--- title: "The AVAIL Newsletter: August 2021" description: The August newsletter highlights Randall's recent podcast appearance, new versions released, a new Revit blog, and more! image: https://blog.getavail.com/hubfs/August%20Newsletter.png --- [![AVAIL](https://blog.getavail.com/hubfs/AVAIL%20March%202020/Images/avail-wordmark-color.png)](https://getavail.com/) - Solutions - [Revit](https://getavail.com/revit/) - [AutoCAD & Civil 3D](https://getavail.com/autocad/) - [Manage Content](https://getavail.com/manage-bim-content/) - [Capturing Knowledge](https://getavail.com/capital-resources/) - Features - [Overview](https://getavail.com/feature-overview/) - [Channel & Key Cards](https://getavail.com/channel-keycards/) - [Channel Tools](https://getavail.com/tagio/) - [Dynamic Paths](https://getavail.com/dynamic-paths/) - [Harvest](https://getavail.com/avail-harvest/) - [Host in Cloud](https://getavail.com/avail-host-in-cloud/) - [Project Navigator](https://getavail.com/revit-project-navigator/) - [Select (Manufacturer Content)](https://getavail.com/select/) - [Stream](https://getavail.com/avail-stream/) - [Palettes](https://getavail.com/palettes/) - [Related Content](https://getavail.com/related-content/) - [Pricing](https://getavail.com/pricing/) - Resources - [Webinars](https://webinars.getavail.com/webinars) - [Blog & News](https://blog.getavail.com/) - [Customer Stories](https://blog.getavail.com/tag/customer-stories) - [Events](https://blog.getavail.com/tag/events) - [Help Center](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/en/) - [Professional Services](https://getavail.com/professional-services/) - [Download AVAIL](https://login.getavail.com/signin/register) ### Newsletters # The AVAIL Newsletter: August 2021 August 5, 2021 Todd Trivisonno Tagged in: Newsletters --- ![AVAIL August Newsletter](https://blog.getavail.com/hubfs/August%20Newsletter.png) ### From the Success Desk It's the heat of the summer around the AVAIL offices and we have updates hot off the presses to go with it! Recently we released AVAIL Desktop 4.1.4 and AVAIL Browser 4.5.6, which introduces two significant improvements for those utilizing AVAIL's Host in Cloud feature.  AVAIL Browser for Revit 4.5.6 adds helpful dialogs when an action such as loading an existing sheet occurs. CEO Randall Stevens joined Evan Troxel on the TRXL podcast, and Product Evangelist Tyler Larson shares what .RVT files are, and how indexing and harvesting them in AVAIL will change your life. --- ### ['A Closet Full of Hats,' ft. Randall Stevens](https://www.trxl.co/podcast/051) ### [![image](https://blog.getavail.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image.png?width=273&name=image.png)](https://www.trxl.co/podcast/051) AVAIL CEO & Founder, Randall Stevens, makes a guest appearance on the [TRXL](https://www.trxl.co/) podcast to talk about some of the more difficult problems in AEC; the struggle of different team members having different incentives, assets, and liabilities; vulnerability, and so much more. [Listen to the Episode](https://www.trxl.co/podcast/051) --- ## AVAIL Desktop 4.1.4 and AVAIL browser 4.5.6 Now Available Version 4.1.4 of the AVAIL Desktop improves the AVAIL Host in Cloud Change Log, introduces on-demand  AVAIL Host in Cloud publishing, as well as addresses other minor bugs. AVAIL Browser for Revit 4.5.6 introduces helpful dialogues if a user attempts to load an existing sheet, view, or family.  [View the Release Notes](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/release-notes). [Download the Latest](https://app.getavail.com) ![Browser for Revit Screenshot](https://blog.getavail.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Browser%20for%20Revit%20Screenshot.png?width=400&name=Browser%20for%20Revit%20Screenshot.png) --- ### Blog[![What is an .RVT_](https://blog.getavail.com/hs-fs/hubfs/What%20is%20an%20.RVT_.png?width=383&name=What%20is%20an%20.RVT_.png)](https://blog.getavail.com/what-is-a-revit-rvt) # What is an .RVT? 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