Revit Roadmap Update - April 2017

sasha.crotty
Community Manager
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Last October we published our first public Revit roadmap. Now that Revit 2018 is available, we want to share an updated roadmap with you to show you our progress and point out a few changes. We are excited about the features available in 2018 as well as the road ahead. We hope you share in our excitement.

 

First, a quick reminder of our ground rules: 

  1. We're sharing some of the highlights of our product development roadmap to give you a sense of the general direction Revit is headed. There's a lot more work going on behind the scenes, and this roadmap doesn't reflect everything our development teams are working on.
  2. We plan to periodically update the roadmap because it is subject to change. When we can, we'll also share videos that show some of the work-in-progress software.
  3. Roadmaps are plans, not promises. We're as excited as you to see new functionality make it into the products, but the development, release, and timing of any features or functionality remains at our sole discretion.
  4. These roadmaps should not be used to make purchasing decisions.

To better explain the roadmap, for each discipline, we've grouped our plans by theme:

  • Create: Efficiently create information that captures design intent.
  • Optimize: Optimize designs for better results.
  • Connect: Empower teams by connecting workflows for team-based project delivery.
  • Automate: Boost productivity by automating tasks.
  • Extend: Support the full project lifecycle.
  • Modernize: Create a modern and effortless experience.
  • Strengthen: Build a solid foundation for product reliability and efficiency.

We use themes, colors, and icons to keep track of the roadmap details.

 

GreenCheckCard.png  Delivered with Revit 2018

GreenPreviewCard.png  Revit Idea Delivered with Revit 2018

rr2.png  Planned (Some features may be available for testing in Revit Preview)

BluePreviewCard.jpg  Accepted Revit Idea (Some ideas may be available for testing in Revit Preview)

 

Next, the updated roadmap!

 

 

REVIT CORE

Platform changes can be really big efforts. We need to make sure all features continue to work while we change the foundations. Imagine trying to change the foundation of a skyscraper while making sure the whole thing doesn’t topple over. We must be extra careful, and at times we need to reinforce parts of the building that worked just fine before. Sometimes that means we don’t get as much stuff “out the door” as any of us would want, but quality is at the core of our values. Toppling skyscrapers (or smaller buildings) is unacceptable.

 

All that said, there are a number of really cool enhancements in the multi-disciplinary functionality in 2018, and some really good stuff on the horizon. Check them out.

 

Automate

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Although we don’t have anything to show for it in the 2018 release, our teams have been working away at some Automate improvements. We’re still looking forward to extending the Forge platform by adding PDF printing to the Model Derivative API and by extending the Design Automation API to work with Revit. The latter API will enable partners and customers to use Revit’s engine as a cloud service to read, create, and update Revit files. This will enable the automation of many tedious tasks and foster the creation of new cloud-based apps to solve targeted problems.

 

Speaking of tedious tasks we want to remove, we want to make it easier for you to host your models in Collaboration for Revit (C4R) by fixing the painful upgrade process. This will make it easier than ever to take advantage of the latest and greatest in Revit technology and move from one release to another.

 

We’re also continuing our work with Dynamo Player. We’re thrilled with the support it has received, so we’re looking at ways to add support for scripts containing inputs and ultimately better script management as well. Through Dynamo Player, we hope to make the power of Dynamo scripting available to everyone.

 

Connect

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If you haven’t checked it out yet, take a look at the new Coordination Model (a.k.a. Navis Underlay) functionality in 2018. It’s blazing fast visualization of any model you can bring into Navisworks from another discipline or product. Seriously – we brought in the entire city of Moscow and it performed like a champ! Use it to improve collaboration and quickly and easily display model context. If you’re a development partner, the other awesome thing about this tool is that we created the DirectContext3D API to support it. This powerful new API can draw custom 3D graphics you want directly in the Revit view.

 

On the subject of APIs, we’re hard at work on a material rendering asset API. As a top wish list item for our partner community, it will allow the automated creation of materials libraries and better transfer of material information between products. Opening our materials API is just one way we’re making our data more open. That area of emphasis is very important to us, and we are continuing in our investments in making our software more open going forward.

 

Also on our roadmap are two cloud worksharing improvements that are very important to our customers. One is the difficulty of linking external (non-RVT) files into a Collaboration for Revit model. The other is the need for a low-trust model for projects, so that the right people have access to the right models. We’re working to make those improvements to give your teams the best collaboration tools out there.

