EVOLVE Mechanical 8.2.5 Hotfix

Updated 1 week ago by Jason Earl

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Compatibility

Autodesk® Revit® 2022.1.8
Autodesk® Revit® 2023.1.6
Autodesk® Revit® 2024.3.1
Autodesk® Revit® 2025.4

Summary

EVOLVE Mechanical 8.2.5 Hotfix fixes issues found in the 8.2.2 release and includes content improvements.

Upgrade Notices

Configuration setting incompatibilities

Some feature's project configurations may not be compatible with previous versions. To prevent compatibility issues, all project members should be on the same version.

🔧Changes

Adjust Add Fitting and Extend Run message prompt
Updates to Renumber and Points tooltips
Only require default folder path when creating a new report
EULA update
Content Updates

💪Stability

Fix Scale to Fit not working when generating sheets with numbered tags
Fix Description Builder Settings and Toolbox Configuration icons
Fix Spooling Spot Slope family not being loaded correctly
Fix error when rotating during Add Fitting on sloped elements
Fix error opening Hanger Placement Settings when families missing parameters
Fix Auto Sleeving not respecting center-to-center association method
Fix Add Fitting not being able to generate an appropriate elbow
Fix Notifications potentially not initiating correctly on startup
Fix ITM hanger settings not affecting hanger placement
Fix User Annotation Tags not loading correctly after fresh install or reset
Fix to correctly apply slope with the Add Fitting tool
Fix Reports not always assigning Data Source value on Dynamic Lists
Fix Connect Offset moving pipes incorrectly to make a connection
Fix error on invalid connection with Quick Tools
Minor UI tooltip and label updates
Fix duplicate ribbon object error when using Customize Ribbon Tabs
Fix to display proper error message in quick tools when family isn't loaded
Fix hanger setting size to use nominal size

📂Content Updates

Fixed an issue with project tag file pathing.
Added a weld family to the Carbon Steel pipe type in the eM system families file.
Added a coupling family to the Ductile Iron pipe type in the eM system families file.
Note: (2) families were added to each of the above pipe types. The families themselves are identical considering geometry and metadata aspects but one is classified as a "union" and one is classified as a "flange". Having a "flange" defined results in a weld being added to each end of all fittings, as one would expect.
- Revit limitation: When both a "flange" and "union" are defined and a pipe segment is split, (2) "flanges" will be added rather than a single "union".
- Known EVOLVE bug: Using the Add/Remove Union quick tool when both a "flange" and "union" are defined will result in an error being reported. A future release will address this issue.
- Recommended workflow:
  1. Model desired pipe runs.
  2. Couplings or welds (Revit classified "flanges") will automatically be modeled around each fitting.
  3. When ready to break up pipe segments into practical lengths, remove the defined "flange" from the routing preferences of the pipe type.
  4. Run the Add/Remove Union EVOLVE quick tool to place couplings or welds (Revit classified "unions") across the pipe segments. Manually adding splits will also work as expected now (a single "union" will be added).
  5. Redefine the "flange" in the pipe type routing preferences.
Added a combined eccentric/concentric reducer family to the Carbon Steel pipe type in the eM system families file.
Removed the individual eccentric and concentric reducer families from the Carbon Steel pipe type in the eM system families file.
Fixed an issue with the itemization of entries within the RFA pipe fittings schedules.
Updated the default grid state for Prefab Manager.