Issues resolved by this security fix

This security fix addresses issues reported directly to Autodesk and contains the fixes included in previous Autodesk Revit 2016 patches. Consult the release notes for all areas improved by this security fix.

TLS Statement

To align with industry best practices for security and data integrity, Autodesk Identity Services and Cloud Models for Revit Services, will move to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 and stop supporting TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 on August 3, 2019. Action may be required to update your software to maintain access to certain product functionality or features. To maintain connectivity, follow the instructions below. If your software is affected and is not updated, connectivity issues may occur as of August 3, 2019.

This version requires an update to the Autodesk License components. Please see the Autodesk Licensing Hotfix for additional information.

By applying Autodesk Revit 2016.1.9 Security Fix, Collaboration for Revit 2016.1.9 Security Fix and Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 7/8/8.1 (.Net 4.5.2) the following functionality will be available after the change to TLS 1.2:

• Revit Cloud Worksharing
• Personal Accelerator (PAC) for Revit Cloud Worksharing
• Communicator
• Energy Analysis
• Dynamo Package Search/Upload

Important Notes

• Personal Accelerator for Revit is an application which is critical for the performance of the Revit Cloud Worksharing and Cloud Models for Revit functionality and serves all versions of Revit (2015-2020) on a single workstation. Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 7/8/8.1 (.Net 4.5.2) is intended to be applied on any Windows Operating Systems which do not support .Net 4.7. After this security fix is applied successfully, the build number specified within Windows>Programs and Features for the Personal Accelerator for Revit application will be 20.0.9.0.
• If your Windows Operating System supports .Net 4.7 you can install Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 10 (.Net 4.7) instead of Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 7/8/8.1 (.Net 4.5.2).

Additional pre-requisites

• Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 - Before you install, make sure that you download the Microsoft Visual c++ 2015 redistributable for your machine architecture (x86 or x64) from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 - Before installing on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 machines, ensure Dot net framework 4.5.2 Runtime is installed. You can install it from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net452.

Installed version required by this security fix

This security fix 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

• Who should install this security fix?
• Supported operating systems
• General installation information
• Installation instructions
  • Apply this security fix to an existing installation
  • Apply this security fix to a deployment installation image
  • Uninstall this security fix

  Who should install this security fix?

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

  Product	Security Fix
  Autodesk Revit 2016	Autodesk_Revit_2016_1_9.msp
  Autodesk Building Design Suite 2016 Ultimate or Premium editions	Autodesk_Revit_2016_1_9.msp (Note that this security fix will only update the Revit 2016 portion of your suite product.)

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  Supported operating systems

  This security fix can be used with the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Enterprise 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Ultimate 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Professional 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 8 64-bit
  • Microsoft^® Windows^® 8.1 64-bit

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  General installation information

  Before you begin

  As you prepare to install this security fix, keep the following in mind:

  Administrative privileges

  In order to apply this security fix, 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 security fix. 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 security fix installation may not be able to continue. In that case, you should follow these steps:

  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 Autodesk Revit installer screen appears, click "Cancel".
  4. Continue with security fix 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 security fix is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply this security fix to multiple computers.

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  Installation instructions

  • Apply this security fix to an existing installation
  • Apply this security fix to a deployment installation image
  • Uninstall this security fix

  Apply this security fix to an existing installation

  Follow these instructions to install this security fix on a single computer.

  1. Download Autodesk_Revit_2016_1_9.msp and save it to any folder.
  2. Ensure the original product installation media is available.
  3. Find the folder where you saved the security fix and double-click the patch (MSP) file.

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  Apply this security fix to a deployment installation image

  Follow these instructions to apply this security fix to a deployment image.

  1. Start the Autodesk Revit 2016 deployment creation process. If you need to add a security fix to an existing deployment image, launch the update shortcut located in the Tools\ApplyUpdates folder and skip to step 4.
  2. When the deployment creation or modification process is complete and the Deployment Configuration Complete dialog is displayed, click Add Updates.
  3. If a Security Warning dialog is displayed, click Run.
  4. In the Autodesk Application Manager, click Update Software.
  5. Click Add for the security fix to be applied to this deployment image.
  6. Once the security fix has been successfully downloaded, click Close to exit the Autodesk Application Manager.

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  Uninstall this security fix

  Note: This security fix cannot be uninstalled to revert Autodesk Revit 2016 to its pre-security fix state. If you need to remove the security fix, please uninstall Autodesk Revit 2016 and then reinstall it.

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