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Network and advanced installation information

There are different ways installing reviTTools on a single computer or distributing on a complete network environment.

Standalone installation

1. Download the latest reviTTools build from www.reviTTools.com
2. Install reviTTools on your computer.
3. AFTER PURCHASING, copy your key file to the reviTTools program directory. (Typically C:\Program Files\reviTTools 2013)
4. Start your Revit application and enjoy the fully functionality of reviTTools!

Network installation - Manual publishing

If you are distributing reviTTools on your network, you should publish the reviTTools program directory on each user's computer. (AFTER PURCHASING you should include the key file in this folder.)

Additionally you have to publish the reviTTools.addin file as well.

Non-user-specific location:

WinXP
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Revit\ Addins\2013\reviTTools.addin

Vista/Win7
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\
Addins\2013\reviTTools.addin

User-specific location:

WinXP
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Autodesk\Revit\ Addins\2013\reviTTools.addin

Vista/Win7
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\
Addins\2013\reviTTools.addin

Network installation - Server usage

Optionally you can place the reviTTools program directory on your server. (AFTER PURCHASING you should include the key file there.)

In this case you have to update and publish only the reviTTools.addin file as above on the user's computer, including the part with <Assembly>, pointing to the right server location.

<Assembly>ServerPath\reviTTools 2013\reviTTools.dll</Assembly>

Network installation
Security settings for .NET applications on shared drive - .NET 4.0 /Revit 2012 or +/

If you try to run reviTTools from a shared or mapped drive and you get an error while starting Revit saying "System.IO.FileLoadException" please do followings.

Error message
System.IO.FileLoadException
Could not load file or assembly 'file:///...\reviTTools.dll' or one of its dependencies.
Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515

1. Open Revit.exe.configuration file with a text editor.
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit Architecture 2012\Program\Revit.exe.cfg

2. Add following lines.

Network installation
Security settings for .NET applications on shared drive - .NET 3.5 and before /Revit 2011 and before/

If you try to run reviTTools from a shared or mapped drive but the reviTTools ribbon doesn't appear in Revit please ensure the proper security settings for .NET applications. You should grant rights to use DLLs on shared or mapped drives.

1. Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration

2. In the configuration window go to: Runtime Security Policy > Machine > Code Groups > All_Code

3. Right-click on All_Code and select New

Create a new code group
Name: reviTTools
Condition type: URL
URL: T:\reviTTools 2010\* OR similar
Permission set: FullTrust

3. After it restart Revit and you can access the reviTTools ribbon

Notes

.NET 2.0 is used for reviTTools 2010 and earlier
.NET 3.5 is used for reviTTools 2011
.NET 4.0 is used for reviTTools 2012 and later
You can use CasPol.exe or other methods to modify security settings

Silent installation

Additionally there are silent installation possibilities as well.

Please use the SILENT switch and the LANG option if required as in the following sample.

reviTTools_2013_6.1.0.exe /SILENT /LANG=de

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