Overall, Revit 2017 is the fastest and best performing Revit yet.
With the improved performance, Revit now:
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Video & Screen Shot - Improved Software Performance
Dynamo visual programming platform is now fully integrated with Revit and no longer requires an additional download. It provides you with powerful scripting capability without any additional installation. It’s also accessible to non-programmers and programmers.
With Revit 2017, you can now have your complex geometric and data problems solved faster with a fully integrated visual programming interface.
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In Revit 2017, Schedules have been enhanced in a few areas. In order to simplify the reuse of schedules, you can create a schedule view template. Schedule view templates include parameters for Fields, Filter, Sorting/Grouping, Formatting, Appearance, and Phase Filter.
The Schedule Properties dialog has been improved to facilitate schedule creation and modification. You can also now display minimum values, maximum values, or both minimum and maximum values for calculations in columns.
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Annotation tags now allow calculated values and obey pin restrictions. You can also create a tag with a calculation in it and use it with any tag type. When you reposition an element, a pinned tag remains in place while its leader adjusts to accommodate the new position of the element.
A pinned tag does not relocate when the leader is turned on and off and when set to Free end. Additionally, the leader of a pinned tag does not change its shape when you switch from Free end to Attached end.
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Global parameters have been enhanced in Revit 2017. Now you can associate global parameters with a type property for an element and with instance or type project parameters.
You can also assign a global parameter to a group for better organization as well as move and sort global parameters within their assigned groups. Select the "Show Label in View" option to display the global parameter name with the dimension value and better understand how and where global parameters are used in a model.
You can also filter a schedule by global parameter association to help find elements that have a global parameter association or are missing an association. And last but not least, you can transfer global parameters between projects.
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Autodesk Raytracer is now the only visualization engine in Revit. It is based on physically more accurate lights, materials, and reflected light and enables great visualization with better performance.
Raytracer greatly improves performance, as there is a notable increase in speed when using Raytracer. You get more physically based rendering results that are more accurate.
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Tangency Locks allows you to place tangency locks to sketch lines, and works when in the sketch editor and family editor. It works anytime you are sketching a shape (like a floor, ceiling, etc.) It works when creating geometry in the family editor. However, it does not work for model lines or reference lines.
You can lock the various lines when sketching to avoid accidentally moving them.
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FormIt 360 Converter is now provided with the Revit installation, which gives you the ability to continue to work easily with your FormIt designs in Revit.
You convert FormIt 360 files into an open Revit file from within Revit. You can also convert SketchUp SKP files for use within FormIt, Revit RFA files for use within FormIt, and RFAs used in FormIt, back into the original RFA in Revit for a fully integrated BIM workflow.
You can launch FormIt 360 from within the application.
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Now you can host railings on shaped edited floors, roofs, and on the top of walls with a single sketch line.
This provides architects with the ability to do a single sketch and host the rail as it is intended to be built on site.
This continues on improving the railing functionality so you can model the way you want.
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Depth Cueing lets you add depth to elevations and sections to create stunning visuals to better communicate your design.
This functionality works with shadows on, realistic, hidden lines, sketchy lines, ambient shadows, anti-aliasing and more. It works in any view effect. When you turn it on, you can control where the depth starts, stops, and the limits.
You have control over the effect in order to meet your needs. Designed for Architects, depth cueing adds pop to your elevations and sections in either architecture or coordination views.
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Autodesk Revit 2017 includes access to Autodesk Insight 360 as part of your Revit subscription. Insight 360 provides Revit users with a fast, intuitive, outcomes-driven guide to better building energy and environmental performance throughout the building lifecycle.
By simply applying a geographical location and utilizing Revit’s automatic Energy Analytical Model, Insight 360 empowers architects and integrated teams with clear guidance and recommendations powered by widely used simulation engines that lead to better building performance outcomes. Instantly reveal a range of potential design outcomes through the Energy Cost Range factors to help you quickly identify key energy performance drivers and compare design scenarios.
Insight 360 integrates many exiting workflows such as Revit Energy Analysis and Lighting Analysis, as well as expanding on these tools to provide a holistic approach to building performance. Access to EnergyPlus heating and cooling load data and in-context solar analysis results are also included in Insight 360.
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Support for COBie requirements.When creating an instance project parameter (Text, Area, Volume, Currency, Mass Density, URL, Material, and <Family Type> only), you now have the option to allow the value to vary for different group instances. The user can edit the parameter value for an element in a group instance without changing the value for corresponding elements in other group instances.
In Summary: This features gives more flexible data reporting and increased support for COBie requirements. | |
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Ensure room calculations account for all elements.A Room Calculation Point setting has been added to all family types that are room-aware, e.g., furniture, doors, casework, specialty equip, generic models. When these families are placed in a project, sometimes portions of their geometry are located outside a room, space, or within another element, which results in no calculable values being reported. Enabling the Room Calculation Point enables you to move the location of the calculation point to fall inside the required space.
The room calculation points also have to/from room functionality for doors so the you can better control how the door calculates which side is the To side and From side.
In Summary: You can improve design accuracy and ensure room/space calculations account for all elements for more accurate energy analysis. | |
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Crop non-rectangular model areas faster.In Revit 2014, you can change a rectangular crop region or callout view to a non-rectangular shape.
When you select a crop region there are two new features available on the Modify| Structural Plan tab, on the Mode panel (Edit Crop and Reset Crop features).
Using the tools on the Modify and Draw panels you can edit the crop region as needed. You can modify the existing lines or delete the lines and sketch a completely different shape. |
Improve control and performance in a project.In Revit 2014, you can select multiple detail items or imported raster images, and use the Send to Back, Send Backward, Bring to Front, or Bring Forward tools to move them all in one operation.
The second enhancement enables you to use the align tool on a divided surface in the Conceptual Massing Environment. You can align the UV grids on a planar divided surface by using a straight edge of the surface as a reference, or an external reference. This method enables you to rotate the grid to be aligned to the edges you select.
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