The annual release of Autodesk Revit dropped earlier this month (April 2022). One thing many firms wait for when upgrading khổng lồ a new version of Revit is for all their essential add-ins lớn be available in the new version. In just two weeks from this new release, Enscape has released an updated build of their installer, which supports Revit 2023 already!
In addition to lớn all the new features in Revit, Enscape also recently released version 3.3, which includes a healthy các mục of new features & enhancements. For example, access khổng lồ extensive site context, transparent materials in reflections, new academic-focused assets (examples in this article), và more. All this is sure lớn keep the architectural visualization enthusiast energized and inspired.
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While this article only focuses on a handful of new Revit 2023 features Enscape users should know about, you can see my annual AECbytes article for a more extensive list: What"s New in Revit 2023.
Here are the new Revit 2023 features covered in this article:
Cloud-based material texture supportNew workflow for duplicating materialsRewind tool performance enhancementSolar study enhancementLinked FormIt models indirectly enable Enscape supportRevit materials can now be hosted in BIM 360
Revit can now reference materials stored in the cloud. This solves the age-old problem of how to chia sẻ rendering assets (i.e., textures) across firms collaborating on a building design. There are a number of workarounds, such as creating shared folders, but this requires extra/manual setup. Thus, there has not been a native Revit option to support this important workflow until now.
Since this is a native workflow within Revit, the workflow is straightforward. First, within the BIM 360 project, you create a thư mục to store the project textures. Of course, you don’t need the textures that install with Revit, as they will be on everyone’s computer locally.
Next, copy any textures used/needed for a given project in the local Autodesk Docs folder. This folder is automatically synced khổng lồ your computer for any BIM 360 projects shared with you. Any new textures needed throughout the project will need to be copied here and not saved/linked from your normal office/server location.
In Revit’s Material browser, you can now browse lớn the Autodesk Docs location on your local computer. To lớn see the Autodesk Docs “drive” you need khổng lồ first click on This PC as shown below. From there, browse to your project & then to the textures location.
When a cloud-based texture is selected, the tooltip will show “Autodesk Docs://” as the drive letter, rather than a local or hệ thống drive/path.
Once the files have been copied to lớn the Autodesk Docs thư mục on your local computer, they are immediately propagated to the cloud, as shown in the next image. From here, these textures are accessible lớn anyone on the project, from any firm. If anyone used Enscape in another office, they would see the mã sản phẩm just as you do in your office.
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If you happened to lớn look for this particular material in the Enscape Material Editor, you would not find it. Not because Enscape does not support this new cloud-hosted material method, but due to Enscape only supporting Revit’s “generic” material type. If you need/want to edit the material in Enscape’s Material Editor, you can easily convert any Revit material khổng lồ “generic”. Kiểm tra this post I wrote with Enscape screenshot examples included: Converting a Revit Material to lớn Generic.
Duplicating materials in Revit
A favorite new feature of mine in Revit 2023 is the option to lớn duplicate a material. It is in my vị trí cao nhất 5 menu because it was my idea! Back in 2016, I posted a Revit idea called Duplicate Material and Assets, và the title of my post is exactly the same name as the new command.In case you are unsure what problem this solves, kiểm tra out this post I wrote about it: Duplicating a Material và its Assets.
In the Material Editor, simply right-click on a material, and you will now find two clearly labeled options to lớn duplicate a material. When you select Duplicate Material & Assets, the appearance texture will no longer be associated with the original material. The other duplicate option, Duplicate Using Shared Assets, matches the functionality of the original Duplicate command in previous versions.
Rewind performance enhancement
A performance-focused enhancement Enscape users might want khổng lồ know about is the ability khổng lồ disable the raster image snapshots taken every time you move around within a 3 chiều view. This was/is being done in support of a feature many may not even know about (although I use it often)… that is, the Rewind tool within the Steering Wheel feature. The option to lớn toggle the thumbnails back on, if desired, can be found within the Options dialog, as shown in the next image below.
Rewind is a great way to lớn move backwards in a Revit 3d view. If you are using Enscape’s Synchronize Views tool, it will even “rewind” the view in Enscape!
Note that the Rewind function will still work, it just does not have the thumbnail references as shown in the image below.
Solar study enhancement
While this new feature is not exactly supported by Enscape, it is worth knowing about. When shadows are turned on in a 3 chiều Revit view, there is a new Solar Study option via the Sun icon – on the view control bar (lower-left corner of the screen). This offers better access khổng lồ controls located on the ribbon, as shown in the image below, lớn animate the sun/shadows. While the animation does not happen in Enscape, when you stop at any point, the Enscape shadows update khổng lồ match. Of course, Enscape has its own method of achieving these results. Again, in any case, worth knowing about!
Linked FormIt models
Revit 2023 now supports the ability to links a FormIt model. Thus, offering in-direct Enscape tư vấn for FormIt. You could, for example, liên kết a FormIt mã sản phẩm into Revit & only use the Revit mã sản phẩm to drive Enscape. Although I am not a FormIt user, as you can see from my example model, I was able to links in a small sample model. Then, within Revit, I added a floor & some Enscape assets. The results look great in Enscape, which includes the textures applied to lớn geometry within FormIt.
Conclusion
These new features, along with the recent new Enscape features in 3.3, will surely make a lot of people happy! If you have not had a look at these updates, give them a try. You can get started by using the trial version of both Revit và Enscape.
