Table of Contents
Advertisement
To migrate...
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
AccuRender procedural plants
decals
Migrating Render Appearances for Materials
In Revit Architecture 2009, some materials migrate automatically to use the new render appearances. For
other materials, new render appearances will need to be assigned manually.
58 | Chapter 3 What's New?
Do this...
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.
Do either of the following:
Open the project, and manually replace each 2008
plant family with a 2009 plant family.
Open the 2008 plant family in the Family Editor.
Select Settings menu
Family Category and
Parameters. For Rendering Appearance Source, se-
lect Third Party, and click OK. In the Family Type,
for Render Appearance, specify an RPC file for the
plant. Save the plant family.
No action required. Decals are automatically upgraded
to work with Revit Architecture 2009.
For more information, see...
Migrating Render Appearances for
Materials
on page 58,
Changing
the Render Appearance of a Mater-
ial
on page 475
Migrating Lighting Fixtures
on
page 60,
Lights
on page 1164
Migrating Lighting Fixtures
on
page 60,
Lights
on page 1164
Daylight Portals
on page 1227
For more information, see...
Migrating Entourage
on page 60,
Plants and Entourage
on page 1203
Migrating Entourage
on page 60,
Using the ArchVision Content
Manager
on page 1212
Migrating Plants
on page 61,
Plants and Entourage
on page 1203
Migrating Decals
on page 61,
Decals
on page 1215
Advertisement
Table of Contents
Troubleshooting
Need help?
Do you have a question about the 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers