Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC, User Manual

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Migrating to Revit Architecture 2009
After you upgrade from a previous release to Revit Architecture 2009, Revit families and projects may need
to be migrated to make them compatible with the new rendering functionality.
Some migrations are performed automatically when you upgrade the Revit software. Other migrations are
performed automatically when you open a Revit family or project. Some migrations must be performed
manually.
For more information, see... Do this... To migrate...
Render appearances for materials
Migrating Render Appearances for
Materials
on page 25, Changing
Open the project in Revit Architecture 2009, and save
it. default render appearances
for materials
the Render Appearance of a Mater-
ial
on page 465
Migrating Render Appearances for
Materials
on page 25, Changing
Open the project in Revit Architecture 2009. Click Set-
tings menu
➤
Materials. For each material that used a
modified render appearances
for materials
the Render Appearance of a Mater-
ial
on page 465
custom AccuRender definition, assign a new render
appearance. Save changes to the project.
Lighting
Migrating Lighting Fixtures on
page 26, Lights on page 1100
Open the family in Revit Architecture 2009, and save
it. a lighting fixture family
Migrating Lighting Fixtures on
page 26, Lights on page 1100
Open each lighting fixture family in Revit Architecture
2009, and save it. Then reload each family into the lighting fixture families in a
project
project, overwriting the existing family. Save changes
to the project.
Daylight Portals on page 1165 No action required. The mental ray rendering engine
performs daylighting automatically. For advanced daylighting
lighting quality in interior views, you can enable day-
light portals, if needed.
For more information, see... Do this... To migrate...
Entourage
Migrating Entourage on page 27,
Plants and Entourage on page 1139
No action required. When you render an image in the
project, Revit 2009 updates its render appearance
automatically. default RPC content provided
with Revit 2008
Migrating Entourage on page 27,
Using the ArchVision Content
Manager
on page 1149
Configure the ArchVision Content Manager (ACM) to
work with Revit Architecture. additional RPC content that
you licensed or downloaded
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