The latest Revit 2011 Updates are available from the following links:

Revit Architecture 2011 Update 1

Revit Structure 2011 Update 1

Revit MEP 2011 Update 1

The enhancement lists are also listed with them.

I came across this great article by Zach Kron (buildz) the other day which I think is well worth reading. It highlights what could be the best part of the solar radiation technology preview: the fact that once run the analysis view remains dynamic as you manipulate the form.

Follow the link to read the full article

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/buildz/~3/ns7XlpHFQ6I/form-finding-with-solar-radiation.html

If you use Impression, then you’ll know that it doesn’t run under Windows 7. Until now!!

Autodesk have posted a hotfix.

You can download the it from here.

I recently installed this new link (along with the ADB software) and started to have a look at its functionality. There are a growing number of Revit Add-Ins now available and I felt this one worthy of mention.

First, the set-up and initial configuration is a breeze, requiring the Revit project to be ‘connected’ to the requisite ADB project and the creation of 2 project parameters, which ADB uses to coordinate the Revit room with the ADB room designation.

Having created and placed some standard Revit rooms the (ADB) parameters must be set. This is achieved by calling up the specific tool from the ADB Tab in the Add-Ins ribbon:

Select a room from the list, click on the button at the bottom of the dialogue box and select the room.

Repeat this, selecting another room as required.

As you can see from the image below, the tags are updated with the ADB room designation.

I did find however, that the Revit room tags don’t update until the dialogue box is finally closed. I contacted Peter Bishop (Integra) about this and he explained that this was due to a limitation in the Revit API. However, he did assure me that this is something he intends to look into for future releases. Thank you to Peter for his prompt attention.

Rooms are loaded automatically from the ADB specification, using Revit Families. Usefully, these are supplied as 3D elements so a cut-away section can be shown in addition to the standard C sheets and room data sheets.

Room schedules are handled by multi-category schedules, filtered by the “Room:Name” parameter. Any changes made to the model can be saved back to the ADB project, so maintaining the coordination.

Additionally, a generic model tag is provided, which alongside the shared parameters file (also included) allows for tagging the individual ADB elements

The families provided can be modified and new families created (within guidelines) for reuse within future projects undertaken.

All in all this is a useful addition to Revit for those of you working in the healthcare sector.