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Autodesk^® Revit^® 2017 - Service Pack 2

Reported Issues Resolved within Revit 2017

This list represents the reported issues resolved in Autodesk Revit 2017 within build: 20160720_1515. The issues are listed based upon discipline and feature. Issues denoted with an * are directly reported by Revit users via Product Support Cases, Customer Error Reports (CER) and Autodesk Communities.

Service Pack 2
- Platform
  - Align
    - Correct an issue where an alignment lock would not appear when using the align tool with the centerline of wall cores.*
  - Annotation
    - Corrects an issue with complex fonts not displaying correctly on Microsoft Windows 10.*
    - Corrects an issue were text nested in a family would not print via raster printing.
  - Assembly
    - Corrects an issue that caused identical copies of an assembly, within copies of a mass, to incorrectly get new names.*
  - DirectShapes
    - Corrects an issue where Purge Unused could show some DirectShape element types that were still in use.*
  - Family
    - Improves stability when upgrading a project which contains corrupted elements.*
    - Improved stability when working with families which contain invalid IDs.*
  - Graphics
    - Improves stability during graphics regeneration.*
  - Materials
    - Improves stability when material folder is not found.*
    - Improves stability and slow performance of the materials browser caused by poor performance during rendering of material thumbnail previews.*
    - Improved stability when closing the Material Browser dialog.*
    - Improves stability when copying families with an incorrect material definition.*
  - Snap
    - Improves stability when the view extents minimum is greater than the maximum.*
  - User Interface
    - Improves stability of the Ribbon and WPF components when the workstation does not properly support WPF's use of Hardware Acceleration.*
  - View
    - Improves stability when associating a view filter with grid filtering based upon project parameters.*
    - Corrects an issue causing the keyboard shortcut for View Range to incorrectly allow modification of the View Range when a View Template is applied to the view.
  - Worksharing
    - Improves stability when the central model was upgraded from a previous version, and then saved back to itself without checking 'Make this a Central Model after Save' in the Save dialog.*
- Architecture
  - Railing
    - Improves stability when sketching stair elements.*
- MEP
  - Fabrication
    - Improves the reported elevation on rolled round straights.*
    - Improves the size tag view behavior by indicating the width x depth dimensions as per the current view.*
    - Adds support for mechanical tees in the Route and Fill Cut-In feature.*
  - Insulation and Lining
    - Improves stability when opening a project containing insulation/lining.*
- API
  - Improves stability when calling schedule APIs.*
  - Improves stability when auditing corrupt files with contain extensible storage.*
  - Corrects an issue which caused corruption when there is an exception during event registration.*
Service Pack 1
- Platform
  - Family
    - Corrects the positioning of shared nested family instances in a host family.*
  - Graphics
    - Improves performance when the "Allow Navigation During Redraw" option is enabled.*
    - Improves stability when an .rvt file is drag/dropped onto Revit.exe which launches in WARP (software) mode.
  - Keyboard Shortcuts
    - Corrects an issue with truncated keyboard shortcut names in the status bar.
  - Linked RVT Files
    - Improves stability when reloading linked projects.
  - Mass
    - Improves stability while placing masses in a model.
  - Material
    - Corrects an issue in which the preview image within the Initial Color dialog for lighting fixtures is missing when Revit is installed on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 systems.
  - Open/Save
    - Corrects an issue which prevents saving of projects when a product crash occurred.
  - Parameters
    - Corrects visibility of the Associate Family Parameter tooltip.*
    - Corrects an issue which allows the association of global parameters to built-in family type parameters before a value has been entered into the family type parameter.
  - Point Clouds
    - Enables snapping to point clouds.*
  - Print
    - Corrects an issue where hatch patterns from linked underlay elements were printing but not displayed.*
    - Corrects an issue causing some wall tags and duct tags to not print during batch plot.*
    - Corrects an issue where printing the visible portion of window while a non-rectangular crop region is defined causes model geometry to disappear.*
  - Schedule
    - Renames "Standard" from the schedules formatting tab to "No calculation".
    - Corrects an issue in which Revit hangs when editing a text parameter in the schedule if the drop-down list contains an empty line.*
    - Improves stability when sync with central while editing text in a schedule.
    - Improves stability when editing text in schedule.
  - User Interface
    - Allows the column width of the type properties dialog to continue to be adjustable.
    - Corrects an issue that could cause Revit to hang when the focus is switched to a dialog.
    - Corrects an issue when using properties dialog in group edit mode.
    - Improves stability when launching tools from the Quick Access Toolbar while working in Family Editor.
    - Improves stability when exiting Revit during startup.
- Architecture
  - Energy
    - Improves stability when running an energy simulation that uses overrides for Schematic Types.
  - Stair
    - Improves stability when placing stairs in floor plan views.*
  - Wall
    - Improves stability when editing a wall assembly.
    - Improves stability when using automatic wall joins.*
- MEP
  - Fabrication
    - Improves the alignment accuracy of straight runs when using the Optimize Straights feature.
    - Improves the edge line display on rising/falling insulated pipe tees.
    - Corrects an issue that could cause fittings to be deleted when reloading a Fabrication configuration.
    - Improves placement of Combo fittings in sloped pipe systems.*
    - Enables services to be swapped on fabrication parts if valid.
    - Enables quick connection tool within section and elevation views.
    - Improves stability when using the Quick Connect tool on transition fittings that are connected as taps.
  - System Browser
    - Improves stability when deleting items through the System Browser.
    - Improves stability when closing a view while the System Browser is open.
  - Upgrade
    - Improves stability when upgrading a project that contains a family with a nested pipe or duct fitting or accessory.
- Structure
  - Annotation
    - Corrects an issue with rebar numbering when the rebar is contained within a group.*
  - Reinforcement - Couplers
    - Corrects an issue with rebar couplers when modifying bar parameters using the Properties palette.
    - Corrects an issue with rebar couplers when using the space bar to rotate a rebar element.
  - Reinforcement - Rebar
    - Improves stability when changing views during rebar sketch.
- API
  - Corrects an issue which caused the API sample BRepBuilderExample from compiling.*
  - Improves stability when importing geometry with many faces using the API.*
  - Adds a SDK sample for BrepBuilder usage.
  - Improves performance when creating thousands of pipes through API.*