OK Zach, we all know that you’ve had many months jump on the rest of the community, but hey working at the factory should have it’s perks right? Stop making it all look so easy. Great blog, and excellent video post on creating seamless panels. This is superb inspiration to get people excited about rational form making.
Consider yourself on the list. We are most certainly all grateful.
For many, many releases, customers have asked for Service Pack technology like AutoCAD-based products… And now, without further adieu, here it is! This is a much smaller download, but includes Web Update #1 as well. Along with that pleasant change, there are many improved stability and performance gains to be had by deploying this update.
I try to remember to back up my personalized settings before installing any updates to applications like Revit which are critical to my work (particularly “Revit.ini” and “KeyboardShortcuts.txt”). That being said, the installation will now backup your files for you. Any files replaced by the Service Pack will be copied to backup folders named XXX_SP2 according to the Readme file.
The Web Update 2 can be found under the Revit Architecture/Structure/MEP 2009 product download pages:
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture-download
www.autodesk.com/revitstructure-downloads
www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download
On the topic of rendering, as many folks asked (but I could not speak about) at AU… I can now say Yes; Revit Architecture 2009, and the other discipline-specific flavors, will have the mental ray rendering engine embedded. This is going to really enhance the workflow of the designer. And… as if that was not enough, the new 3ds Max Design 2009, which appears to be taking the place of VIZ has an excellent workflow taking models from Revit and adding that extra zing. With the ability to export to FBX file format, and having mental ray ProMaterials in Autodesk 3ds Max Design, importing the model geometry with lights, materials, and cameras will be more fluid and much more accurate. I wish I could show you some sample renderings, but that will have to wait a bit longer. For now, enjoy the press announcements and some of the other blogs mentioning the new products.
Visit the Autodesk World Press day website for more information on the latest product announcements: http://www.worldpressdays08.com
Other blogs talking about 2009 products:
Well, looks like I was beat to the punch. I did intend to write up this workflow as described in my previous post and I should have had that one near complete, when I noticed THIS on the HOK Green BIM blog. This is a great primer on how to understand the concepts of moving from Revit Architecture to IES for analysis.
There’s plenty of other wonderful topics covered on this sustainable design dedicated site: