Thursday, August 11, 2011

It's not me; It's you!

After a year or more working in a certain version of Revit, it is natural to notice subtle changes when switching to a newer one. So it comes as no surprise that I’ve been noticing how difficult it is in Revit 2012 (even with SP1) to select wtf-monkeysomething. I’ve had other users point out the same thing so I don’t think I’m losing my mind just yet. What’s up with that?

When hovering over objects, they used to pre-highlight seamlessly but in 2012, this seems to have broken down. I wonder if this is a side-effect of the new solid color you get when selecting something, or perhaps the ghosting functionality? Who knows…it’s really annoying and I hope it gets fixed soon!

Edit: Seems that this issue is specific to HD 3000 on-processor graphics on the second generation Intel chips (i7) and also coupled with curtain walls used for tilt-up walls (basic walls used for panels). The combination of these made things very weird when pre-highlighting but it seems that disabling hardware acceleration helps reduce the problems.

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2 comments:

  1. Jason GrantAugust 12, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Its you... works the same way for me in 2012 as it did in 2011. Try turning off the hardware acceleration if you have it on or maybe a new graphics driver.

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  2. Dave BaldacchinoAugust 12, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    We've updated drivers and still no dice. I wonder if this is some sort of incompatibility with the new core i7s and the on-chip graphics (no separate video card). We have several new machines configured like this and all exhibit the same issue. I'll be testing on a different machine shortly to see if the lack of proper pre-highlighting when zoomed out goes away. Anyway, gotta love that monkey...

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