Next Version - Still in Development

• Change Sun Setting from the Render dialog
• Add Sun vector edit
• Add EPX file format output
• Uninstall Ribbon
• No Render Button on Options, or make it work
• Sun Position relative to View
• Add new 2011 dialogs and features to Wiki Help

• Added Create 3D PDF to the Save Image dialog.

OG07, July 7, 2015

In this version we:

• Added support for Revit 2016
• Started using the RPC IDs to identify and render the RPC families in the model.

NK20, November 20, 2014

In this version we:

• Fixed a problem where decals were not rendering in foreign language versions of Revit
• Fixed a problem with using the Plant Editor to edit the Ground Plane material

NH06, August 6, 2014

• Fixed a problem with light fixtures not rendering properly
• Fixed error for missing RPS licensing dialogs

NE14, May 14, 2014

• Added support for Revit 2015

MG01, July 1, 2013

• Fixed a bug which was causing the rendering to fail when using Auto Save Image with small models.

- stopped setting //render_process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

              and  //render_process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;

MF25, June 25, 2013

• Added support for Revit 2014
• Fixed a couple of problems with Revit 2013, where we still though some material parameters were floats, but were now doubles in 2013.
• Also started skipping db.room entities which were like Masses

LJ22, October 22, 2012

I didn't announce this post, since I plan to upload a new one shortly with a couple other bug fixes. - for a glass material - and a massing I cannot repress yet

• Fixed a bug where we were throwing an error trying to read a material which wouldn't cast properly

LE03, May 3, 2012

Added a message to the ArRevitConfig.exe routine, to alert users that that function cannot be used to configure Revit 2011 through 2013.

LE02, May 2, 2012

• Fixed view window calculation for Revit 2012
• Added support for Revit 2013
• Changed the install to make it easier to configure the Add-In file for Revit 2011, 2012, and 2013
• Added a check box to not render Massings to the Options/More tab.

LD23, April 23, 2012

• Fixed a bug where we not exporting the rendering data properly fro Revit 2012 for users using International Display Formats which didn't use a period for a decimal point.

LC27, March 27, 2012

• Fixed rendering of some 2D RPC Images which displayed incorrect rotation. This included Entourage people.
• Fixed 3D PDF to display images on RPC objects.
• Other various fixes for the 3D PDF interface.
• Removed the Hide Windows check box from the Layer Wizard.

LC19, March 19, 2012

• Fixed Rendering of RPC objects for Revit 2012, and we added a dialog to the Control Panel to let you specify the locations of the .rpc files to map to the RPC families in the model.
• Fixed Shadows Rendering so that AccuRender uses the same Sun position settings as Revit, although there is still some difference in the shadow angles.
• Fixed rendering for some families where we not getting the geometry from Revit at all. They are now rendering.

LB09, February 9, 2012

• Started saving geometry directly from Revit 2012 to fix a problem with materials
• Added the Layer Wizard for positioning HDRis, Backgrounds and Foreground images
• Fixed a bug with the Browse for Material dialog losing it's list of Library materials

KJ27, October 27, 2011

• Fixed problem with mapping materials for Revit 2012 with Update Release 2 installed
• Add the ability to save and reload views from the rendering window, using our new OpenGL display window.
• Add a dynamic visual editor for positioning and distorting Background Images
• Fixed Scale and Rotation settings Background Images.
• Added Import Panoramic Image Conversion function to the HDRi sky tab.
• Fixed the installation configuration routine to search for Revit.exe, not Revit.ini for Revit 2011 and 2012.

June. 28, 2011

• Added View Rotate Toolbar Button for changing the view from the Render Window
• Fixed a rendering bug with a Revit object which had no Parameter Definition

Feb. 24, 2011

• Added a dialog to assign Lighting CHannels by the Lighting Family names
• Artificial Lights were not working.
• Fixed RPC rendering for some RPC families.
• Decals were not working. Also fixed Decals to correctly PNG files with an alpha channel.
• Some incorrect Materials Reflections values were being exported from the Revit model.

December 2, 2010

• Fixed Decals and RPC rendering for Revit 2011
• Fixed Groundcovers mapped to materials for Revit 2011

June 25, 2009

• Fix Texture Scaling change when material edited in the Render Window Material Editor.
• Ground Plane Elevation units fixed
• Draft Render mode added for test renders
• Tree Editor updated, Flowers added
• Materials may be selected for editing by double-clicking on the rendered image
• Statistics may be displayed by right-clicking on the Render Dialog title bar

These new AccuRender features are available, but not yet documented - Please see forum pages for comments

• Displacement mapping added for material textures
• Normal mapping added for material textures
• Self Glow w/o illumination added for materials
• Focal Distance and Depth of Field controls added to Options/Render tab

May 13, 2009

• Allow changes to Object Properties, like Glow, from the Render Window Material Editor
• Added Studio Brightness option, and made it the default for the High Dynamic Preset only

May 1, 2009

• Fixed the Refresh button to not reload the Geometry after using the Stop button.

April 29, 2009

• Added support for Revit Decals, along with a checkbox to turn them off.
• We now remember the Brightness and other Tone Control settings for each project.
• Added a refresh button to the Render Dialog, for re-rendering without reloading the geometry after changing settings.
• Added Help System to Setup dialog.
• Fixed a bug in the Tree Editor that was keeping it from displaying for some users.
• Fixed Background setting controls to grey out when not applicable
• Moved the Statistics button to the new About dialog.

Earlier Releases

• Fixed Sun Intensity setting bug
• Fixed material color for materials with special characters in the Material Name

• Addd support for for Revit 64 bit version
• Added Support for Revit 2010
• Added Check Box for turning Artificial Lights on or off.
• Fixed the Render Window Material Editor Color Swatch button.
• Fixed Render Window Material Editor to scroll list vertically only.
• Fixed a bug in the Tree Editor. which occured after using the Tree Editor Ray Trace.

• Fixed rendering of Trees mapped to families using from the nXt Tree Editor.
• Fixed button locations when resizing the Material dialog.
• Sun and Sky Settings may now be changed without reloading the geometry into the rendering window, just stop and restart the renderer from the rendering dialog.
• Glow added for materials.
• The dialog for setting Background images and colors added.
• New Setup Option interface.
• Fixed locations for RPC objects and Trees embedded in Families
• Improved the RPC interface.
• Reduced the delay loading the Map Material and Plant dialogs.
• Added support for the new fractal AccuRender nXt trees.
• Fixed height and width for procedural tile materials
• We now use the Color, Transparency and Reflection from the Revit rendering material for materials not mapped to AccuRender nXt materials.

==See also--

• AccuRender nXt for Revit