topic Re: Properties window not displaying in Revit Architecture Forum

Properties window not displaying

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:00:07 GMT

I'm using Revit 2018 with the same interface I always have (Project Browser and Properties windows stacked on left side of screen). For some reason, when I opened Revit today the Properties window was blank. Occasionally, with moving or toggling the windows on/off, the window will be basically a duplicate of the Project Browser.

I've tried repair and reinstall of Revit, toggling windows on and off, restarting entire system, everything but a full uninstall (for sake of time). Does anybody have any direction on this?

Re: Properties window not displaying

barthbradley — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:29:54 GMT

It happens to me sometimes as well. I suppose there's a rhyme and reason for it, I don't know what it is. I usually self corrects by re-starting the software. But sometimes it takes a Repair to correct.

Re: Properties window not displaying

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:41:32 GMT

I've tried both, even a reinstall, but nothing has cured it yet. It couldn't be a hardware (graphics card) issue, as I've used it with no issues plenty of times before on this system. Has a repair always fixed this issue for you?

Re: Properties window not displaying

cbcarch — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:49:56 GMT

Any change a Windows update happened in the background?

Re: Properties window not displaying

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:51:36 GMT

It's certainly possible. What would be the course of action if this were the case?

Re: Properties window not displaying

barthbradley — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:53:04 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Has a repair always fixed this issue for you?

Fortunately, yes. I've never needed further troubleshooting beyond Repair. If you can't Repair it, then I'd contact Autodesk. Maybe @Viveka_CD can educate us both?

Re: Properties window not displaying

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:46:52 GMT

Had to completely uninstall and reinstall Revit, repair didn't do it. I wouldn't exactly consider this a "solution" so if anybody else has a suggestion for future reference, it would be appreciated.

Re: Properties window not displaying

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:04:58 GMT

We have the same issue in our drawing office on one of the Dell Workstations.

Quadro K4200 with updated drivers, No recent Windows updates.

Re: Properties window not displaying

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:18:08 GMT

Not sure if this will fix your issue: RESET UI

Try resetting the UI instead of doing a repair.

Re: Properties window not displaying

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:43:31 GMT

@Anonymous

I might have the resolve you are looking for.

Using the UI reset tool provided by Autodesk, I ran the .bat file, re-opend the project and the Property Window displayed fine again.

As to doing a repair, it did not work. So check out this POST to see if you agree, the RESTUI is in this link. Or attached for easy access.

Our system: Revit 2018.3 on Windows 8.1 on Dell Precision 5810