 

Modernize

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Following on the heels of high-resolution monitor support in 2017.1, we are continuing investments to better use available hardware to improve efficiency. This includes reworking the core Revit UI frameworks so we can ultimately support Revit windows on multiple screens.

 

You’ll notice that our investments in modernization also saw some change from the previous roadmap. In response to customer feedback and evaluations of technology, we have deprioritized the changes to the properties palette in favor of improvements to the Project Browser experience. Making these improvements, as well as improving the model browsing experience, is the best way for us to bring significant value to you by letting you get your work done more efficiently and by making Revit easier to learn and use.

 

Strengthen

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We’re excited to bring quite a few enhancements to you in 2018. Most of these didn’t make the last roadmap, so we’re happy to debut them here. We know there are a few big-ticket items from Revit Ideas that you may be disappointed not to see in the done column. Rest assured, they’re still on our roadmap and we know how important they are. We’re also glad to say we heard your feedback from Revit Ideas and Inside the Factory, and we have added schedule management to the roadmap. As always, thanks for your feedback, and keep it coming.

 

 

ARCHITECTURE

For architects, we are investing our work in these three areas:

  • connecting our products together
  • creating complex architectural elements simply
  • working to provide solutions to help architects optimize their designs

Connect

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To allow architects to better connect to other people working on projects, we want to prevent the need for recreating work that has already been done.  Remodeling is bad – and we don’t think you should have to do it.  Together with the FormIt team, we’ve delivered functionality that allows your FormIt models to come into Revit with all the same materials already applied.  As a result, you don’t need to reapply materials, and you avoid the possibility of losing important design information. 

 

We are also improving how you exchange information with civil engineers.  We want to ensure that, when working with a civil engineer, you don’t have to remodel things in Revit that have already been modeled elsewhere. Therefore, we are investing in improving the consistency of geometry when sharing topography between Civil 3D into Revit.

 

It’s not just other Autodesk products that we want you to be connected to.  We also are working on supporting the IFC4 format to ensure that Revit remains best in class at exchanging data with other software. 

    

Create

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When it comes to creating geometry in Revit, our focus is on helping to create complex geometry simply and enabling you to work better and faster in 3D views. 

 

For the Revit 2018 release, we are releasing new multi-story stair and railing functionality.  This allows you to quickly create stairs that are connected to levels and adjust parametrically when changes are made – change a level height, and the stair updates, too. 

 

Stairs need railings, so we also worked on making sure railings work with multi-story stairs. Furthermore, we have made changes to how railings are hosted on all types of geometry.  Railings now can be hosted directly on topography, and you have much more control over how railings are hosted on stairs.  Railings really follow the host geometry, and when you make changes to the hosts, the railings update automatically.  When you sketch railings, they now adapt and follow the geometry accurately.    

 

We are also planning further railing improvements so that, in the future, you can have more control over the railing patterns and balusters.    

 

With the 2017.1 release, we introduced modeling in perspective views, but we are not done.  We know that you need a true 3D perspective view (not just a camera), and that it is important that you can see your levels in 3D in order to accurately model. Stay tuned!

 

Optimize

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Optimizing a design is a key part of the iterative workflow that architects use throughout the course of a project.  We want to help you by providing better access to simulation and visualization tools so you can better understand your design and work in a more iterative way.

 

We’ve been working to make sure that Revit Live is integrated into Revit so that it works seamlessly if you subscribe to the service.

 

Right now, we are investigating other areas to focus on for this area, so if you have suggestions of ways Revit can help provide you information to make better design decisions, let us know in the comments.  For example, would fire evacuation, egress paths, or seeing occupant movement in your building be helpful?  

 

 

MEP

Let's look at some capabilities we are investigating for MEP customers of Revit, Plant 3D, P&ID, and our fabrication products to support users across building and plant design, detailed fabrication modeling for contractors, and deliverables to support the construction process.

 

Create

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Model revisions are a part of managing a project that involves tight timelines and changes to material and labor availability.  We are investigating how to make it easier to change out elements from one type of connectivity and material to another. For example, your original specifications called for welded piping, but grooved piping is to be provided instead.

 

Managing Fabrication LOD (ITM-based) content is an area we hope to streamline, making it easier for content producers and users to make and use the content they need for detailed modeling.

