Autodesk® Revit® 2017.2.4 Security Fix
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Reported Issues Resolved within Revit 2017
This list represents the reported issues and improvements resolved in Autodesk Revit 2017 within build: 20181011_1645. The resolved issues are listed based upon discipline and feature. For more information about these improvements, see the What's New section of the Revit 2017 Online Help.
It includes the following:
2017.2.4 Security Fix
  • Platform
    • Fixed a security vulnerability in communicating with web services.
    • Upgraded AdWebService to enable alternate user authentication methods.
2017.2.3 Update
  • Platform
    • Annotation
      • Fixed an issue in which tags moved when a linked file was reloaded.
    • Export DWG
      • Fixed an issue where exporting a sheet with section views to DWG would result in some blocks being shifted away from their correct position in the DWG file.
    • Print
      • Print dialog is no longer disabled when choosing the Print to PDF print driver on a system running the Windows 10 Anniversary Edition.
  • MEP
    • Phasing
      • Fixed an issue that occurred when creating electrical wires that resulted in the deletion of project phases and of phasing information for elements.
2017.2.2 Update
  • Platform
    • Annotation
      • Improves the readability of rotated text in printed documents and PDF files.
      • Improves stability when using temporary UI controls in an active viewport on a sheet.
    • Collaboration for Revit
      • Improves data integrity of the local project files after download operation completes.
2017.2.1 Update
  • Platform
    • Annotation
      • Improves the readability of rotated text in printed documents and PDF files.
      • Improves stability when using temporary UI controls in an active viewport on a sheet.
    • Collaboration for Revit
      • Improves data integrity of the local project files after download operation completes.
    • Family
      • Corrects an issue in which some families have no check box in the Purge Unused dialog.
    • Import/Export/Link DWF
      • Corrects an issue when exporting multiple views to individual DWF files resulted in failed creation of certain views.
    • Levels
      • Improves stability when selecting levels.
    • Materials
      • Improves stability when edit the texture alignment for a material.
    • Rendering
      • Improves stability when edit the Initial Color for a lighting source.
    • Room/Area/Space
      • Corrects an issue where modifying room elements would unnecessarily check out the 'Area and Volume Computations' workset.
2017.2 Update
  • Platform
    • Collaboration for Revit
      • Includes assorted fixes to improve service and data reliability.
    • Align
      • Improves stability when aligning structural elements in plan view.
    • Annotation
      • Corrects an issue with scaling of the Operating System text, so that it no longer has any effects text within a view.
      • Improves stability when using calculated parameter in an annotation tag label.
    • Family
      • Corrects an issue where instances of shared nested families were not updating when more than one level deep.
      • Corrects an issue which prevented type duplication of families with shared project parameters associated to formula driven family parameters.
    • File Open/ Save/ Upgrade
      • Corrects an issue which causes model corruption when enabling work-sharing and replacing an existing model.
      • Improves stability when opening project which contains model corruption.
      • Improves stability when opening a project with 'Constrain to routing preferences' filter checked.
    • Graphics
      • Improves stability when you by double-click to edit a family from the Work Plane Viewer.
    • Import/Export
      • Improves stability when opening the Workset dialog, and the model was not saved successfully.
      • Corrects the display of some imported DWG files in section views.
      • Adds the option to set the color for the hatch pattern background when exporting to DWG/DXF.
      • Adds the option to export to DWG/DXF and DGN in True Color (RGB Values), as specified in the view.
    • Keynotes
      • Corrects an issue in which Keynotes By Sheet could lose their numerical value.
    • Materials
      • Improves stability when working with the Material Browser and Paint tool.
    • Projects
      • Improves stability when mirroring a project.
      • Improves stability when Load Types are copied between projects or transferred with project standards.
    • Options
      • Corrects an issue which prevented a newly added path in the Options dialog from being saved correctly.
      • Improves stability when adding keyboard shortcuts for a command with an empty Paths field.
    • Rendering
      • Corrects an issue where an error message was presented when rendering with a transparent background in the cloud.
    • User Interface
      • For the UK terminology, corrects missing User Interface components which were introduced with Revit 2017.1 update.
      • Improves stability when right clicking on the drop down list when changing a view reference.
      • Changes the keyboard shortcut for the Location tool from "L" to "O" in the Manage and Analyze tabs to avoid a conflict.
