Bridge models cannot be opened as Live models within Revit, which previously limited your ability to work with these referenced models in Clarity. We've solved this by adding new functionality that allows you to open models as Published directly in Revit.

While this enhancement can be applied to any model in your project, it was specifically designed to address the limitations of bridged models.In the image below, multiple files are selected in the project's Files area to "Open as Published." This ensures Clarity operations run against the latest published versions of these models.

The Clarity Client addin for Revit which can be used for Revit Server Security projects, but can also be used for a variety of tasks and change order tools with all kinds of Projects.

Add-in Tools

• Change Request
  • To access the data editing features in Clarity to review, approve or reject data changes
• Launch Tasks
  • If you launch an enabled task on the current model
• Show Project
  • This is a link to the project associated to the open model
• Model Metrics
  • Run Model Metrics on the open model
• Model Event
  • Report a model event on the open model
• Other Functions /

The add-in adds an icon to the Revit ribbon.  This addin installs for multiple versions of Revit.

The image shows the Revit ribbon when a model that is setup in a Clarity Project is open.

2026

http://s3.amazonaws.com/IMAGINiTSoftware/ClarityClient2026.0.zip

2025

http://s3.amazonaws.com/IMAGINiTSoftware/ClarityClient2025.zip

2024

http://s3.amazonaws.com/IMAGINiTSoftware/ClarityClient2024.zip

We recommend that the task servers be at least comparable to workstations used in production, if not stronger, especially if you are planning on running multiple sessions of Revit and or multiple logins (not typically recommended due to permission issues).  When referring to the Revit System Requirements, do not go with anything lower than the Value, but Performance is recommended, or value with double the ram if you have large models with multiple links. If you choose to use virtualization, be aware that graphic intense tasks will not perform as well without a physical graphics card.  Refer to the Virtualization section below. LICENSE COMPLIANCE Task servers are

If you are unable to use the updater tool to automatically download and install the updates due to network restrictions, you can download them and run them manually. DOWNLOADS First you will need to download the following into a folder on the machines, do not unzip them: For example C:\Clarity\Updates Host http://s3.amazonaws.com/IMAGINiTSoftware/Updates/ClarityHost2026.zip Task Servers http://s3.amazonaws.com/IMAGINiTSoftware/Updates/ClarityTask2026.zip Updater Files Download the updater files from the links below and place them in the same folder as the content above.  For the txt files it will just bring up a web page with that text so just right click on the page and save

Upgrading Clarity to a new version of the software requires running the Setup.exe.  While it is not as simple as running the Updater from the desktop, it is not overly complex. There are video links below on the install process.  Install Videos Below are the videos Mandi did…about 7+ minutes in on the Host video is the information about the 360 path migration. https://s3.amazonaws.com/IMAGINiTSoftware/videos/ClarityHost2026Upgrade.mp4 https://s3.amazonaws.com/IMAGINiTSoftware/videos/ClarityTaskServer2026Upgrade.mp4 If you would like assistance with the install, please contact your sales representative to purchase some Design Assist hours (perhaps 2-4 hours) for a typical installation. IMPORTANT NOTE:  Backup the RandRevit Database It is recommended

This blog is to cover the basic task setup Above the Line

When I say ‘above the line’ I am referring to the area shown below which is common to most tasks.

I am using a PDF task in this example, but this will apply to most Task types.

Above the Line

This is where you will set the basic settings of the task

1. Name

   1. The name of the task: I tend to name mine relevant to what type of task it is and how they are set up
      1. In the example above PDF is the type of task, E1

If you have annual licenses in Clarity, the license start and end dates are tied to your subscription start and end dates.

The license will start on your subscription start date and end a year and 10 days later.  There is a 10 day grace period built in which allows you time to renew your subscription and get a new authcode and license in place without a lapse in service.

When a new version of Clarity comes out, your assets are automatically updated in our system to that version of Clarity.

That doesn’t change anything on your system, but if

We’re excited to announce that the 2026 release of Clarity is now live! This update brings powerful new features and enhancements designed to help you work smarter and more efficiently.

Join us tomorrow at 1:00 PM for our kickoff webinar, where we’ll walk through the new technology and show you what’s possible with this release.

Date: Thursday May 29, 1pm EST.

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6979865186520532829?source=a2uVU0000043ENVYA2

We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on—see you there!

The Only on Change setting is intended to save unnecessary tasks from running, so if nothing has changed in the model, the task does not run.

What Determines if the Task Runs

When setting a task schedule to Only on Change, that means that even though that task is set to run at a set day/time, it will only run if one of the following occurs:

• The date of the target file changed in Clarity since the last time it ran?

