Autodesk Transport Layer Security Updates Require a Security Fix for Revit 2015

Autodesk Support

May 16, 2019


To align with industry best practices for security and data integrity, Autodesk Identity Services and Revit Cloud Models Services, will move to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 and stop supporting TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 on August 3, 2019. Action may be required to update your software to maintain access to certain product functionality or features. To maintain connectivity, follow the instructions below. If your software is affected and is not updated, connectivity issues may occur as of August 3, 2019.

For single-user subscribers, this version requires an update to the Autodesk License components. The Autodesk Licensing Hotfix typically cover all the Autodesk products for a given release year. In many cases it will need to be installed only once if you have multiple Autodesk 2015 based products installed. Please see the Autodesk Licensing Hotfix for additional information.

The update to allow the following feature functionality to be utilized is available in the Revit 2015.1.15 Security Fix, Collaboration for Revit 2015.1.15 Security Fix and Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 7/8/8.1 (.Net 4.5.2). (The Revit 2015.0.15 Security Fix is available for non-subscription users.)

  • Revit Cloud Worksharing
  • Personal Accelerator (PAC) for Revit Cloud Worksharing
  • Communicator
  • Energy Analysis

Once these Security Fixes are applied the following version will be installed:

  • Revit 2015.1.15 Security Fix – version 2015.0.2019.508
  • Collaboration for Revit 2015.1.15 Security Fix – version 2015.0.2019.508
  • Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 7/8/8.1 (.Net 4.5.2) – version 20.0.9.0

While the Personal Accelerator update is included within the Collaboration Security Fix you can also obtain Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 7/8/8.1 (.Net 4.5.2) from one of the locations below.

 

For Subscription Customers, please install the Security Fixes from one of the locations below, and then restart Revit to utilize the functionality.

Product Version

Update

Documents

Revit 2015 (64-bit)

Revit 2015.1.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit Architecture 2015 (64-bit)

Revit Architecture 2015.1.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit MEP 2015 (64-bit)

Revit MEP 2015.1.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit Structure 2015 (64-bit)

Revit Structure 2015.1.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit LT 2015 (64-bit)

Revit LT 2015.1.15 Security Fix

Readme

Collaboration for Revit 2015

Collaboration for Revit 2015.1.15 Security Fix

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Note: The Revit 2015.1.15 security fixes require Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 for subscription customers (build: 20140905_0730) or later version of Autodesk Revit 2015 R2. Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 for subscription customers will need to be applied to any Revit 2015 installation that has Autodesk Revit 2015 (build: 20140223_1515), Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 1 (build: 20140322_1515), Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 2 (build: 20140323_1530), or Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 3 (build: 20140606_1530) applied.

For Maintenance Plan Customers, please install the Security Fixes from one of the locations below, and then restart Revit to utilize the functionality.

Product Version

Update

Documents

Revit 2015 (64-bit)

Revit 2015.0.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit Architecture 2015 (64-bit)

Revit Architecture 2015.0.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit MEP 2015 (64-bit)

Revit MEP 2015.0.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit Structure 2015 (64-bit)

Revit Structure 2015.0.15 Security Fix

Readme

Revit LT 2015 (64-bit)

Revit LT 2015.1.15 Security Fix

Readme

Collaboration for Revit 2015

Collaboration for Revit 2015.0.15 Security Fix

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Important Notes:

  • Before you install, make sure that you download the Microsoft Visual c++ 2015 redistributable for your machine architecture (x86 or x64).
  • Before installing on Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 machines, ensure .Net framework 4.5.2 Runtime is installed.
  • Personal Accelerator for Revit is an application which is critical for the performance of the Revit Cloud Worksharing and Cloud Models for Revit functionality and serves all versions of Revit (2015-2020) on a single workstation. Revit Personal Accelerator Security Fix for Windows 7/8/8.1 (.Net 4.5.2) is intended to be applied on any Windows Operating Systems which do not support .Net 4.7. After this security fix is applied successfully, the build number specified within Windows>Programs and Features for the Personal Accelerator for Revit application will be 20.0.9.0.

Revit LT 2015 (32-bit)

This version requires an update to the Autodesk License components on each workstation. Please see the Autodesk Licensing Hotfix for additional information.

There is no product update for Revit LT 2015 32-bit.



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