Revit 2017 student version crashes if try to edit materials.

[Anonymous]

I am a drafting instructor.  Both on my own laptop and for my students, the new Revit 2017 student version opens with a message that says 'rendering features disabled."  I dont know if this is related to the fact that every time one tries to edit materials in, for example, a wall assembly, Revit competely crashes.  Has anyone heard anything about this problem in student version Revit 2017?  It does not happen in the fully licensed version at the college.

[barthbradley]

frankly, sounds like a pathing or permissions issue, but I figure you probably already considered this, being an instructor. How 'bout adding an additional render appearance path? Also, is this issue across the board? In other words: affecting all student versions?  

[Anonymous]

This affects only my own home laptop download and one student's laptop download of Revit 2017. There was no such problem in Revit 2016 for either of us.


I have no idea what a render appearance path is.

I believe that the student already tried unloading and reloading the program which is a lot of work but the same thing happened. I have not tried that myself. I was wondering if it s a known issue with the Revit 2017 student, free dowload.


Susan M. Payne
Instructor, Drafting & Design Dept.
Highline Community College
Office: 16-114
Phone: (206) 592-3466 Cell: (253) 350-3977 Texts Ok
Mailing Address: MS 16-03, P.O.Box 98000 Des Moines, WA 98198-9800

[barthbradley]

Application Menu=>Option=>Rendering=>Additional Render Appearance Paths

and, no, I'm not aware of any issue, but I did just Google this: 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles...

but, I suspect you already been there; done that. 

[Anonymous]

I was just having this issue with student version and I needed to update the software with the latest service pack. Haven't had the issue since.

[Anonymous]

I installed both service packs and the issue is still the same. Also have tried uninstall and reinstall. NO help. I am frustrated

Susan

[Anonymous]

Having the same issue, here...crashes a few time a day, installed services pack...working on Windows 10 with 12 RAM, good machine...no idea what to do next to fix it.