Migrating Lighting Fixtures - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

You must update these materials to assign new render appearances to them. See
Appearance
If a Revit 2008 project makes extensive use of AccuRender definitions, you can edit a text file to map the
AccuRender definitions to new render appearances. For instructions, go to the Autodesk Support Knowledge
Base and search for the technical solution TS1081106.
Updating a 2008 Render Appearance
Use the following procedure to assign a new render appearance to a 2008 material whose render appearance
was not upgraded automatically.
To update a render appearance for a material
1 In Revit Architecture 2009, open a project.
2 Click Settings menu
3 In the left pane of the Materials dialog, under Materials, enter not upgraded in the search field.
4 Select a material from the list.
5 On the Render Appearance tab, click Replace.
6 In the Render Appearance Library, select the desired render appearance for the material, and
7 If desired, modify properties for the render appearance.
8 Click Apply.
9 Repeat Steps 4 through 8 for other materials whose render appearances were not upgraded.
10 In the Materials dialog, click OK.
11 Save changes to the project.

Migrating Lighting Fixtures

In Revit Architecture 2009, all 2008 lighting fixture families (including spot lights and linear lights) display
and render as spherical light sources with intensity control.
To migrate a lighting fixture family, open the lighting fixture family in the Family Editor. Revit Architecture
adds a new light source definition to the family, using default settings. Make desired changes to the light
source definition and its parameters. (See
Parameters for Lighting Fixtures and Light Sources
To migrate a lighting fixture family in a project, first migrate the lighting fixture family as described above.
Then save the family and reload it into the project, overwriting the existing family. (Override parameters
in the project if desired.) Save changes to the project.
After migration, the light sources for the lighting fixtures render photometrically, and they have more
photometric properties. For more information, see
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on page 26.
Materials.
The materials list displays the names of all materials whose Comments field contains the specified
text.
click OK.
See Searching for a Render Appearance
See Render Appearance Properties
on page 482.
on page 468.
Defining the Geometry of a Light Source
on page 1118.) Save changes to the family.
Lights on page 1100.
Updating a 2008 Render
on page 1117 and Defining