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    • Known Issues with IdeateApps for Revit

    This topic includes up-to-date information about any known issues related to IdeateApps.

    Ideate ReNumber

    Unexpected elements

    In some cases the list of elements to be renumbered may exclude/include elements that are unexpected. This condition can occur when using the Path, Vertex or Auto-Number methods. 

    For example, in an elevation view, even though elements may be hidden, they would still be included as long as they exist within the view. This can be fixed by adjusting the far clip value of the view. This condition is demonstrated within this advanced numbering video.

    Another example, that might occur more typically within a plan view when a equipment family or door family has an access area or ADA clearance area that makes the family much larger than otherwise expected. In these cases the Path methods might unexpectedly intersect those families. In this case you may need to adjust the vertex of the 2d path to avoid the family.

    Ideate QuickSelect

    There are no Known Issues yet. 

    Ideate SmartDelete

    Ideate XRay

    Visibility Reasons

    Ideate SpellCheck

    No Errors Found — Windows 10

    If Ideate SpellCheck does not find any errors, then it may be that the operating system does not yet have an installed dictionary. When running on Windows 10, it may not work because platform spell-checking capabilities are available only for languages present in the input languages list. In Windows 10, when a language is added to the list of available keyboards, Windows automatically downloads and installs a corresponding Feature on Demand (FOD) package that provides spell-checking capabilities. By adding the language to the input languages list, the spell checker will be supported.

    To fix this issue, go to the Control Panel>Languages and add the required language.

    Revit Spell Check Settings Ignored

    Ideate SpellCheck will ignore the Revit spellcheck settings and will always do the following:

    Dependent Views

    Ideate SpellCheck does not yet check the text on a parent view when the dependent view is placed on the Sheet. Text that appears as part of a dependent view can therefore only be checked by selecting the parent view.

    Supported Revit Versions

    Ideate SpellCheck is supported in Revit versions 2017 and newer. Due to API limitations in Revit 2016 it does not appear on the Add-ins tab by default, but can be manually enabled. Please see here for more info.

    Unsupported Data Categories

    Ideate SpellCheck will be unable to check and correct errors in unsupported data categories, such as material takeoff or analytical data. Please see here for more info.

    Ideate Sheet and View Tools

    Ideate SheetManager

    Views and Sheets that are filtered by the Project Browser are not filtered by Ideate SheetManager. Instead, these Views are noted as < No Folder >.

    When edits to Sheet Number are made in Sheet manager, these are not always shown in Project Browser until Project Browser is refreshed. This is a known Revit issue.
    Workaround: Toggle back and forth between two projects or force a refresh by toggling the Sheet Browser choice.

    Ideate Align

    Rotated Views

    Rotated views may sometimes return unexpected results due to API limitations. Views that are first rotated, then stretched should work as expected, but views that are stretched first, then rotated will generally not work correctly. Switching view orientation back and forth between project north and true north may exhibit similar behavior. — Fixed in November 2019 release.

    Rotation On Sheet (Viewports)

    Viewports that have a ‘Rotated on Sheet’ value other than 0 will be aligned by the crop box boundary instead of by model coordinates.

    Ideate Clone

    Sheet Assemblies

    Sheets that are part of Assemblies are not currently supported by Clone. An Assembly-based Sheet that is created via Clone will be duplicated, but will not be able to be filed within the Project Browser under the Assemblies as expected.

    View Titles

    When cloning views together with the sheet, the relationships of the view titles to viewports are not maintained. This is due to Revit API limitation; Ideate Clone has no control over the view title.

    Rotated Views

    Starting from the Spring 2019 release, rotated views will no longer be considered ‘similar’, even to other rotated views. We are taking this step due to inconsistent results when aligning views with stretched & rotated crop regions, caused by Revit API limitation.

    Please review this help page for the recommended rotated views workflow.

    Ideate ViewCreator

    Assembly views

    Ideate ViewCreator currently does not support Assembly views.

    Copying Color Schemes

    Due to Revit API limitation, the view property 'Color Scheme' is ignored by Plans to Levels and Apply Dependents methods. Use a template to apply or assign the correct value to this property. The Duplicate Views method is handling this property correctly.

    For more details about using a view template to apply properties, see the Copy to Option topic.

    Copying Scope Box Visibility Settings

    Scope box visibility is set per view and can vary on dependents. There is also an override property of the scope box views visibility, which is currently ignored by Plans to Levels and Apply Dependents methods. The Duplicate Views method is handling this property override correctly.

    Copying Scope Box Visibility Settings in IdeateApps


    Copying View References or Callouts

    Revit API currently does not support copying and altering of view references, or copying of callouts.

    As a result, the Plans Levels method does not copy view references or callouts to newly created views, and Apply Dependents does not copy view references to newly
    created views.

    Note: The Duplicate Views method mimics Revit behavior for Duplicate, Duplicate with Detailing and Duplicate as Dependent; and it is able to copy view references and callouts.

    Global Parameters

    Using Global Parameters in view properties, or to drive view properties is currently not supported.  

    Rotated crop boxes

    The rotation of crop boxes are currently not copied when creating new views by the 'Plans to Levels' and 'Apply Dependents' methods. The "Duplicate Views" method does correctly handle crop box rotation.

    Regular non-rotated rectangular and polygonal, horizontally or vertically split crop boxes are handled correctly.

    Using Plans to Levels to copy shadows settings and VG for lighting, design options or linked files

    Due to Revit API limitation, the following properties will not be directly copied over during the 'Plans to Levels' workflow, and need to be applied by a view template: shadows (On/Off); Visibility Graphics settings for: lighting, design options, linked files.

    For more details about using a view template to apply these properties, see the Copy to Option topic.

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