Revit 2012 Hotfix
Description of Problem
This
hotfix addresses issues with meters to feet conversions indexing FARO point
clouds and improves product stability when manipulating large or complex point
clouds.
Affected Products
- Autodesk® Revit®
Architecture 2012
- Autodesk® Revit®
Structure 2012
- Autodesk® Revit®
MEP 2012
Installation Instructions
NOTE: You must have administrative privileges on your Microsoft®
Windows® operating system to complete the installation process.
NOTE: You must have Autodesk Revit 2012 Update 2 installed on
the system in order to apply this hotfix.
This
installation requires you to replace the following file:
- FaroImporter.exe
- Graphcs.dll
To Install the Hotfix on a 32-bit system
- Close all software applications.
- Make sure the Autodesk Revit
2012 Update 2
is installed on the system.
- Navigate to your product installation folder; for
example C:\Program Files\Autodesk
Revit Architecture 2012\Program
- Rename the affected original
files.
- In the product installation Program folder,
right-click the FaroImporter.exe
file and rename it FaroImporter.bak.
- In the product installation Program folder,
right-click the Graphics.dll
file and rename it Graphics.bak
- Extract the Revit2012_Point_Cloud_Hotfix.zip to a shared folder.
- Copy the FaroImporter.exe and Graphics.dll located in the x86 folder to C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012\Program
To Install the Hotfix on a 64-bit system
- Close all software applications.
- Make sure the Autodesk Revit
2012 Update 2
is installed on the system.
- Navigate to your product
installation folder; for example C:\Program
Files\Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012\Program
- Rename the affected original files.
- In the product installation Program folder,
right-click the FaroImporter.exe
file and rename it FaroImporter.bak.
- In the product installation Program folder,
right-click the Graphics.dll
file and rename it Graphics.bak
- Extract the Revit2012_Point_Cloud_Hotfix.zip to a
shared folder.
- Copy the FaroImporter.exe and Graphics.dll located in the x64 folder to C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012\Program