Thank you for downloading the Autodesk® Revit® 2020.0.1 Viewer Mode Hotfix.
This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of this hotfix. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you apply the hotfix to your licensed copy of Autodesk Revit 2020, either as a standalone product or as part of a product suite, such as Autodesk Building Design Suite 2020, Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2020, or Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2020. After this hotfix is applied successfully, the build number specified on the Help > About dialog will be 20.0.1.2. For reference, you should save this readme to your hard drive or print a copy.
Issues resolved by this hotfix
This hotfix addresses a customer reported issue in which Revit sessions run in Viewer Mode unexpectedly, without displaying the Viewer Mode dialog to warn users that Revit functionality is restricted in this mode. These restrictions include: save or save as in all cases, exporting or publishing modified projects, exporting or publishing any projects to a format containing model data that can be modified, and printing projects after changes are made.
Contents
This hotfix is for the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems. Be sure to install the correct hotfix for your software.
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Product |
Hotfix |
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Autodesk Revit 2020 |
Autodesk_Revit_2020_0_1.msp |
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Autodesk Building Design Suite 2020 Ultimate or Premium editions |
Autodesk_Revit_2020_0_1.msp (Note that this hotfix will only update the Revit 2020 portion of your suite product.) |
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Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2020 Ultimate or Premium editions |
Autodesk_Revit_2020_0_1.msp (Note that this hotfix will only update the Revit 2020 portion of your suite product.) |
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Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2020 Ultimate or Premium editions |
Autodesk_Revit_2020_0_1.msp (Note that this hotfix will only update the Revit 2020 portion of your suite product.) |
This hotfix can be used with the following operating systems:
As you prepare to install this hotfix, keep the following in mind:
Administrative privileges
In order to apply this hotfix, 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 2020 from the USB, you may be asked to insert the USB during installation of the hotfix. Please have the USB available before starting.
If you downloaded and installed Autodesk Revit 2020 from the web and later deleted the extracted files (default location of extracted files is C:\Autodesk\WI\Autodesk Revit 2020), the hotfix installation may not be able to continue. In that case, you should follow these steps:
- 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 the hotfix 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 hotfix is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply this hotfix to multiple computers.
Follow these instructions to install this hotfix on a single computer.
Follow these instructions to apply this hotfix to a deployment image.
Note: This hotfix cannot be uninstalled to revert Autodesk Revit 2020 to its pre-hotfix state. If you need to remove the hotfix, please uninstall and then reinstall Autodesk Revit 2020.
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