Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2010 Update 1 Readme

Thank you for downloading Autodesk Revit MEP 2010 Update 1.

This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of this update. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you apply the update to your licensed copy of Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2010, either as a standalone product or as part of AutoCAD® Revit® MEP Suite 2010 software. For reference, you should save this readme to your hard drive or print a copy.

Contents

§  Who Should Install This Update?

§  Supported Operating Systems

§  Information for Windows Vista Users

§  General Installation Information

§  Installation Instructions

§  Apply This Update to a Standalone Installation

§  Apply This Update Through a Local Network

§  Apply This Update to a Network Administrative Image

§  Uninstall This Update

Who Should Install This Update?

This update is for the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems. Be sure to install the correct update for your software.

 

Product

Update

Autodesk Revit MEP 2010

Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2010-x86_Update 1.EXE

(or Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2010-x64_Update 1.EXE for RME2010-64bit)

AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite 2010

Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2010-x86_Update 1.EXE

(or Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2010-x64_Update 1.EXE for RME2010-64bit)

(Note that this Update will only update the Revit® portion of your suite product.)

 

 

 

Supported Operating Systems

This update can be used with the following operating systems:

§  Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2

§  Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition SP2

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium

§  Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business 64-bit

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise 64-bit

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate 64-bit

§  Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit

Information for Windows Vista Users

When applying this update while running Revit MEP, it is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, before you install this update, close Revit MEP manually.

General Installation Information

Before You Begin

As you prepare to install this update, keep these points in mind:

    Administrative Privileges

In order to apply this update, you must have administrative privileges.

Product media

Under some circumstances, you may be asked to provide the original installation source. If you installed the original Revit MEP product from the DVD, you will be asked to insert the disk during installation of the update. Please have the disk available before starting.

If you downloaded and installed Revit MEP from the web and later deleted the extracted files (Installed by default to Program Files\Revit MEP 2010\Download), the update will not be able to continue. In that case, you should follow the below procedure:

 

1. Obtain the Web download file and save it to your computer.

2. Double click the download file and allow it to extract its files, noting where they are being saved.

3. When the Revit Installer screen appears, click “Cancel”.

4. Continue with Update installation as described in the Installation Instructions.

 

 Backup Custom Files

Back up all customized files such as KeyboardShortcuts.txt before starting.

 Network Deployment

Special command line switches are available for administrators.  The full list can be obtained by running the update with the /? Switch.

      /rc - Updates central content for the indicated deployment. Run this from the Program folder of the installed product.

     Example: Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2010-x86_Update 1.EXE /rc

            /q – Suppresses the completion message after this update is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply this update to multiple computers.

Additional Information

Content Files

     Content files revised by the update will be installed into its original content folders. The content from the previous installation will be copied to backup folders XXX_SP1.

Installation Instructions

· Apply This Update to a Stand-Alone Installation  

 

· Apply This Update to a Deployment Installation with Shared Content

 

· Apply this Update to a Network Administrative Image

 

· To Uninstall This Update

Apply This Update to a Stand-Alone Installation

Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.

1. Download the update and save it to any folder.

 

2. Ensure the original product installation media is available.

 

3. Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

 

4. When the installation is completed, the following message will be displayed: “The Service Pack was successfully installed and Revit MEP 2010 has been updated.”

 

Apply This Update to a Deployment Installation with Shared Content

Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.

1.     Download the update and save it to any folder.

2.     Ensure the original product installation media is available.

3.     To update local content and program files: Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

4.     To update shared content: Click Run on the Start menu (Windows). From the Program folder of the installed product, enter following information and click OK.

Ex. C:\Program Files\Revit MEP 2010\Program> Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2010-x86_Update 1.exe /rc

5.     When the installation is completed, the following message will be displayed: “The Service Pack was successfully installed and Revit MEP 2010 has been updated.”

Apply This Update to a Network Administrative Image

At this time it is not possible to “Merge” this update to a network Administrative Image created using the Deployment Wizard.

To Uninstall This Update

Note: This update cannot be uninstalled to revert Revit MEP to its pre-update state. If you need to remove the update, please uninstall Revit MEP and then reinstall it.

What You Should Know When Updating Revit Through LiveUpdate

This update may be applied through the Live Update system. The Autodesk Revit installer allows you to download and include the update with an install of the original version of Autodesk Revit MEP. Also within Autodesk Revit MEP the InfoCenter allows you to apply the update. Note that applying the update through either of these methods will not apply any content updates. To apply the content updates you will need to download the update and run it separately. If you have already applied the update through Live Update, you may download and run the update again.

On 64-bit Microsoft® XP systems, you will need to download the service pack manually before using the Append option to add it to a network deployment.

If you are using Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8, you may receive an error indicating that Communication Center was unable to apply the Live Update service pack. If this occurs, download the service pack manually.

 


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