      • Corrects an issue in which the Space Naming tool dialog display did not scale correctly when DPI is set above 100%.
    • WorkSharing
      • Improves stability when opening the Workset dialog, and the model was not saved successfully.
  • MEP
    • Electrical
      • Corrects an issue that could cause Revit to hang when creating a circuit with a wire type using a material of 0A for sizing.
    • Fabrication
      • Corrects an issue with route and fill when finding solutions for vertical risers.
    • Piping
      • Improves stability when adding a fitting to a piping network.
  • Structural
    • Reinforcement
      • Improves the performance of Multiple Rebar Annotation on rebar sets.
    • Structural Families
      • Corrects an issue during upgrade of project which caused the loss of associated parameters to Offsets in Structural Foundations.
2017.1.1 Update
  • Platform
    • Security
      • FBX
          Contains an update to the FBX SDK and provides a number of security improvements related to processing FBX, DAE, 3DS, and DXF format files.
    • Graphics
      • Fixed crash when closing Revit on some systems using a hardware Direct3D device.
    • Export DWF
      • Fixed an issue that caused the ViewCube, SteeringWheels, and the navigation bar to disappear after exporting the model to DWFx.
2017.1 Update
  • Platform
    • Collaboration for Revit
      • Improves Cloud Project Upgrade Workflow.
          Collaboration v8 for Revit® 2016 and Collaboration v3 for Revit® 2017 includes a simplified Cloud Project Upgrade for Revit 2016 Cloud Projects to Revit 2017 Cloud Projects.
      • A360 Rebranded to BIM 360 Team.
          In order to simplify and consolidate Autodesk cloud offerings, A360 is being rebranded to BIM 360 Team. In Collaboration v8 for Revit® 2016 and Collaboration v3 for Revit® 2017, BIM 360 Team has the same functionality of A360, with the added benefit of increased storage limits per user (increased to 500 GB per user).
          Collaboration v8 for Revit® 2016 and Collaboration v3 for Revit® 2017 includes visual changes such as UI elements, text descriptions, and tooltips have been updated to display BIM 360 Team. No BIM 360 Team functional changes are included in this release.
    • Energy Analysis
      • Corrects an issue where a new Insight 360 analysis would overwrite the original analysis for the same model.
      • Improves stability when closing Revit if an energy simulation was running in the background.
    • Export DWG/DXF
      • Improves performance when exporting to DWG.
    • Graphics
      • Corrects an issue in which zoomed views could occasionally cause the display of a mirrored selection in the text editor.
    • Materials
      • Improves stability of the Material Browser when materials are edited.
      • Improves stability of the Paint tool and the Materials Browser.
    • Part Elements
      • Adds the ability to export ODBC elements in Parts category.
    • Print
      • Corrects an issue where elements from a linked file would erroneously disappear on printing.
    • Security
      • Addresses a vulnerability where a specially crafted raster image in a project can trigger unauthorized code execution.
    • Upgrade
      • Improves stability when upgrading files which contain some corruption.
    • View
      • Improves stability when trying to activate a view that no longer exists.
      • Improves stability when creating a View Template from a dependent view that contained a plan region.
  • MEP
    • Electrical
      • Improves stability when editing the Max #1 Pole Breakers parameter for a panel.
      • Corrects an issue when handling wire size calculation for balanced load without neutral is included.
    • Fabrication
      • Corrects the offset tag parameter to display "SU" when the part sets up.
      • Improves stability for Trim and Extend when used on Insulated elbows.
      • Improves the modify connected parts tool by persisting the new service when parts are edited.
      • Improves the snapping behavior when using insert part to cut a tee into a main aligned to a branch pipe.
      • Improves the behavior of the Fabrication Part Browser during Route and Fill when switching between models.
      • Improves stability when rotating a fabrication part elbow.
      • Improves stability when using Route and Fill.
      • Improves elbow connectivity when nudging after using the Trim and Extend tool.
  • Structural
    • Beams/Braces
      • Improves stability when creating a beam that is based on a custom family.
      • Corrects an issue when purging a project of beam connection symbols content and used symbols are purged.
    • Steel Connections
      • Improves performance of connections calculated in the background process.
  • API
    • Corrects an issue with API reference to curves in sketches.
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.
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