Weekly New Knowledge Articles by Support team | Apr 13th - Apr 19th, 2022

[lim.wendy]

Knowledge articles written by our Revit support team to resolve the problem on your own. There're couple of incidents reported, do take a look at them for possible workarounds.

Published Date	Summary	Knowledge Article	Incident Logged
15-Apr-22	How pipe insulation area and volume are calculated in Revit?	How pipe insulation area and volume are calculated in Revit	No
13-Apr-22	When changing the survey point elevation in Revit, the level measurement should change from 0' to the desire level, but changes to a scaled number.	Survey point changes units in Revit	No
14-Apr-22	Users reported that when printing sheets in Revit that contain views with non-rectangular crop regions, the view with the non-rectangular crop regions is printed, but none of the other views are output, and the titleblock is missing.	Titleblock and other views missing when printing sheet containing view with non-rectangular crop reg...	Yes
14-Apr-22	When syncing a model, Reloading Latest hangs and take a long time to finish in Revit.	Reloading Latest hangs and take a long time to process when syncing in Revit	Yes
14-Apr-22	Title block families with a Label that has Date/Time Stamp or File Path parameter ignores custom Width Factor settings when loaded into the Revit project.	Label with Date/Time Stamp or File Path parameter ignores custom Width Factor setting in Revit	Yes
14-Apr-22	User reported that filled region in family loses its transparency when loaded to project in Revit.	Filled region in family loses its transparency when loaded to project in Revit	Yes
14-Apr-22	Room does not reach the external wall despite the lack of room bounding elements in Revit	Room does not reach the external wall despite the lack of room bounding elements in Revit	No
19-Apr-22	How to automatically edit complex floor shape in Revit	How to automatically edit complex floor shape in Revit	No
13-Apr-22	Users reported unexpected display when activating hidden lines display for MEP elements in Revit. When changing	Unexpected display when activating hidden lines display for MEP elements in Revit	Yes
16-Apr-22	The synchronization process stops at the Reload Latest stage for the specified Revit Cloud Workshared model Unable to fully synchronize a specific Revit Cloud Workshared model from a certain point in time. This issue can affect one user or a small group of project members. The synchronization process stops at Reload Latest stage, more precisely at 72% during regeneration.	Synchronization process stops at 72% during the Reload Latest stage for a specific Revit Cloud Works...	No
16-Apr-22	Impossible to add a new Omniclass number in Revit family.	Impossible to add a new Omniclass in Revit	No
19-Apr-22	Incorrect geocoordination of Revit models in Navisworks	Incorrect geocoordination in Navisworks	No
19-Apr-22	What is the fastest and easiest way to convert elements saved in AVEVA PDSM to families in Revit? Are there any available best practices or tools to perform a migration for multiple catalogs containing pipe classes, parts, assemblies and machines for plant construction?	How to convert elements saved in AVEVA PDMS to Revit families	No
19-Apr-22	When the Work Plane-Based parameter is checked in the family properties, the default placement method is still Place on Face rather Place on Work Plane after loading the family into the Revit project.	Cannot insert Revit families with Place on Work Plane option selected as a default placement method	No
19-Apr-22	Users reported that slab edge elements always exported to IFC as IfcBuildingElementProxy from Revit.	Slab edge elements always exported to IFC as IfcBuildingElementProxy from Revit	Yes
13-Apr-22	Type Selector drop-down stops responding for a specific family in the Revit model and the Esc key also stops working.	Type Selector drop-down stops responding for a specific family in the Revit 2023 model	No

[GallowayUS_com_RonAllen1]

@lim.wendy  - Is this an ongoing tool? Would love to know what to watch out for Revit and Desktop connector issues.

Thanks!

Ron

Digital Transformation Team - BIM and Data management