# An error occurred drawing the contents of this view

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**Category:** Revit\
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**Created:** [February 2, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210 "2023-02-02T08:42:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joël\_van\_Herwaarden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jo%C3%ABl_van_herwaarden/32/386863_2.png) [@Joël\_van\_Herwaarden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Jo%C3%ABl_van_Herwaarden)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/1 "2023-02-02T08:42:21Z")

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HI All

So i have this strange issue in Revit 2023.

When I start Revit and click on any 3D view, Revit opens the view an displays everything.

But when I start Revit, then Start Rhino Inside (Latest Stable version), then Grasshopper and then open any 3D View I get the following Error Message “An error occurred drawing the contents of this view. The view will be closed.”

If I start Revit and open a 3D View and then start the whole Rhino Inside, everything seems to work for a few minutes and then Revit Crashes randomly.

The only common factor here seems to be Rhino Inside.

I already tried everything listed below:  
[https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/An-error-has-occurred-while-drawing-the-contents-of-this-window.html](https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/An-error-has-occurred-while-drawing-the-contents-of-this-window.html)

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**Author:** ![Japhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/japhy/32/487647_2.png) [@Japhy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Japhy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/2 "2023-02-02T12:20:04Z")

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Can you provide the About info from Rhino.Inside.Revit? Thanks

> **[Rhino.Inside®.Revit](https://www.rhino3d.com/inside/revit/1.0/reference/troubleshooting#getting-rhinoinsiderevit-version)**
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> This guide provides ways to troubleshoot and collect information about Rhino.Inside.Revit errors. Please see Known Issues & Bugs for a list of known issues.

Are you using default Autodesk Templates when opening or a custom template?

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**Author:** ![Joël\_van\_Herwaarden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jo%C3%ABl_van_herwaarden/32/386863_2.png) [@Joël\_van\_Herwaarden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Jo%C3%ABl_van_Herwaarden)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/3 "2023-02-02T15:00:13Z")

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About Info:

[Window Title]  
Rhino.Inside - About

[Main Instruction]  
Rhino.Inside© for Revit

[Content]  
Rhino.Inside Revit: 1.11.8425.15605 (2023-01-25T08:40:10)

[Expanded Information]  
Rhino: 7.26.23009.07001 (Rhino 7)  
Revit: 2021.2 (21.1.70.21)  
CLR: 4.0.30319.42000 (4.8.4515.0)  
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19044.0

[V] See details [Web site] [Read license] [See source code] [OK]

[Footer]  
Press CTRL+C to copy this information to Clipboard

I am using a Company Template not the Default Template.

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**Author:** ![Japhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/japhy/32/487647_2.png) [@Japhy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Japhy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/4 "2023-02-02T15:04:52Z")

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I’ve seen that error before, typically when an invalid element is created in the view. Does doing an Audit on the template file come up with anything?

Please ensure your up to date on your Revit Version Hotfix/updates. (2023.1)

> **[Autodesk Revit 2021 Product Updates | Revit 2021 | Autodesk Knowledge Network](https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/troubleshooting/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-revit-2021-product-updates.html)**
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> Refer to the below table for information on the latest update for the Revit 2021 product line Update Name Where Update Installation can be obtained from Improvements included in Update Required Revit state to apply Update Release Date Update Build...

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**Author:** ![Joël\_van\_Herwaarden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jo%C3%ABl_van_herwaarden/32/386863_2.png) [@Joël\_van\_Herwaarden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Jo%C3%ABl_van_Herwaarden)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/5 "2023-02-02T15:16:25Z")

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Tried starting a project without a Template, That works. But Auditing the Template and starting a project with it does not work

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**Author:** ![joel.van.herwaarden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/joel.van.herwaarden/32/653845_2.png) [@joel.van.herwaarden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/joel.van.herwaarden)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/6 "2025-02-26T12:47:14Z")

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So, 2 years later and I am doing a project in Revit 2025. This error still occurs when using the latest version of Rhino inside (daily built)

I have been working with RIR for the past 2 years in Revit 2022 and I never had the Error come up. Now with Revit 2025 I am getting this error again. Is there a known fix for this yet?

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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Garcia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/gabriel_garcia/32/481508_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Garcia](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Gabriel_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/7 "2025-02-26T15:49:21Z")

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Hi @joel.van.herwaarden and @Japhy, I have the same issue in multiple Revit versions (2022 and 2024). When trying to display the grasshopper geometries in a 2D or 3D view the view crashes.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/c/2/0/c205d6ab4cbad5a7401f33d9d6a9e6d36adc0f1b.png)  
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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Garcia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/gabriel_garcia/32/481508_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Garcia](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Gabriel_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/8 "2025-02-26T15:52:05Z")

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These are my details but even with a previous version of Rhino Inside it was crashing in the same way.

[Window Title]  
Rhino.Inside - About

[Main Instruction]  
Rhino.Inside© for Revit

[Content]  
Rhino.Inside Revit: 1.27.9121.7152 (2024-12-21T03:58:24)

[Expanded Information]  
Rhino: 8.16.25042.13001 (Rhino 8)  
Revit: 2024.0 (24.0.4.427)  
CLR: 4.0.30319.42000 (4.8.9290.0)  
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0

[V] See details [Web site] [Read license] [See source code] [OK]

[Footer]  
Press CTRL+C to copy this information to Clipboard

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**Author:** ![Japhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/japhy/32/487647_2.png) [@Japhy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Japhy)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/9 "2025-02-26T15:57:43Z")

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This might be a plugin conflict. Does this happen if you disable the Enscape Addin? Does a Revit Audit come up with any element errors?

