Saved it as my local file. Therefore, I thought I would put it all down in one place for reference. I have looked this up and followed the steps indicated but my "save as central" is always greyed out as is "open workset default". A couple more reasons the Create New Local option is disabled: The file does not have worksets enabled or the file is based on an older version of Revit than currently being used (meaning an upgrade is required). On the Document Management module click on the folder you want to upload your file to and click the blue Upload button. We have this when the Revit installed do not match. Opens worksets according to their state from a previous Revit session. File PnntRange Current window -Vtste portion of current window Selected views/sheets Preview FIGURE 2-6.1 Print dialog Options Number of . I just checked and all the computers match. When browsing to a central file to start working in a project, the 'Create New Local' option is grayed out in Revit: Only the 'Detach from Central' option is available when attempting to work with the central file. Hence why it is checked and greyed out. Ask the community or share your knowledge. More posts you may like r/StructuralEngineering 10 days ago Switching jobs 106 50 r/StructuralEngineering So it needed to become a central model to be utilized within our company before being sent back to the architect for collaboration. regular business hours. a.If you select options you will notice that Make this a Central Model after save and Compact are greyed out and pre-checked. Could youfix it? Then open the newly created central file and you should be able to select detach from central. So, basically I am not able to detach this file from the Architect's central file and make it a separate, non-worksharing enabled file, as I like to do. Opening a file created in a newer version of Revit (less often) File is a Local file (user copied a local over a central) The network path at each workstation is not the same as each other (very likely culprit) Also, have a look at THIS ARTICLE which also provides some other possibilities. The model is displayed as central for the member who created it but other members cannot create local copies from their machines. The save local is greyed out for all my revit modles and it doesnt matter where its saved or the version I use. ", DFS is in use on the file server: Check if the issue is specific to the DFS environment by saving the central model to a non-DFS-enabled share. Can't uncheck Make this a Central Model after save. The actual central file is somewhere hidden on the BIM360 platform, and Revit (and thus the user) never actually has direct access to it, and so you can't detach from the Central itself, bu you can from the local as it would be on a local network. Make sure that theRevitOptions setting for. I don't know why this is. Thanks in advance. "C:\users\david\documents. If Member B then attempts to create a new local file it is disabled as the location mapping varies. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. Welcome to Autodesks Revit Architecture Forums. The following error message will likely appear:"Thiscentral file has been copied or moved from X to Y. Is it possible that someone, opened by mistake the central file? In the Open workset default list, select one of the following. Central file must be accessed by all users on the same location. To translate this article, select a language. You need to find the "real" Central Model: The option to Make this a Central Model after save is not actually an option to break work sharing, it is an option to either save a work shared model as a local to the central model or to create a new central model. If you want this file to remain a central file, resave the file as a central file.". Autodesk does not warrant, either expressly or implied, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information translated by the machine translation service and will not be liable for damages or losses caused by the trust placed in the translation service. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Revit Architecture topics. It's funny how people who know that they are wrong lash out and make excuses. Click File tab Save As (Project). Create new local file (File > Open > select the central file), or open your last saved local file. etc. August 20, 2020, 04:46 PM. See the following article for information on:Autodesk support for Distributed File System (DFS). Work shared central model on the server: Make this a Central Model after save, Option - unchecked & not greyed out. Local files folder is "My Documents" - which is a terrible choice. Save over the central model. For example your project folder is mapped to letter S:One user has mapped S: for \\10.10.10.5\Projects\Your Projectanother one has mapped S: for \\server00\Projects\Your Project. Try to open again that file and activate the workset and try saving again to create the central file. I just want to understand why Revit is making this option unavailable to me in this particular menu in this particular circumstance. Map other PC's to the same location/same path format. Did you relinquish all worksets in the Central model, i.e. Resurrecting an old thread. This file is still completely separate from your working file because . Just got Revit 2017 installed. Can't find what you're looking for? Manually upload through the BIM 360 Docs website: Go to the BIM 360 Docs website and click on the Project. Using Revit MEP 2012. Initial status is based on when the file was last opened. http://bimboom.