual Masses and Building Elements,’
2017 (and 2016 R2)
References:
http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2016/04/revit-2017-new-features-and-enhancements.html
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2016/03/whats-new-in-revit-2016-r2.html
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2016/04/whats-new-in-revit-2017.html
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2017/08/index-for-global-parameters-in-revit.html
·
Global Parameters – showed great initial promise but sadly did not turn into the
game-changer we had hoped – largely due to its limitations, which have not been
addressed yet:
o
each
global parameter had to be individually enabled, and some vital ones are still
missing:
§
Array
numbers not enabled;
§
Floor
‘Offset from Level’ not enabled;
§
Material
properties not enabled;
§
Global
Parameters for Shared Parameters not enabled;
§
Access to
linked model Global parameter properties not enabled
·
Family Editor
o
Visibility Preview – great new feature
o
Tangency locks – another good new feature
o
Filter voids and solids in Family Editor
o
Search facility in Family Types dialog
·
Revit Links Positioning
o
Base Point to Base Point
o
Reposition to Project Base Point and Internal
origin
·
Revit Links ‘Unload for Me’ option
·
Text
o
Can enter unnumbered or non-bulleted text in
lists
o Multilevel lists
o
Text Size parameter changed to accurately
represent capital letter height - NB. Most users won’t notice an improvement
but will notice that text strings are wider when projects are upgraded,
requiring a detailed checking process.
o
When rotating Project North a new option allows
you to specify whether text notes should rotate with the model or maintain
their current orientation in the view
o
Can specify text editor to display an opaque
background and a border when editing
o
Text notes directly in canvas
o
New text editing tools in ribbon
o
All text is visible while editing
o
Text wraps, scales, and scrolls as you expect
o
Improved export text fidelity.
·
Schedules
o
Combine Parameters – only works in the schedule – cannot be tagged
o
Calculations in tags – has to match similar calc in the schedule – result is not a property
o View templates for schedules and assembly views
o
Schedule Properties dialog improved
o
Can now display minimum values, maximum values
·
Performance
o
Only visible walls regenerated
o
Occlusion culling
o
Export DWG (multiple RevitWorker processes)
o
Color Fills as background process
o
Background processes status bar
·
Revisions:
o
New Revision Number column
o
Revision Description
o
New Date column
·
Minor Enhancements include:
o
Cancel Print/Export
o
Object Styles – select and delete multiple
subcategories
o
Detach from Central – renames file with suffix
“_detatched”
o
View range dialog box improved information
o
Underlay properties clarified
o
Filter dialog – list alphabetical
o
Reference Plane names in drawing area
o
Reference Plane Subcategories
o
Reference Planes in View Filters
o
Dynamo more integrated – on Manage menu.
Architectural
Enhancements:
·
Depth Cueing – good new architectural feature
for elevation presentation
o It has limitations, which have never been addressed (Lineworks tool, detail items
etc)
Refer: http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2016/04/elevation-depth-cueing-in-revit-2017.html
o Railings
hosted on floors, walls, roofs
o
Railings – preview pane (fixed length 5’ or
1500mm)
o
In-Place stair category enabled (dodgy quick fix to address restrictions of
component tool)
o
Perspective Views – Copy & Paste enabled
o
Spot Slope annotation on linked models
o
Wall Allow/Disallow join during placement
o
Select multiple wall joins and change join
configuration
o
Point Cloud visibility controls
o
Autodesk Raytrace Rendering - used for all rendering (upgrades convert
settings from Mental Ray); used for exports of render views; define custom
render property; render material previews; new transparent background style
o
Energy Analysis - Advanced thermal zoning;
Accuracy and appearance improved; export to gbXML improved
2018 (and 2017.1)
This version was even more ‘lean’ than 2015 !!
References:
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2016/10/whats-new-in-revit-20171.html
http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2016/04/revit-2017-new-features-and-enhancements.html
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2017/04/13/introducing-revit-2018/
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2016/10/20171-import-3d-shapes-swings-and.html
·
Import 3D Shapes (Rhino & SAT) – underlying
import engine totally different (2017.1)
o
Only
allows import (not link); not consistent
import UI; many import options missing; many Rhino shapes fail to import –
needs more work.
o
Cut edges of shapes can be dimensioned
·
Underlay Navisworks files
·
Tag imported objects: IFC; 3D Shapes; some imports from 3rd
party add-ins
·
Export material and hatch pattern colours to
DWG/DXF (2017.2)
·
High resolution (4K) monitor support (2017.1)
·
Repair Central Model tool (2017.1)
·
Model in perspective views – add, move, copy,
rotate, align (2017.1)
·
Stairs:
o
Tooltips added (2017.1)
o
Old stair Sketch Tool removed – finally!
o
New Multi-storey stair tool – Good start but not without problems (needs
more work)
·
Railings:
o
Top Rail and Handrail type properties UI tweak
(2017.1)
o
Railings host on Topography – great news for doing fences.
o
Control of start and end points of railings
o
Overlapping railings on Multistorey stairs work
better – still needs more work to fix
this.
·
Schedules:
o
Schedule Links and Groups as categories - the best new feature in this version
o
Links and Groups have new system & user
defined properties
·
UI Ribbon de-clutter – to make it look more modern, but actually not consistent, and harder to
read!
o Parameter tooltips added to some elements
·
Text
o
Quick input of special characters
o
Rich text format in labels
o
Tag text height updated to match Text elements –
Tags may get wider during upgrade, requiring
checking; still not included:
Dimensions, colour legends.
2019 (and 2018.1 & 2018.2)
Another very short list of enhancements. This version had two
new features that should have been considered major – but both fall short of
expectations; neither has been addressed
since.
References:
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-in-revit-2019-levels-in-3d-views.html
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2018/04/11/whats-new-in-revit-2019/
·
Minor point release enhancements (2018.1,2,3):
o
Browser organization for schedules (2018.1)
o
Dynamo Player supports input for scripts
(2018.1)
o
Scope boxes sort alphanumerically (2018.3)
o Expand/collapse the Project Browser with right-click commands (2018.2)
o Streamlined family loading – remembers last folder (2018.2)
o Remember column widths in the Family Editor (2018.2) – nice
but the ‘Lock’ checkbox column width still plays havoc (needs more work).
o Fill Patterns dialog
reorganised (2018.2)
o Section box shape controls
improved (2018.2)
o
Sketch of a railing that has been re-hosted to
an element will be displayed on the level of the host when editing. (2018.1)
·
Tabbed Views – great idea but needs serious work to improve it: needs a way to manage/separate
multiple project & family tabs (eg. Colour coding). Until such basic functionality is fixed this
cannot count as a major enhancement
·
Secondary monitor support – a good start but view arrangements are lost if Revit is
minimised/maximised. Until such basic
functionality is fixed this cannot count as a major enhancement
·
View Filters ‘OR’ conditions enabled – very useful functionality, but not applied
to schedules yet
· Double-fill patternsMinor Enhancements:
·
Levels in 3D –
a most unwelcome enhancement that appears in all 3D views by default! Ok – a few people want this but it should not
have been a default setting.
· Uncropped perspective views
· Scope box improvements
· New library of physically-based appearance assets
·
Split tool on railing elements outside of the
sketch mode
·
Dimensions for cut curved elements
·
New warning when deleting levels
·
Slow double-click to rename views in Project
Browser – another unwelcome irritation
2020 (and 2019.1 & 2019.2)
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2018/08/15/revit-2019-1-new-features-in-the-latest-release/
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2019/01/16/revit-2019-2-new-features-connect-data-cloud-and-customers/
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2019/04/10/youve-got-to-see-whats-new-in-revit-2020/
http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2020/ENU/
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2019/04/revit-2020-and-dynamo-versions.html
https://revitcat.blogspot.com/2019/04/path-of-travel-dalek-of-revit-2020.html
https://blog.bimsmith.com/Revit-2020-Review-Whats-New-in-Revit-2020-Features-Tips-Updates
Minor enhancements – point releases (2019.1 & 2)
·
New Home Page – clicking on a file opens a local
copy by default
·
Site collaboration with Civil 3D (2019.1) – not considered useful for architects because
they need simple site manipulation tools within Revit, not links to an unwieldy
external program.