 

Optimize

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In the 2018 release, we’ve made several improvements related to the analysis of hydronic systems to support pipe and pump sizing and selection.  Revit now provides hydronic analysis for full hydronic loops. It aggregates the supply and return piping network into a total flow and pressure drop on the pump in the network.  We’ve also made it easier to leverage the analytical capabilities by enabling logical connections from terminal equipment to pipe distribution, avoiding the need to have a fully connected physical pipe network.  Finally, we’ve optimized the computation as a background process, avoiding modeling delays while the computations update.

 

Looking forward, we are investigating support for more complex piping networks, such as those with primary/secondary loops, hydraulic separation, and multiple pumps in parallel.  With these investments, we hope to support your use of Revit on increasingly complex mechanical systems to support design analysis and validation throughout the project lifecycle.

 

Connect

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Verifying that a project meets the original design intent is a key concern of all stakeholders.  We hope to streamline the ability to easily and efficiently communicate the complexities of a design through a schematic, and to ensure that the details of the design are captured in the model with minimal data re-entry.

 

This functionality is built on MEP-specific services and Autodesk general services intended to streamline communication between stakeholders in MEP-related workflows.

 

Extend

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Automated deliverable production is one of the ways in which we can streamline the process of extending information from the model into the hands of those who need to procure, build, and install.  To support that goal, we are investigating ways in which we can automate the production of piping isometrics using Autodesk cloud services. 

 

 

STRUCTURE

This part of the roadmap is focused on structural workflows from design to fabrication, supporting the key construction methods for steel, reinforced concrete, and precast concrete.

 

In this space, Revit is considered as a multi-material modeling and documentation authoring environment to capture both design-intent and fabrication execution as appropriate.

 

Create

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These modeling and documentation investments are designed to deliver benefits like the following:

  • Increasing the versatility of reinforced concrete detailing to include support for the complexities of civil structures, architecturally demanding buildings, and other concrete structures
  • Providing very accurate steel design-intent modeling with all connections, thus supporting fabrication estimating and extending to detailing.

 

 

Optimize

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As a result of these investments, we expect to significantly speed up the authoring process with Revit. These improvements result, in part, by automating the process and driving it by several criteria related to structural analysis, code design and constructability, including:

  • Making documentation and modeling for reinforced concrete as time-effective as traditional drafting
  • Transitioning from design-intent to fabrication readiness for precast concrete planar elements and, at the same time, supporting predefined fabricators production rules
  • Enabling the placement of steel connections to respect a variety of connections types and to be automated through rules determined jointly by engineers and fabricators

 

Connect

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We are looking at ways to facilitate project-centric collaboration among structural stakeholders, from the conceptual phase through to detailed design and fabrication.  The current projects are focused on the following:

  • Completing the design to detailing for fabrication workflow for concrete bridges, along with Infraworks, where Revit is positioned to support it with documentation and reinforcement detailing.
  • Connecting Revit and Advance Steel in a seamless workflow to take advantage of design-intent accuracy for model and documentation preparation for fabrication (for example, transferring connections as logical entities rather than the geometrical composition of plates and bolts)

 

 

Extend

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Our main goal is to support the full project lifecycle, extending from the office to the shop and the field.  With this mind, the upcoming features will focus on the following:

  • Respecting workflow practices for concrete for rebar production, release, and installation so that it can be reflected in the Revit BIM model and protected from unexpected accidental changes
  • Providing model data and deliverables for precast fabricators to run the process in the shop in accordance with industry standards for data exchange
  • Continuing to enhance the open IFC interoperability with respect to enhanced steel model fidelity in Revit

 

 

REVIT IDEAS & REVIT PREVIEW

There are a variety of other discussions and work related to connecting workflows from design to fabrication and beyond.  So if you don’t see something listed here, it doesn’t mean that it isn’t on our radar. If you have specific suggestions for ways we can make the product better, we encourage you to submit them to Revit Ideas.

 

If you would like to provide feedback on these capabilities, we would be happy to involve you in our beta program (Revit Preview).  Reach out to revit.preview.access@autodesk.com to join Revit Preview.

 

We continue to post updates periodically, and your feedback helps!  Let us know what you think.

 

Thanks!

The Factory

Sasha Crotty is the Director of Autodesk’s AEC Design Data team. Her team is focused on increasing the accessibility of AEC data to enable more efficient workflows and greater design insights. She joined Autodesk, Inc., in 2005 as a developer for Revit Structure. She went on to lead the Revit Structure Development Team before switching gears into product management. For the next 10 years, Sasha was responsible for an increasing portion of the Revit platform & services, including Revit's multi-disciplinary tools, the Revit API, Revit Cloud Worksharing part of Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro, and the launch of the Forge Design Automation API for Revit. Sasha holds a BA in Architecture and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an MBA from Boston University. In her spare time Sasha enjoys growing miniature orchids and traveling around the world.
30 Comments
mrimert
Explorer

I would like to see the ability to add "fields" in text notes. ex. "See Detail [1/A-101]"

pieter5
Advisor

Great roadmap! Great to see how the feedback from the ideas platform was integrated. 

 

Can the factory comment a little bit more on the project browser enhancements? This item was labeled with a star (accepted from ideas platform) but I see no ideas related to the PB being checked as accepted? (Not counting the schedule/legend sorting as that is mentioned separately in the roadmap.)

 

A few ideas that relate to the PB:

 

- Family browser https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/family-browser/idi-p/6324899

- Tabbed project browser https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/tabbed-project-browser/idi-p/6340144

- Collapse/expand all https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/option-to-collapse-or-expand-all-items-in-project-browser...

- General improvements https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/improve-the-project-browser/idi-p/6838468

- Search filter https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/project-browser-search/idi-p/6322699

- Print sheets from PB https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/print-sheets-from-project-browser/idi-p/6506718

- Indicate open views https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/indicate-opened-views-in-project-browser/idi-p/6561050

 

Also: these ideas are (at least partially) included in the current roadmap and should probably be marked as "accepted" on the platform

 

Levels and grids in 3d: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/show-levels-and-grids-in-3d-views/idi-p/6497558

Materials (and room openings api) https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/api-access-to-room-openings-geometry-and-materials-in-rev...

sasha.crotty
Community Manager

@mrimert, Thanks for your feedback. I suggest voting up this idea if you haven't already.

sasha.crotty
Community Manager

@pieter5, thanks for asking about the project browser enhancements. At this point we are in early evaluation of the different possibilities, so I can't answer to individual ideas quite yet. However we marked it as an idea station item because, as you point out, there are quite a requests in Revit Ideas, so this is a significant driver for our decision. I hope that as our planning progresses we will be able to mark multiple ideas as accepted.

 

Regarding Levels and Grids in 3D, we haven't marked it accepted at this point because we haven't added Grids to our roadmap. 

 

I believe the linked idea about Room Opening API is not related to Materials API. The former has to do with extracting face information from rooms and the latter refers to the ability to get full access to the properties of materials. I have to admit to being pretty surprised that Materials API isn't on Revit Ideas (that I've found) since it's easily one of the top requests we regularly hear about from our development community.

pieter5
Advisor

@sasha.crotty Thank you for replying. I see I misinterpreted the idea about room openings and materials.

 

In the roadmap you write "Right now, we are investigating other areas to focus on for this area, so if you have suggestions of ways Revit can help provide you information to make better design decisions, let us know in the comments."

 

My team's #1 requested item in this area is fixing the paint tool so it works on all component families in the project. Right now we have difficulties with painting on them in the project (you could in theory apply a paint parameter in the family for every face but that assumes you know in advance which faces are going to get the same paint/finish). 

 

It's very impressive that we can now leverage our Revit models in all kinds of visualizations (Revit live, 3rd party plugins like Enscape, 3ds max, ...). This has really helped us making better design decisions. Fixing the paint tool would strengthen this workflow even more.

mtwilliams416
Explorer

I'll Believe it when I see it. Which I am assuming will be years from now as usual.

 

Here's an idea in the off chance you are actually working on improving the program:

 

The shared parameter interface and usability needs to be completely revamped perhaps a whole different interface or even separate linked database program that can properly manage large numbers of Shared parameters (and don't give the bogus excuse that their are third party programs that fill this need. Most of the third party programs out there are at best useless and at worst broken)

 

 

 

 

 

0q02340_jrc
Participant

One thing that could help us all to be more productive is reducing the number of mouse clicks to get some task done, i.e. print setup (two windows? please!), material, V/G linked files, etc... 

sasha.crotty
Community Manager

@pieter5, thanks for your feedback!

 

@mtwilliams416, I agree that shared parameters could use work. Hopefully we can add them to our roadmap going forward. In the meantime, I recommend voting on this and this idea. 

 

@0q02340_jrc, thanks for the suggestion to improve productivity. I can see how multiple clicks and windows are frustrating when you have to do it over and over every day. I suggest filing your improvements on Revit Ideas. Breaking them up into separate ideas (rather than keeping them as one) helps us identify the relative priority of each of UI.

muhaimi.tusiman
Explorer
Great move. Keep it up. Would like to see improvements in the software stability especially working on large scale project files and links.
Artem_Marinin
Collaborator

Looking forward to the workflow with Revit MEP and P&ID for plant design.

damo3
Advisor

This is great, thanks for the update @sasha.crotty. Multi-monitor support! & perspective views, exciting! 

p.s. that's not sarcasm! Smiley Very Happy

A_MAQ
Advisor

Great

 

I really want to see an advanced QA/QC tool , either inside revit or in separated tool

PowellDesign
Enthusiast

Hi Sasha, 

 

Thanks for this. Good to see where things are heading.

 

What happened to the 'Civil 3D Corridors for Revit' listed in the previous roadmap?

 

Thanks again,

 

Martin

kcrane
Participant

I see a lot of love given to the Mech and Plumbing sides of MEP. Will Revit also be giving similar treatment to electrical pipe, wire, and/or cable trays, any time soon? Will we see fabrication-ready parts for conduits and factory fittings? Will we see adaptable fabrication hangers for electrical parts? Will we see conduit wire-fill parameters? Hopefully someone on the Revit team remembers that you won't have mechanical or plumbing, if there is no electricity to power those systems.

Martin__Schmid
Autodesk

@kcrane

 

We have a growing partner ecosystem developing and delivering solutions for the needs of the electrical space.  For more on the specific capabilities of the solutions to deliver on the capabilities you are looking for, please reach out to them directly.

 

Applied Software Evolve

Applied Software Aeries

GTP Electrical Add-in

Greenlee Bendworks

Schneider LayoutFast

 

 

pieter5
Advisor

There's an idea for uncropped perspective views on the revit platform. Perhaps that can be checked as accepted?

 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/3d-view/idc-p/7096544#M8333

pieter5
Advisor

"We’re still looking forward to extending the Forge platform by adding PDF printing to the Model Derivative API"

 

I wonder whether the factory could comment a little bit on this. This is marked as an idea from the idea platform but no ideas involving pdf have been marked as accepted. Is the idea here that 3rd party developers will be able to offer more pdf writers by using Forge functionality?

 

Also, I don't know much about Forge but I noticed that it's a cloud credits based service. Will we have to pay with cloud credits to print our files to pdf?

 

 

Todd.Stuart
Explorer

Interesting

Kenniston_C
Explorer

@Martin__Schmid 

I'm familiar with GTP Electrical, and Schneider LayoutFast. I was part of the development of both. LayoutFast is it's own thing, much like you would possibly see from other manufacturers. However, there are a great many core functions in both GTP Electrical and Bendworks that exists because Revit has allowed the electrical end to lag behind the other trades. Will Autodesk need to purchase these functions to incorporate into Revit, in a similar manner that they purchased Layout (which also was previously a GTP product)? Autodesk needs to understand that add ons exist because there are workflow holes in the software. Treating conduit runs with the same level of attention as Mech and Plumbing runs, is a very large hole right now. Revit is already a tough sell to electrical engineers and contractors as it is. Give them something that makes it viable for this large market, without telling them that they will need to spend even more for a third party software to do basic functions for their industries. Remember, you won't achieve BIM workflows across the project, if even one trade is inadequately represented.

Martin__Schmid
Autodesk

@kcrane 

 

Autodesk has a strong history of open APIs and growth by acquisition to fill gaps and expand workflows... its part of our DNA as a platform provider.  Before Revit existed, and more recently, through workflows in and from Revit to support the mechanical contractor, there were tools in the marketplace, built on our platforms, to solve workflow problems that were valuable to those users... and yes, it does come at a premium for those early adopters... but those innovators also help push the industry beyond pulling forward existing workflows, and identifying new ways to work that question the ways things were done in the past.   We're connecting gaps on the mechanical side as evidenced above... hopefully in ways that aren't simply porting old workflows to new platforms (though, in some cases, technology is ahead of the industry, and it is inevitable that this happens to an extent).  Through acquisition of both design oriented technologies as well as fabrication oriented technologies, our products and platforms grow to support a broader need, ultimately, with the goal of more efficient buildings, better design, and more optimal construction process.  As indicated above, currently, we're focused on mechanical oriented workflows within our products, and are working with strategic partners as the electrical ecosystem evolves.

JanUsinger
Enthusiast

Thank you for the update, Sasha.

It's good to know that working in perspective view is progressing.

pieter5
Advisor

Recently, additional ideas have been marked as accepted. Unfortunately, none of these include ideas with more than 10 votes. Some statistics as of right now:

 

  • There are 25 accepted ideas
  • There are 132 ideas with more than 50 votes (6 of which have been accepted)  (note: not counting two duplicate ideas)
  • So less than 25% of the accepted ideas are what could reasonably be considered "popular"(granted, 50 votes is an arbitrary limit, but the statistics don't change much even if you take 25 votes as a limit for popularity)

It is my hope that this statistic will change drastically with the next roadmap update, so that at least half of the items on the roadmap are ideas with 50+ votes.

 

 

Also, I understand that there are other factors involved such as strategic Autodesk goals, availability of teams, difficulty of implementation etc, but with 132 popular ideas it seems that there's plenty of options for the factory to choose from.

 

I realize Autodesk is tracking the ideas platform very closely. Unfortunately, as of right now, that has not translated in accepted ideas.

 

sam.hodgson493
Observer

It would be great to see Revit allow drop down menus as instance based changes on Revit annotation families, for scheduling purposes for instance, if you're able to select 2 out of 4 lights in a room and select that they're on a dimmer using this built in drop down menu, it would save having a whole type in the family by simply having this drop down menu. This also means fewer checkboxes for instance parameters (I find a lot of people get frustrated with checking and unchecking simple instance options, despite this often being the best option for the family)

pieter5
Advisor

@sam.hodgson493 There's a revit idea for dropdowns: dropdown for parameters Consider adding your vote (the more votes the more likely it will be implemented)

 

 

bogdan.dico
Explorer

@mrimert, just use the view reference command from tagging, it does that exact thing.

pieter5
Advisor

@bogdan.dico that works for short texts, but often we have to insert a view reference in the middle of a long block of text (general notes etc). You can use spaces to create an opening and insert the view reference, but than you need to move the view reference every time the text changes.

 

There's a popular idea on this: View references in text There are also ideas to have a parameter that can hold a view reference so you could include references to drafting views in door and partition schedules for example. That would also mean you can tag an element to show its relevant views.

vabuk2013
Enthusiast

I like to comment on following lines as said by the Revit dev team in roadmap-

 

"REVIT CORE

Platform changes can be really big efforts. We need to make sure all features continue to work while we change the foundations. Imagine trying to change the foundation of a skyscraper while making sure the whole thing doesn’t topple over. We must be extra careful, and at times we need to reinforce parts of the building that worked just fine before. Sometimes that means we don’t get as much stuff “out the door” as any of us would want, but quality is at the core of our values. Toppling skyscrapers (or smaller buildings) is unacceptable."

 

Yes it is very tedious to change any platform but we users always changing from solidworks to fusion 360 or sketchup to formit...why? Cause we always serching for stuffs to ease our workflows...so why not you? Could you please run a few parallel Revit development works based on different platforms that might lead to great "Revit" s as well not worrying about "Toppling"?! Also i think that those platforms might be easier to work with as we are in a always changing world, so revit roadmap should incorporate the smart platforms of time.

MichaelRuehr
Advocate

 

Hi

What happened to the Formit to Revit Roundtrip 

I was looking forward to this development

Without it, Formit will never be a true contender in the conceptual modelling space

Why is Autodesk struggling to put proper resources to this Space

it always seems to be just on life support  

Robert_Bechtel
Contributor

Please add Tabbed windows, this alone will increase productivity, currently searching for open window is a real pain

jmay4767
Participant

Hello, Sasha,

   Please forgive me for I'm really perplexed why Autodesk hasn't employed its full range of technology to incorporate into  Revit MEP the ability to produce parametric single line diagrams, not to mention a panel schedule template that doesn't frustrate users' attempts to modify it.

   Autodesk has PCB routing software and AutoCAD has an Electrical adaptation, which are both designed for producing automated, comprehensive schematic layouts.  Why hasn't or why can't this technology be incorporated into Revit to produce parametric one-line schematics?  The same should also apply to P&ID.  Also, given the adaptation of Excel into AutoCAD tables, why can't you produce a user-friendly Revit panel schedule template that doesn't frustrate adapting it to specific company standards?  With so many great innovations at Revit, why are the simple things going wanting?  Thank you

John May