Issues Resolved by this Release

This subscription only update release addresses issues reported to Autodesk against Autodesk Revit 2015 R2. In addition, Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 6 contains the fixes within Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 1, 2, 3, Multi-Category Schedules Hotfix for Update Release 3, Revit 2015 R2 for Subscription customers and Revit 2015 Update Release 5 for R2. Consult the enhancements documentation for all areas improved by this update.

In addition, this update release addresses the Heartbleed vulnerability - a security bug in the open-source OpenSSL cryptography library. Heartbleed is registered in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures system as CVE-2014-0160. For more information, please visit the CVE dictionary at http://cve.mitre.org

Installed Version required by this Release

This update requires Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 for subscription customers (build: 20140905_0730) or Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 5 for R2 for subscription customers (build: 20141119_0715) .

Contents

• Who Should Install This Update?
• Supported Operating Systems
• General Installation Information
• Installation Instructions
  • Apply This Update to an Existing Installation
  • Apply This Update to a Deployment Installation Image
  • Uninstall This Update

  Who Should Install This Update?

  This update is for the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems. Be sure to install the correct update for your software.

  Product	Existing Install Update	Deployment Image Update
  Autodesk Revit 2015 R2	Autodesk_Revit_2015_Update6_forR2.sfx.exe	Autodesk_Revit_2015-x64_Update6_forR2_Deployments.exe
  Autodesk Building Design Suite 2015 Ultimate or Premium editions	Autodesk_Revit_2015_Update6_forR2.sfx.exe (Note that this Update will only update the Revit R2 portion of your suite product.)	Autodesk_Revit_2015-x64_Update6_forR2_Deployments.exe (Note that this Update will only update the Revit R2 portion of your suite product.)

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  Supported Operating Systems

  This update can be used with the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Enterprise 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Ultimate 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Professional 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 8 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 8.1 64-bit

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  General Installation Information

  Before You Begin

  As you prepare to install this update, keep the following in mind:

  Administrative Privileges

  In order to apply this update, you must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.

  Product media

  Under some circumstances, you may be asked to provide the original installation source.

  If you installed Autodesk Revit 2015 from the DVD or USB, you will be asked to insert the disk or USB during installation of the update. Please have the disk or USB available before starting.

  If you downloaded and installed Autodesk Revit 2015 from the web and later deleted the extracted files (default location of extracted files is C:\Autodesk\WI\Autodesk Revit 2015), the update will not be able to continue. In that case, you should follow the below procedure:

  1. Obtain the Web download file and save it to your computer.
  2. Double click the download file and allow it to extract its files, noting where they are being saved.
  3. When the Autodesk Revit Installer screen appears, click "Cancel".
  4. Continue with update installation as described in the Installation Instructions.

  Backup Custom Files

  Back up all customized files, such as Revit.ini, before starting.

  Autodesk Dynamo

  The install of Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 6 for R2 will also update Autodesk Dynamo and required component IronPython.

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  Installation Instructions

  • Apply This Update to an Existing Installation
  • Apply This Update to a Deployment Installation Image
  • Uninstall This Update

  Apply This Update to an Existing Installation

  Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.

  1. Download Autodesk_Revit_2015_Update6_forR2.sfx.exe and save it to any local folder.
  2. Ensure the original product installation media is available.
  3. Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the executable (EXE) file.
  4. When the installation is completed, the following message will be displayed: "The Update Release was successfully installed and Autodesk Revit 2015 has been updated."

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  Apply This Update to a Deployment Installation Image

  Follow these instructions to apply this update to a Deployment Image computer.

  1. Download Autodesk_Revit_2015_Update6_forR2.sfx.exe and save it to any local folder.
  2. Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the executable (EXE) file to extract the file, C:\Autodesk\ by default.
  3. Download Autodesk_Revit_2015-x64_Update6_forR2_Deployments.exe and save it to the same local folder as in Step 1.
  4. Start the Revit deployment creation or modification prodcess.
  5. Expand the Additional Software section on the Product Selection page.
  6. Add Autodesk_Revit_2015-x64_Update6_forR2_Deployments.exe by finding the folder where you saved the update (EXE) file.
  7. Optional: Specify /q in the Command Line Parameter field to run this install silently
  8. Add Dynamo.msi by browsing to C:\Autodesk\Autodesk_Revit_2015_UR6_R2\patches.
  9. Add IronPython-2.7.3.msi by browsing to C:\Autodesk\Autodesk_Revit_2015_UR6_R2\patches.
  10. Collaspe the Additional Software section and complete your deployment setup.

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  Uninstall This Update

  Note: This update cannot be uninstalled to revert Autodesk Revit 2015 to its pre-update state. If you need to remove the update, please uninstall Autodesk Revit 2015 and then reinstall it.

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