Thank you for downloading Update 3 for Autodesk® Revit® 2016 Release 2 for Subscription Customers.
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 2016 R2, either as a standalone product or as part of a product suite, such as Autodesk Building Design Suite 2016 Ultimate or Autodesk Building Design Suite 2016 Premium. After Update 3 for Autodesk Revit 2016 Release 2 is applied successfully, the build number specified on the Help > About dialog will be 16.0.1118.0. For reference, you should save this readme to your hard drive or print a copy.
Issues Resolved by this Update
This update addresses issues reported directly to Autodesk and contains the fixes included in Autodesk Revit 2016 Service Pack 1 and 2, the Autodesk Revit 2016 Release 2 update, as well as Update 1 and 2 for Autodesk Revit 2016 R2. Consult the release notes for all areas improved by this update.
Installed Version required by this Update
This update requires Autodesk Revit 2016 Release 2 for subscription customers (build: 16.0.1063.0) or later version of Autodesk Revit 2016 R2. Autodesk Revit 2016 R2 for subscription customers will need to be applied to any Revit 2016 installation that has Autodesk Revit 2016 (build 16.0.428.0), Autodesk Revit 2016 Service Pack 1 (build 16.0.462.0), or Autodesk Revit 2016 Service Pack 2 (build 16.0.490.0) applied.
Contents
This update is for the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems. Be sure to install the correct update for your software.
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Product |
Update |
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Autodesk Revit 2016 |
Autodesk_Revit_2016_R2-x64_UPD3.exe |
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Autodesk Building Design Suite 2016 Ultimate or Premium editions |
Autodesk_Revit_2016_R2-x64_UPD3.exe (Note that this update will only update the Revit 2016 portion of your suite product.) |
This update can be used with the following operating systems:
As you prepare to install this update, keep the following in mind:
Administrative Privileges
In order to apply this update, you must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.
Product media
Under some circumstances, you may be asked to provide the original installation source.
If you installed Autodesk Revit 2016 from the DVD or USB, you may be asked to insert the disk or USB during installation of the update. Please have the disk or USB available before starting.
If you downloaded and installed Autodesk Revit 2016 from the web and later deleted the extracted files (default location of extracted files is C:\Autodesk\WI\Autodesk Revit 2016), the update may not be able to continue. In that case, you should follow the below procedure:
- Obtain the Web download file and save it to your computer.
- Double click the download file and allow it to extract its files, noting where they are being saved.
- When the Autodesk Revit installer screen appears, click "Cancel".
- Continue with update installation as described in the Installation Instructions.
Backup Custom Files
Back up all customized files, such as Revit.ini, before starting.
Network Deployment
Special command line switches are available for administrators.
/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.
/e - Extracts the MSP file from the update executable.
Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.
Follow these instructions to apply this update to a deployment image.
Note: This update cannot be uninstalled to revert Autodesk Revit 2016 to its pre-update state. If you need to remove the update, please uninstall Autodesk Revit 2016 and then reinstall it.
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