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Migrating to Revit Architecture 2009
After you upgrade from a previous release to Revit Architecture 2009, Revit families and projects may need
to be migrated to make them compatible with the new rendering functionality.
Some migrations are performed automatically when you upgrade the Revit software. Other migrations are
performed automatically when you open a Revit family or project. Some migrations must be performed
manually.
To migrate...
Render appearances for materials
default render appearances
for materials
modified render appearances
for materials
Lighting
a lighting fixture family
lighting fixture families in a
project
daylighting
To migrate...
Entourage
default RPC content provided
with Revit 2008
additional RPC content that
you licensed or downloaded
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Do this...
Open the project in Revit Architecture 2009, and save
it.
Open the project in Revit Architecture 2009. Click Set-
tings menu
Materials. For each material that used a
custom AccuRender definition, assign a new render
appearance. Save changes to the project.
Open the family in Revit Architecture 2009, and save
it.
Open each lighting fixture family in Revit Architecture
2009, and save it. Then reload each family into the
project, overwriting the existing family. Save changes
to the project.
No action required. The mental ray rendering engine
performs daylighting automatically. For advanced
lighting quality in interior views, you can enable day-
light portals, if needed.
Do this...
No action required. When you render an image in the
project, Revit 2009 updates its render appearance
automatically.
Configure the ArchVision Content Manager (ACM) to
work with Revit Architecture.
For more information, see...
Migrating Render Appearances for
Materials
on page 25,
Changing
the Render Appearance of a Mater-
ial
on page 465
Migrating Render Appearances for
Materials
on page 25,
Changing
the Render Appearance of a Mater-
ial
on page 465
Migrating Lighting Fixtures
on
page 26,
Lights
on page 1100
Migrating Lighting Fixtures
on
page 26,
Lights
on page 1100
Daylight Portals
on page 1165
For more information, see...
Migrating Entourage
on page 27,
Plants and Entourage
on page 1139
Migrating Entourage
on page 27,
Using the ArchVision Content
Manager
on page 1149
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