·
Move Pattern to top of wall (2019.1)
·
Import Double Fill Patterns (2019.1)
·
Perspective View enhancements (2019.1)
o
Duplicate perspective view keeps view attributes
o
Locked perspective views cannot change view
attributes
o
Zoom in region moves camera, not zoom on
uncropped region
o
Reset crop region enables crop visibility
o
Keyboard modifiers improved
o
Navigation in uncropped views faster
·
Section views – snapping and align tool works on
section lines in plan (2019.1)
·
‘Go to View’ and ‘Add view to sheet’ dialogs
resizeable (2019.1)
·
Zoom enabled in Schedules (2019.2)
·
Move objects small distance warning removed (2019.2)
·
Highest resolution textures used automatically
during rendering (2019.2)
Architectural Features:
·
Route Analysis ‘Path of Travel’ – a good idea but first version had too many
limitations to be useful
o
Cannot
handle changes of level in buildings (split level or stairs)
o
Cannot be
adjusted after placement
·
Elliptical Walls and Curtain Walls
Core Revit Features:
·
PDF Import as underlay – good but does not
support linked PDFs
·
Sketchup 2018 import support
o Various
minor Sketchup import improvements
·
Dynamo install fully integrated into Revit
(version locked to Revit upgrades)
Minor enhancements:
·
Copy and Paste legends across sheets
·
Improved Multi-Category ‘OR’ functionality in
View filters
·
Scope Box parameter in View List schedules
·
Create ‘Parts’ from Direct Shape elements
·
Various Energy Analysis enhancements
·
Scope Box tool improved
·
Materials – 5 minor enhancements
2021 (and 2020.1 & 2020.2)
References:
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2019/08/21/whats-new-in-revit-2020-1/
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2019/11/18/whats-new-in-revit-2020-2/
http://revitcat.blogspot.com/2019/12/internal-origin-visible-in-all-views-in.html
https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2020/04/08/whats-new-in-revit-2021/
·
Path of Travel enhancements
o
Adjust end/start points (2020.1)
o
Reveal Obstacles (2020.1)
o
To and From schedule properties (2020.1)
o
Waypoints (2020.2) – this finally made the tool useful
· Improved
Edit Floor “Attach Walls” dialog box (2020.1) – a small but valuable option to make models
more stable
·
Schedules
o
Striped alternate rows (2020.1)
o
Freeze Header in schedules (2020.2)
o
Active row highlighted in blue (2020.2)
·
Support for Link/Import Sketchup 2019 format
(2020.1)
·
Expose Survey & Project Base Point (2020.1)
·
Expose Internal Project Origin Point (2020.2) – this caused all kinds of problems and should
never have been included in an interim release.
·
Improved
keyboard View and Fly-through navigation in Perspective mode (2020.2)
Architectural Enhancements:
·
Generative Design in Revit – since this is not available to mere Revit
users I can’t comment on its value to architects (it is not available to those
still on Maintenance or those who do not have AEC Collections).
·
Slanted Walls –
o
This only
includes sloping walls with parallel sides, not tapered walls, thus it is not particularly
useful yet.
o
There are
still a number of unresolved issues with joins in plan and angle controls.
·
Enhanced Realistic Views
·
Link PDF Files or Images – a big improvement on the previous “Import” tool
o Several
improvements to Manage PDF & Images capability
o
Manage PDF & Images dialog incorporated with
Manage Links
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Several improvements to Manage images dialog and
capability
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Convert PDF Link to import capability
Minor Enhancements
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Enable / Disable View Filters
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Customised Workspace
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Display contrasting rows in schedules
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Rotate Text in tags and section heads
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Performance improvements
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Design Options sorted alphabetically
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Cuts Geometry parameter for voids in families
No doubt I have missed something from this compiled list - it is remarkably difficult to verify exactly what was released when. However, it should be close enough to give us a good history of the changes to Revit Architecture over the last decade. Of course this list does not include all those other streams of parallel development: other disciplines and related software (MEP, Structure, Dynamo, API, BIM360 etc).