> [@Help Us Help You - Rhino.Inside.Revit Edition](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/help-us-help-you-rhino-inside-revit-edition/170291/7):
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> 3. Additional Troubleshooting Methods You can Cntl+Shift on the Rhino start button on the Rhino Ribbon in Revit to get this dialog. If you are experiencing [odd behaviors](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/strange-issues-crashes-baking-as-blocks-and-hidden-error-windows/170144/5) it could be a Grasshopper plugin. You can troubleshoot by opening grasshopper via the Rhino command line with the GrasshopperLoadOneByOne command. Its also easy to move grasshopper plugins out of their folder temporarily so they won’t load.

> [@Gabriel\_Garcia](#):
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> Revit: 2024.0 (24.0.4.427)

Note that the Autodesk Schema issue in earlier versions of 2024 is a serious one.  
[https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Schema-Conflicts-with-DatasmithRevitExportSettings-and-DataStorageUniqueId-in-Revit-2024-1.html](https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Schema-Conflicts-with-DatasmithRevitExportSettings-and-DataStorageUniqueId-in-Revit-2024-1.html)  
[https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2024/ENU/?guid=RevitReleaseNotes\_2024updates\_html](https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2024/ENU/?guid=RevitReleaseNotes_2024updates_html)

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**Author:** ![Japhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/japhy/32/487647_2.png) [@Japhy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Japhy)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/10 "2025-02-26T16:03:43Z")

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Also note that this error is coming from Revit and has a number of possible explanations and fixes, with a large old project i would look at families, materials and graphics settings.

[https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/An-error-has-occurred-while-drawing-the-contents-of-this-window.html](https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/An-error-has-occurred-while-drawing-the-contents-of-this-window.html)

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**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/11 "2025-02-27T08:04:04Z")

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I have turned off the preview by default. I discovered that is messes with Revit if Geometries are far from the origin, so that cannot be the issue.

@Japhy The audit does not do anything. But turning off my Hardware acceleration does seem to help. When starting RIR I do get an error for the Enscape plugin in Rhino 8 (see image below)

 ![Enscape error RIR Rhino 8](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/d/1/5/d15d82ae62e65a0a66e278a4ed48dd0f00950ff1.png)

I’ll try it today without Enscape installed in Revit

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**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/12 "2025-02-27T08:05:57Z")

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For me this error does come up consistently when using RIR in combination with Revit 2023 and above. I have no problems with 2022 with Enscape and Rhino 8

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**Author:** ![Japhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/japhy/32/487647_2.png) [@Japhy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Japhy)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/13 "2025-02-27T14:48:22Z")

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Are you running Enscape in Rhino as well as in Revit at the same time? Note that when an addin loads in Revit 2025 its going to be in a different .Net than previous versions. This works well in Rhino 8 on earlier versions of Revit because it runs in .Netframework 4.8, which i believe is what Enscape is built on.

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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Garcia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/gabriel_garcia/32/481508_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Garcia](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Gabriel_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/14 "2025-02-27T16:00:56Z")

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I uninstalled Enscape and the problem is still there (Revit 2024).  
More info about the problem: the crash doesn’t happens immediately, it happens when trying to orbit or pan in the view. If you don’t move the camera but you try to select an object to see their properties, the crash happens when trying to display the object properties. It is clear that the problem happens when re-rendering the view.  
If I remember other similar crashes in the past, I think it has to do with the scale of the objects or the distance from the origin. I will try to reproduce the error in a blank file.

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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Garcia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/gabriel_garcia/32/481508_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Garcia](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Gabriel_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/15 "2025-02-27T16:49:40Z")

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@Japhy, I think I found something interesting.  
I opened a blank Revit model and a blank Rhino/Grasshopper and everything worked fine. I tried some generic geometries small and large and also far away from the origin and everything worked fine. Without closing Revit/RhinoInside, I opened the usual model that used to crash and it worked fine, no crashing.  
Then I closed everything and reopened the usual chasing model and it crashed. In the same session, I tried to open a blank grasshopper model to test some random geometries and I the following message appeared “Rhino model has no units” (see screenshit below), which is the first time I see this message in 17 years I am using Rhino. Rhino always starts asking for the model units, but RhinoInside never asked and it seems that this is the error.  
To conclude, I clicked on “Use Millimeters like Revit” and the problem persists.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/6/1/4/614876ae97e797dbff1367bf5849f5b55943db0b.png)

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**Author:** ![Japhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/japhy/32/487647_2.png) [@Japhy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Japhy)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/16 "2025-02-27T16:57:49Z")

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are you getting a dialog to submit a crash report or is this still the ‘error drawing contents’ Revit error? Is there something we can repeat?

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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Garcia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/gabriel_garcia/32/481508_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Garcia](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Gabriel_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/17 "2025-02-27T17:01:32Z")

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No crash report error because Revit is not crashing at all, only the view is closed automatically as soon you click OK.

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**Author:** ![Japhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/japhy/32/487647_2.png) [@Japhy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Japhy)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/18 "2025-02-27T17:10:30Z")

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Going back to the Revit documentation this error is all over the place in terms of troubleshooting and solutions…

[https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/An-error-has-occurred-while-drawing-the-contents-of-this-window.html](https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/An-error-has-occurred-while-drawing-the-contents-of-this-window.html)

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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Garcia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/gabriel_garcia/32/481508_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Garcia](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Gabriel_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/an-error-occurred-drawing-the-contents-of-this-view/154210/19 "2025-02-27T17:11:13Z")

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I managed to get an error report

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/8/c/5/8c57f8670c863b4247920ae301b6bbca39869d92.png)

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