Intro
I knew it was a long-shot, but I was really hoping to not have a release between 0.2.8 and 0.3.0. That’s how software development goes though. After our release of Foundry on the Autodesk App Store, we received a handful of bug reports and a couple user requests that we felt warranted immediate attention.
Support for Metric Units
We received a couple different requests about supporting metric units. Considering how many folks we’ve been talking to in Europe, Australia and Asia about our other project, I’m more than a little embarrassed that we hadn’t even considered this. Luckily, the Revit API has some simple-to-use features that make handling this quite easy.
I’m writing a dedicated post about implementing this—it should be out in the next week or two.
Enhancements to the Outliner Tool
The View Outliner has received significant attention in this update. Previous versions encountered stability issues, the most notable of which was inconsistent handling of ceiling lines.
Closed Ceiling Handling:
For rooms with a ceiling, the Outliner in 0.2.8 was cutting off the line representing the finish ceiling:
but it certainly stands out.
We’ve refined the algorithm to make sure this doesn’t happen:
Open Ceiling Handling:
Foundry also supports rooms without a finished ceiling. If setup to do so, it can capture and outline the structure above. Another option allows the user to set a max height on the elevation view. This will clip the elevation at the specified height without a hard line. That is, if it were working as intended:
Just as before, we’ve addressed the underlying issue:
Place Views Tool Adjustments
Our Place Views Tool has been refined to better accommodate various sheet numbering standards, correcting sorting and ordering inconsistencies.
In version 0.2.8, the sheets weren’t being sorted properly. In fact, I think we’re just displaying them in the order they’re handed to us from Revit. Somehow, this slipped past our QAQC. Oops.
Version 0.2.9 sorts the sheets to match industry standard sorting:
Conclusion
There were a number of other minor bug fixes. The full change log can be found in our public docs.
We’re again focusing on the sprint towards Foundry 0.3.0, which features a new Sheet Utilities tool that will replace the existing View Placer tool. Functionality will include the ability to quickly scaffold out entire drawing sets, and the ability to arrange views using NCS grids. Stay tuned.
Thanks for reading,
Ben Preston
Technology Lead