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.NET Framework 4.5 & Revit 2012

[UPDATE April 12th 2013]: Autodesk has released a hotfix for Revit 2012 that fixes this issue even when you have .NET 4.5 installed. See http://autode.sk/158iHpN

 

I found myself installing Revit Structure 2012 on a computer that already had Revit 2013 installed on it. Revit 2013 is working fine, no issues whatsoever. But when I installed Revit 2012 I immediately ran into an issue: the ribbon wasn't updating properly. For example, when I would go into sketch mode, the checkbox would not update properly or other things wouldn't appear.

At first I thought: "Maybe I didn't install the latest update for Revit 2012..." But in fact, I had. I was running Revit 2012 Update 2.

After further investigation, I discovered that 2012 versions of Revit and older (and Revit 2013 before Update 2) that use the Ribbon Interface have incompatibility issues with the .NET Framework 4.5. 

The solution is to completely uninstall .NET 4.5 and reinstall .NET 4.0.

Thanks to Ryan Duell for pointing this out on Revit Clinic.

A point I want to enhasize: It is NOT necessary to do this if you are running Revit 2013 Update 2. However, if you need to run Revit 2012 and 2013 on the same machine then you will have to stick with .NET 4.0 for now.

AU 2012 Classes Online!

AU 2012 classes are now available online and on demand for anyone with an AU account. If you don't have an AU account, well... that's something you should take care of right now. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

AU Web Site

AU Account Creation Link

When I checked just now, the link above was not quite working - maybe there are a lot of people signing up right now. :)

For class overviews, pop over to the AU BLAUG here.

Enjoy!

joe

New Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Blog

If CFD means anything to you (and it should!) take a moment to pop over to our new CFD Blog, run by IMAGINiT's own CFD team - Ryan Stamm, Jason Pfeiffer, Rob Taylor, and Tommy Mello. Add it to your list of super-awesome-cool blogs to follow!

If you're not sure where and how CFD fits into your business or workflow, give us a call and we can help you get a better understanding of where it might improve your design process and building quality.

http://blogs.rand.com/cfd-analysis-consulting/

have fun!

joe

Slanted shaft openings in Revit

While giving a Revit Architecture fundamentals class recently I was demoing the Shaft Opening tool and somebody asked: "But what if the shaft is slanted?". Granted, slanted elevator shafts are a rare sight, but you may need to create a slanted shaft someday for some other reason. Watch this video to find out how to create slanted shafts efficiently: