Access Twinmotion for real-time rendering of the current model.
Set how elevations are measured during shape editing in the contextual ribbon. Elevations are displayed near the cursor during editing, making it easier to edit accurately.
Swap the current view on a sheet directly from the view list.
Use sheet layout tools to help you reorganize views on sheets after you have placed views.
Assisted Association identifies the physical element that is overlapped by the newly created analytical elements and creates the association between them with no additional clicks.
Use the curved analytical panel to represent physical elements. You can create and edit arcs, ellipses, or combinations of the two to represent curved physical elements, or groups of elements.
Use this tool to define an analytical panel by drawing its projection to a workplane.
Automatically create a connected physical model from the analytical one, using on-demand, configurable rules.
To choose the direction in which a rebar set expands, use the flip option in the right-click menu.
Additional structural content was added for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Community idea: You can use the Split with Gap command with the following MEP elements:
During part placement, Revit automatically orients parts to matching connectors when possible.
Dynamo Core 2.16 features better graph navigation and management, new geometry nodes and native PolyCurve support, and more.
When importing/linking files using US survey feet, the units are now automatically detected.
Elements with very large coordinates are listed in the journal file.
Community idea: A search functionality was added to the Paste dialogs.
The hardware setup check directly confirms if the hardware meets Revit system requirements for hardware acceleration.
Community idea: When a room, area or space tag is moved outside the boundary, the Tag leader is automatically enabled.
Community idea: When you place a view reference, the detail number and sheet number are appended to the end of its Target View parameter.
Community idea: Labels in floor tags that report top and bottom core elevations now work with architectural floor elements.
Select All Instances can now be used on more elements/categories than in previous releases.
Community idea: The Revisions on Sheet Edit button remains available when selecting multiple sheets.
You can manually configure the version of SqlLocalDB to be used by steel connections.
Labels in tags can now report the Structural Usage parameter of elements.
Community idea: To save time and only publish what you need, you can publish just the host model without links.
Share portions of your model with collaborators so they can complete their work without needing access to your entire model.
Control the order of views and sheets in PDF exports and print sets.
Community idea: You can now use the Measure tool in 3D views. Measure between two selected points, or selected points along a chain.
A number of changes have been in different areas to increase performance.
Take control of your analytical model and create it accurately in the context of any structural physical model geometries.
Automatically create a connected analytical model using on-demand, configurable rules.
Use library-based connection design automation to model your design intent faster, while embedding structural engineering and fabrication rules to reduce iterations.
Copy and adapt shape-driven rebar from the source host to destination hosts. The bars are adapted by matching the rebar constraints.
Electrical engineers can estimate the building power requirements and define preliminary conceptual distribution system without having to create physical electrical model elements, thus enabling conceptual analysis and initial equipment sizing with minimal modelling.
Community idea: To improve productivity, the following MEP elements stay connected and assigned to their systems when demolished: pipes, ducts, conduit, cable tray, wires, and fabrication parts.
Fabrication Data Manager (FDM) is a cloud hosted service that enables collaborators to share, manage, and build MEP fabrication content to deliver to Revit users.
Explore and iterate on your design with the new linking workflow between FormIt and Revit.
Multiple improvements have been made to support linking/importing CAD files.
The Schedule tool now supports the ability to filter by sheet.
Community idea: You can tag multiple elements with the same tag. Use the Add/ Remove Host option during tag placement or for adding additional hosts (leaders) to existing tags.
A new control has been added to increase navigation performance in views.
When you place an element from a workplane-based family, the last used option is saved as the default placement option.
Community idea: Tag all displaced elements in 3D views.
When you select elements from nested and shared families, temporary dimensions automatically display.
Community idea: Displace elements in 2D views.
Contour labels "keep readable" from any direction.
Make it easier to control the time of day and artificial lighting options within a view.
The list of taggable categories has been expanded to help you more fully document your designs.
Project Browser icons indicate if a view is on a sheet.
New functionality makes it easier to control folding and split lines on shape-edited floors. Use automatically generated folding and split lines to represent floor conditions in the model.
Use out-of-the-box libraries of standardized connections to automate the placement of steel connections, based on national standards for steel connections.
Added the steel shape tables according to the 15th edition of the AISC.
Rotate couplers with respect to the bar end for precise modelling with clash avoidance.
Community idea: You can now displace rebar to make documentation easier to read and understand.
Community idea: You can tag multiple rebar elements with the same tag. Use the Add/ Remove Host option during tag placement or for adding additional hosts (leaders) to existing tags.
Easily publish and open 3D rebar views using Autodesk Docs or Autodesk Construction Cloud viewer to coordinate, inspect, and share 3D rebar details or views of the model.
Rebar is shown as solid if the detail level of the 3D view is set to Fine.
Check and report the concrete cover assignments for the concrete elements in your project to deliver high quality models and documentation.
Community idea: Avoid clashes with rebar from linked models while modeling elements.
You can now change the Structural Usage value to non-bearing to create structural walls that define and divide spaces and support no vertical load except their own weight.
Copy and adapt free form rebar from the source host to destination hosts. The bars are adapted by matching the rebar constraints.
You can use the in-canvas control to change the elevation for fabrication duct and pipe and to flip fittings.
Community idea: New MEP categories for Mechanical Control Devices and Plumbing Equipment provide greater control for element visibility and appearance in views and sheets.
Community idea: To improve productivity, you can rehost an MEP connector on a face or work plane while working in Family Editor.
The Dynamo Player user interface has been modernized, with several exciting usability improvements.
Revit 2023 incorporates the latest updates to Generative Design in Revit, including improvements to study creation, new options for Generative Design tools in Dynamo, and a consistent experience with Dynamo Player.
The Parameters Service allows you to manage your parameters library using Autodesk Construction Cloud.
The parameters Family, Type, and Family and Type have been enabled for use in conditional formatting of schedules.
Four existing categories have been enabled to be cut in views.
When key schedules are used to assign parameter values to rooms and areas, the values are retained when a key is removed.
Community idea: A new ribbon button and a keyboard shortcut were added so you can quickly set the work plane of a view using the Pick a Plane option.
IFC parameters that control export mapping of elements are included for elements and types by default. Use the Export Mapping dialog to change IFC entities and predefined types used for export.
When selecting a view reference, you can search the list for a specific view.
Use the latest shape codes to reinforce your concrete structures.
Community idea: To improve productivity, a Circuit Number property has been added on the Electrical Equipment category.
Community idea: To improve productivity when creating directional families, the direction of generic annotation is now consistent in each view.
Community idea: You can set the elevation base point from which an elevation tag reports its value.
Community idea: Elevation properties for MEP elements have been updated and new properties have been added to improve consistency for design and fabrication elements.
The accuracy, precision, and performance of the energy analytical model has been improved.
To increase the accuracy and reliability of the energy analytical model, one large opening surface is now created for curtain walls.
Use Revit Home to relinquish elements in a cloud workshared model without opening the model.
Community idea: When you use Revit Home to open or restore a previous version of a cloud model, later versions are maintained.
Filled regions can now be created directly in 3D families instead of importing detail items.
Use view filter enhancements to more quickly create and apply filters to your views.
Community idea: When duplicating a material, you can choose to duplicate the assets or use shared assets.
Community idea: Families assigned the to the "Casework" category are able to have their geometry joined.
Material textures and decals can now use images stored on servers.
Model groups and RVT links include Type and Instance Identity Data parameters.
A new Overview panel has been added to the Issues add-in, providing additional Autodesk Construction Cloud data displays within the Issues add-in.
