Release Notes

New

Added Organization Palettes - A palette that has been promoted to the organization level by a publisher to curate standardized sets of content to be distributed organization-wide.
Adds ability for granular Edit and View permissions on a Palette.
Added a message pop-up after adding Content to a Palette from a Channel to open the Palette in a new window.
Added Favoriting of a Palette.
Added the ability to search by file name within a Palette.
Added Create Palette right-click menu option in the main Palettes view.
Added Right-click > Add to Palette from Global Search.
Added the ability to open a Palette in a new window by clicking the Palette Name.
Broadcasts selected Palette to AVAIL for Revit add-in when opened in a new window.
Added support to open a Palette in a new window from the AVAIL for Revit add-in.
Improved sorting, filtering, and the ability to select a subset of items to publish in the Host-in-Cloud changes interface.
Added a check for Mount Point for Dynamic Paths during Content indexing.
Added a new URL Snapshot tool in the Content Preview window to customize thumbnails for URL content.

Fixes & Improvements:

New:

Support for Organization Palettes
Refreshed UI:
- Implemented vertical tab navigation bar for Project Navigator, Palettes and Harvest.
- Moved Harvest to its own separate tab.
Added the ability to override the Harvest Preview of a Drafting View with the Sheet on which it is placed.
Optimized element instance retrieval (family, group, assembly), resulting in faster load times.
Improved Palette Download:
- Uses the new API for downloading Host-in-cloud content.
- Better support for Revit Families with Type Catalogs.
- Better support for Revit-versioned content sourced from Host-in-Cloud channels.
Added a button to open a Palette in the AVAIL Desktop.

Fixes & Improvements:

Fixed issue where selected Content or Palettes from the AVAIL Desktop showed a pop-up in the "Project" tab.
Fixed issue that prevented Sheets from being loaded.
Fixed the issue where an empty view could be successfully generated for some sheets and drafting views, when it should fail.
Ensure palette is sorted alphabetically.
Fixed issue during copy of drafting views to capture failure.
Fixed issue with Harvest tab not updating Project context properly if starting with a New Project document.
Fixed issue with Project Navigator Panel visibility state on the relaunch of Revit.
Fixed Bulk Load of Families with Type Catalogs.
Fixed Dynamic Path lookup if loading content from a Palette.
Fixed add-in compatibility issue with Tekla Structural Designer.
Fixed issue with Okta-to-Okta SSO sign-in flow.
Fixed issue with Azure SSO due to dll mismatch of Microsoft.Identity.Client.dll.
Other backend fixes and improvements.

New:

Support for Personal and Organization Palettes, including bulk loading blocks from a Palette.
Refreshed UI:
- Implemented vertical tab navigation bar for Project Navigator, Palettes, and Harvest.
- Moved Harvest to its own separate tab.
Improved Palette download of Host-in-cloud content.
Added a button that can open a Palette in the AVAIL Desktop.
Added the ability to right-click and edit individual block insert options for already harvested blocks in a Channel.
Added a fallback thumbnail for Harvest Blocks that do not render drawing elements.

Fixes & Improvements

Fixed failure to create a Harvest Block when a thumbnail/preview cannot be generated.
Added dynamic path lookup during loading of a Palette.
Fixed issue with Okta-to-Okta SSO sign-in flow.
Fixed issue with Azure authentication flow for AutoCAD 2021 and 2022.

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