Revit 2018.3 - Known Installation Issues

Revit 2018.3 was released recently. I was about to install, but I always check the forums first and I am now holding off until a few problems get sorted.
There is a forum thread at the moment over at Autodesk about a number of people reporting errors after installation. Might be worth a read if you are having similar problems.

Also, whilst many have made comment about 2018.3 only being a bug fix update, (full list can be found here) but the key component of the 2018.3 release is part of the new BIM 360 Design which Autodesk is calling the 'next generation of C4R'. 

Release 2018.3 makes Revit 2018 compatible with BIM 360 Design as prior versions of 2018 doesn't have the code to communicate with the suite.

So if you're not in a position to update to 2019 yet, then it may be something you are interested in beyond the bug fixes. Although, do your reading first as existing C4R projects need to be converted, they aren't automatically readable with the new BIM 360 Design. 

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Revit 2017 SP1 Released (Some Text Issues Resolved)

Autodesk have released Service Pack 1 for Revit 2017. Check your Autodesk Desktop App or you can download the service pack from HERE. 

If you have been experiencing text issues as described in this Autodesk forum discussion, then this pack sounds like it will address those issues. The "Reported Issues Resolved" document can be found HERE. 

I installed the update and the steel connections 'No Matches' error mentioned in my last post, appears to still be an issue. 

Revit Structural Connection Families 'No Matches'

The structural connection families in Revit 2017 aren't playing nice. There is a thread running on the Autodesk forum at the moment HERE, highlighting the issue. 

The problem appears to be with the component list from the type selector. Structural connection families appear in this list amongst other components in the project such as trees & desks. However, if a structural connection was the last component you placed, then when you go to select a new family later, the list displays 'No Matches'.

At the moment, the only way to fix this, is to select a component other than a steel connection family, right click and select 'Create Similar'. It will now display all the components in the list. 

As long as a Steel Connection family was not the last component you placed, you will not notice this problem. 

It seems this has been reported*, so this will either be in Service pack 1, which I hear is due very soon or we will have to wait for SP2 for a fix. 

I have demonstrated the problem in the following video. 

*Update: Autodesk have setup the following Knowledge Network link HERE.