  • You can see that date on the Project Home page or

  • The Files tab for that file

    • If a

When setting up a Revit PDF task and defining the Page Setup area of the task, you can use a Named Page Setup, or define the settings in the task [In-Session]

It is important to know that the PDF driver that is used is set on the Task Server in the Clarity Task tray, unless you are using the Revit Export settings in this task (Revit 2022+)

The only PDF driver that can run in multiple sessions of Revit aside from the Revit PDF Export, is the PDFx driver. 

All other pdf drivers can only run in one instance of

The Clarity team is happy to announce the availability of Clarity 2026!

This new version includes:

• Support for Revit 2022 thru 2026, with limited support for 2021.
• Data analytics and Business Intelligence Enhancements
• Secure Service Accounts
• And more.

You are welcome to join us at the link below for a short webinar related to what's coming in the Clarity 2026 product.

Date: Thursday May 29, 1pm EST.

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6979865186520532829?source=a2uVU0000043ENVYA2

How Will I Get My Copy?

An email will be sent in the next day or so to the designated contact for your company with the new download and Authorization Codes.

If

Each version of Clarity supports a specific build of the BIT tools

Below is a list of the only supported versions of the tools for a specific version of Clarity/Revit.

If you need a specific version of the tools, please contact support@rand.com.

Clarity 2026.0

Revit 2023-2026        10.0.3

Revit 2022                   9.2.3

Clarity 2025.0 and 2025.1

Revit 2021-2025        9.2.2

Clarity 2024.1

Revit 2021 - 2024      9.1.8599 Revit 2020                 9.0.8326

Clarity 2024.0

Revit 2024             

A task sequence bundles together multiple tasks in a project so that they will run together, in a single operation, in a guaranteed sequence.

That means, that regardless of the server settings, the targets in this task will all run at the same time and in the order specified in the task setup. 

If you are running a sequence on multiple targets, this could cause issues with tasks failing due to timeout issues.

The task server that claims the sequence will do all of the tasks in the sequence, for all models, in one session.

Guidelines

• You cannot mix File scoped and Project scoped

There are specific versions of the Desktop Connector that are supported/recommended for Clarity.

Please check with support@rand.com before upgrading the DC on the task servers.

Minimum Clarity build version listed below

Clarity 26.0.6.0 (07/24/2025)

• 17.0 is only supported in Clarity 26.0.6 and higher

Clarity 26.0.2.0 (07/24/2025)

• 16.15 

Clarity 25.1.12 (07/17/2025)

• 16.15 

• If you have a mixed environment of Clarity task servers (25.1  and 24.1 for example) and you update the DC on older task servers, you will need to manually select projects on those task servers and uncheck the automation in the Task Tray

Clarity 25.0.22 (03/05/2025)

• 16.12 

Clarity 24.1

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If you need to make any sort of changes to the database, it is highly recommended to backup the RandRevit database. 

It's also a good idea to have an up to date backup in case of disaster recovery.

Connecting to the database

RDP into the machine where the SQL Database is installed, if you are using the SQL database installed with Clarity it will be on your host server.

• Log onto the server as the Clarity Service account that runs the services and application pools, this should allow you to Log into SQL with Windows Authentication
• Open the SQL Server

I thought it might be helpful to see some examples of what the in-session Appearance settings looked like and what the time differences and file size difference are.

Time Saving Tip

In a nutshell, unless you are printing 3d views for final prints, you can probably get away with Low for the raster settings for Appearance.

Hardware

In this test I am using the Clarity PDF driver the Task Server on my laptop

• Windows 11
• 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13850HX 10 GHz
• 64gb Ram
• NVIDIA 6gb gpu

Clarity 2025

Same set each time with Raster set to Color

Clarity PDF

The RandRevit database is the core of everything in Clarity, including projects, tasks, and more.

There is an option in the Clarity Server Settings to automatically backup the RandRevit database weekly to the backup location specified in settings.

Why you might need to backup the database

• You need to make changes to the database
• You need to send it to development to look over
• Disaster recovery
• Server migration

What you will need:

• Remote Access to the machine where the database lives (typically the same as your Clarity Host).
• Be able to sign in with your Clarity Service account (or perhaps the

Reboot the machine after upgrading if you haven’t done so already, this may fix the issue.

The 503 Error means there is an issue with the application pools, typically this means they aren't running and the most common reason is the credentials.

Log onto the host machine as the Clarity service account

Check the Application Pools Open IIS (Internet Information Services) Select Application Pools on the Left

There are three Clarity application pools Right click on each one in turn and stop the service if it is running

Right click again and go to Advance Settings

Select Identity then select