Decimal accuracy, if constrained at all, should be done so in relation to the tolerances. There are ANSI or ISO(DIN) standards for all of this. Having tackled these issues a million times over my career I’d prefer to apply a standard than either round arbitrarily or allow for custom truncation.
That said the tools we use vary enormously in the ability to work to standards. Coming from a longtime love affair with microstation has spoiled me with how accurate software can be so the Revit snap to orthogonal „feature“ is the most extremely bad version of this that I recall. While the ISO standard recommends 8 decimal point values for degree angles, try being any more accurate than 2 in Revit.
Accuracy greater than required tolerance can be problematic even before we cover unit conversions or binary to decimal conversion.
These are just my thought, the team will take your suggestions into consideration.
additionally to the above and referring to the 1) types … it seems that parts of the elements have values others do not. I’m not sure if it is related but @samberger has a similar topic. The model was uploaded yesterday with the latest connector version.
As there is quite a lot of points and now follow-ups for different items on the list we might get unstuck quickly. But lest give it a shot.
What you are describing is a classic histogram; would that be a helpful solution?
What options were selected as the criteria for sending that version from Revit? Selection, Category? And what version Revit Connector are you sending with?
Me too
Noted!
Noted!
Indeed, there is perhaps both:
more logical comparison points to be made on the diffing (though are you reporting that the diffing was incorrectly identifying?)
an indication of the points of difference (geometry, data, metadata)
Unclear if it is connected to @samberger 's issue - and I’m struggling to replicate your observed behaviour, which, given that it is a screenshot, is undeniable.
Could you share privately the model?
Part of me is suspecting localization but I hope not.
you have a min value, you have a max value … and maybe a slider for the steps between max and min.
your latest official Connectors 2.17.0, Selection with category to only send categories: Walls, Floors, Structural Columns, Stairs, Foundations, Structural Framing.
and here:
The diffing was fine … I wanted to say that volumes/quantities might be a good additional indicator for someone to check. This is not provided in the panel … might also make it too crowded. Maybe I also see it too much out of my perspective.
It would be cool to have an indicator to show where the data differentiates maybe like a yellow dot … or something more visible. Maybe only show what parameters/properties are different.
In the case of a more structured approach like the above, there might be the wish of the users to have a sorting by name (addtionally to date). Otherwise, it can be really confusing, especially with lots of models and submodels.
As hyperlinks can be really useful to link documents, say you have a refurbishment project, and you reference the old scanned drawings to a model element. We figured out the following points for you as feedback
It would be great to have a hyperlink function for parameter values … say the parameter value is in URL formatting it makes a clickable hyperlink in the properties menu
B: Hyperlinks as part of comments
By copying hyperlinks into the comments it shows it as black text but people don’t conclude that it is clickable. It would be great to highlight the hyperlink either by underlining it or by creating a border around it.
I was looking for a similar post made about URLs in comments in the legacy app. We certainly have a ticket for this, and the value is certainly appreciated.
I recalled security discussions of clickable URLs, but as I say, I can’t now find it.
Do you have any thoughts? Perhaps the collaborator role or above is a trusted source. URLs in data properties is tricker to validate the provenance of.
If I‘m not fantasizing the hyperlinks were a bit more visual in the comments of the legacy app … we were able to reference a product catalog for impact noise reduction onto a staircase and it looked clear that one could click on it. At least it was in my mind like this.
Regarding parameters and in general:
Maybe with an allow list under the admin settings … You define the URL which is allowed or blocked. By default everything is reduced/blocked
I will create tickets for both supporting hyperlinks in the selection info panel and in comments. We can consider any security problems when we pick them up.
Yesterday, I wanted to find out the IFC filename, which I uploaded to speckle. It’s in the commit message, but I couldn’t read it, because the commit message is cropped in the viewer. Also there was no option to get the full name via tooltip or in a menu or something…
Seems like a tiny issue, but really has troubled me.
Even to find the complete list of commits in the dashboard took me a while.
Maybe some tabular view (option) would be nice here?
The only place where I actually could see the full commit message/IFC filename - at least as far as I was able to find - was when trying to edit the message.
I know, you’re busy implementing much bigger miracles here and those issues might indeed be something for “later”. But please don’t forget those for the final versions. … I am mentioning that, because my experience is (with soooo many AEC softwares!), that daily workflows are permanently “failing” on such small things. Seriously!
Completely agree that small issues like these can add up to a frustrating experience. Which is why we also have a big focus on this at the moment!
All of the things you mention here are actually already on our list of things to improve. Cropped version (= commit) messages, making it easier to find your versions, better Versions page. I can’t promise when it will all be fixed, but it’s known and will be prioritized :).
Don’t hold back on more feedback like this!
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