Revit crashes when I try to modify a parameter, duplicate a family, or rename it.

Revit crashes when I try to modify a parameter, duplicate a family, or rename it.

AndrewPollock
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Revit crashes when I try to modify a parameter, duplicate a family, or rename it.

AndrewPollock
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I first noticed this issue when I tried to duplicate and resize a title block element using the Revit API. This had been working without issue for a few days, and I was editing a different section of the code. On Thursday Revit began to crash whenever it reached the titleblock section of my code. The error message was a generic "something has stopped working" type of message, with no additional information.

 

I investigated further and found when I commented out the titleblock modifications from my code, it ran fine (creating views and sheets). I also discovered that when I tried the same operation manually in Revit 2023 it would crash in the same manner. I was able to make it work in Revit 2019, but I need to work in 2023.

 

I even get this issue in the sample Architectural file that comes with Revit. I open the file, try to rename the A1 titleblock, and the program crashes. There are some families that I can duplicate and rename, and some that I experience the same issue with. In my original file, the titleblock was not in use by any sheets when I was trying to manually duplicate or modify it.

 

I have posted this here rather than in the API forum because it does not appear to be exclusive to the API in my case.

 

I've tried restarting my pc and reinstalling Revit, but I have the same issue. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

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barthbradley
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Hard to help you troubleshoot without knowing exactly what you did.  

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AndrewJohnPollock
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AndrewPollock
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Sorry, I appear to unknowingly have used two accounts. I will remove the content of the other account and keep the information here.

 

The attached screen recording shows me trying to rename the "A1 Metric" titleblock, and Revit crashing as a result. 

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AndrewJohnPollock
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AndrewPollock
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I completed a full reinstallation following the procedure here, and it works as expected now:

 

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-Complete-a-...

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