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    Collaboration in Revit

    Hello all,

    We have a project in Revit that it is in an early stage...so we have a lot of modifications.

    Until now we have 2 separate revit files. One for the main building and one other for a secondary part. So two people work in the same time and when we finish the modifications in the secondary building with copy/past we pass them in the main building.


    I would like to ask you if it is good idea to work in the same file enabling the collaboration in Revit.
    I am worried because both of us work with the same elements (walls, columns, floors)etc.

    We don't have separate the work as 'Metal structure' ' Architect work' 'Mep' etc...

    Sorry for my ignorance, but I don't have enough experience in the collaboration process.


    Thank you in advance!
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    Originally posted by MARIA1993 View Post
    Hello all,

    We have a project in Revit that it is in an early stage...so we have a lot of modifications.

    Until now we have 2 separate revit files. One for the main building and one other for a secondary part. So two people work in the same time and when we finish the modifications in the secondary building with copy/past we pass them in the main building.


    I would like to ask you if it is good idea to work in the same file enabling the collaboration in Revit.
    I am worried because both of us work with the same elements (walls, columns, floors)etc.

    We don't have separate the work as 'Metal structure' ' Architect work' 'Mep' etc...

    Sorry for my ignorance, but I don't have enough experience in the collaboration process.


    Thank you in advance!
    We have enabled Worksharing for every one of our Revit projects for 12 years.
    It's really the only way for more than one person to work on a project.
    Generally, two people working on a project either have different tasks (Shell, Interior, Furniture) or they are working in separate parts of the building (first level, third level or east wing, west wing) sp you don't run into each other as much as you think you might.
    Even if you do need something the other person owns, you just ask them to Synch With Central. Then you do the same, and you're both good to go.

    BTW, there is an actual software people call Collaboration For Revit (C4R). That's not what we're talking about here. C4R (now BIM 360) is for multiple people or firms to work on a single Revit file "In the Cloud"

    What I believe you're asking about is called Worksharing or Worksets. That's what you'd use inside your office.
    You also need to enable Worksharing to use C4R, but not vice versa.
    Dave Plumb
    BWBR Architects; St Paul, MN

    CADsplaining: When a BIM rookie tells you how you should have done something.

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      #3
      Yes, totally second DaveP's post: make your project a workshared project and as many people as there are in your team can work simultaneously on it. You will find it is very easy once you get used to it. We've also used it continuously for over a decade too.

      You can try it out on a sample project and play around with it until you are comfortable and then convert your existing project to a workshared one.

      Just remember to open your local file from INSIDE Revit, with 'Create new local' ticked. NEVER open the Revit file by double-clicking on it !

      Good start is to read ALL the tabs in this:

      About Worksharing
      https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Revit-Collaborate/files/GUID-0FC44807-DF06-4516-905A-4100281AC486-htm.html
      Worksharing is a design method that allows multiple team members to work on the same project model at the same time.


      Good luck !
      Kamran Mirza
      Chartered Architect RIBA, ARB, PCATP

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        #4
        Originally posted by kamranmirza View Post
        Just remember to open your local file from INSIDE Revit, with 'Create new local' ticked. NEVER open the Revit file by double-clicking on it !
        I've disabled the most recent page from the revit startup. The staff is annoyed but I'm over it. They will be too once they realize there is no longer anybody working in the central, making a mess, screwing things up, wasting time.
        ​My ID was stolen. Now I'm only called Dav

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          #5
          Every project here is work shared, regardless of size. For us, there WILL be a time when someone will have to help out.
          Chris Heinaranta | Architectural Technologist

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            #6
            And if you have a linked project in another, you can open both without downloading the link
            "-Bueno, pues ahora que los dos nos hemos visto el uno al otro -repuso el
            unicornio-si tu crees en mi, yo creeré en tí, ¿trato hecho?"
            Lewis Carroll

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              #7
              Originally posted by duende123 View Post
              And if you have a linked project in another, you can open both without downloading the link
              I didn't understand this very well..

              The idea every one -two weeks to create a new central model [Detach from central > Detach and descard worksets] is good? Just to be sure that if something goes wrong , we will have a recent previous copy.

              Another question, is there any 'chat' inside Revit in order to communicate with the team like the C4R ?(all the people work in the same office)

              Thank you in advance!
              Last edited by MARIA1993; August 1, 2018, 11:20 AM.

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                Originally posted by MARIA1993 View Post
                The idea every one -two weeks to create a new central model [Detach from central > Detach and descard worksets] is good? Just to be sure that if something goes wrong , we will have a recent previous copy.
                Saving a backup is good for everything, and always !

                Saving a progress model at every milestone] is de rigueur because where I work, IT have an automatic backup every morning and evening that can be accessed for a worst-case scenario. If you don't have such a regime, then a weekly progress model / backup would be sensible.
                Kamran Mirza
                Chartered Architect RIBA, ARB, PCATP

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by kamranmirza View Post
                  Saving a backup is good for everything, and always !

                  Saving a progress model at every milestone] is de rigueur because where I work, IT have an automatic backup every morning and evening that can be accessed for a worst-case scenario. If you don't have such a regime, then a weekly progress model / backup would be sensible.
                  In order to do that, is this the correct process > Detach from central > Detach and descard worksets ?

                  Thank you!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by MARIA1993 View Post
                    I didn't understand this very well..
                    For example:
                    I have a level of rooms that is repeated (let's call it "level.rvt"). the room as such is a link (let's call it "room.rvt").
                    When I am working on "level.rvt" and open "room.rvt" the link is downloaded to the first file.
                    This does not happen, if at least, "room.rvt" is a central file, because when I try to open it I'm not really opening it to him, but I'm opening a local file. For this reason, the link is not downloaded.
                    "-Bueno, pues ahora que los dos nos hemos visto el uno al otro -repuso el
                    unicornio-si tu crees en mi, yo creeré en tí, ¿trato hecho?"
                    Lewis Carroll

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