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-is-create-new-local-grayed-out.htmland. Learn how to Detach a file from a Revit Central Model and the difference between the 2 options. (You really should have started your own thread.). Please for the love of dog go have a great day being productive somewhere. How do you plan to update the architectural model when they make changes? For Open workset default, select one of the following. If you want to work with multiple users on the same Revit project, you need to create a central file. Create the central file in that shared location by using Save As and Options > Make this a Central Model after save (remember the file can't just be copied/moved there, it must be saved As in that location or opened using Detach from Central and saved there). Initial status is based on when the file was last opened. If you keep work sets the detached modelbecomes a new central model. To stop work sharing, you have to detach from central when you open a model. Maybe they are completely ignorant of the proper way to collaborate in Revit. Kudos are always welcome . If you detach from central and discard worksets, Revit then gives you the option whether you want it to be a new central or not. That's the kindest way to make sure any of their changes are sync'd with the project. Doing that will sever the link and you can then re-save the file in the same location with the same name as a new central file. If you can do that without an error, verify that it's the original and not the alternate model. ?i'm having the same issue and don't know what to do . In the folder box type the path for the folder / computer or browse to find the desired location. Now open and "Create New Local" should be available. It isAutodesk's default location for local files. TRACKS Sorry, HTML5 Canvas is required. Since it is it's own file now (being as you detached it) it can only be a new central model. Enabling worksharing involves creating a master project model, known as a central model, from an existing model. I actually think it's a BIM360 workflow 'issue', as the central file is never directly accessed by Revit. Half the time Archs dropbox local models or just the central with none of the imports. In the File Save Options dialog, select Make this a Central Model after save. You may also need to abandon the existing central model and want to use a local copy of the central model (rather than a backup of the central model) as the new central model. Go to Solution. If you keep worksets, you would only do that if it is going to be a collaborative model (no worksets in a non-collaborative model). If using an accelerator, bypass it by removing the RSACCELERATOR<. Solved by Darin_HDR. then you get the opinion to make a central model or not. When you click Open, the Opening Worksets dialog displays. Just a guess and this idea may have changed, but that how it used to work. If this is greyed out then Worksets have not been initiated. In your screenshots, you are trying to open that Local Model, that's why you can't save it as local: it's already local. FILE > OPTIONS > FILE LOCATIONS > "Default path for user files". 2011-06-13, 09:42 PM #2. gvluisi. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. I know there are other ways to do this so I'm not looking for a work around. 7. Uninstalled and reinstall Revit 2016, checked registry for any entry pointing to UNC path \\servername\project1\revit, Installed the same version of Revit as everyone else. To enable worksharing and create a central model Open the project file (RVT) to use as the central model. Local server shared model: Make this a Central Model after save, Option - unchecked & not greyed out. In Revit, go to the application menu click on Save as, Project and name it the same as the original Central file name and in the original location. At that point they just need to make that new file a central model again.Collaborate Tab > Click worksets button > then click "OK" to enable worksharing > then click "OK" again > then save and close the file. If it's only for Backup, why not just download the Central from the BIM360 (if published that is in the WIP and/or SHARED folder.). Press. Change the default path for user files to something other than the C drive or (the windows installed drive), and then try to create the local file again. Working on a project with several central files. The example below is from the point of view of an Architectural firm. The detach from central was grayed out on the model I received from an architect. @willRYAZCI have found that when detaching a local model from central, it will ask you if you want to keep or discard work sets. Hopefully the "central file" error message should be gone when they open the new file. Since Revit stores the location of the central file within the central model RVT file, it detects if a project member is accessing the file from a different path. 3users could create new local and then sync. Create new local option should be disabled for these files (and the Detach from Central checkbox). (Seeing as you received it from the Architect). I open my local file through Revit, check "Detach From Central", then try to do a Save As and it forces the detached local to become a Central model when saved. The central file is located on the . Hi All, I need some file troubleshooting help. Next let me say I like to be snarky so please don't take this as a direct attack or me not being thankful you took the time to respond. If it's the original model that you want to continue working in, first, as mentioned above, make sure that worksharing is enabled. You rock! If it has worksets, it has to be a central model. The central file is located on the server.Then, each us. The next dayafter the affected user came back from lunch he had the same issue where the Create New Local was greyed out when opening the same file. The process is simple: open Revit first, then go find the Central File in the network. Also, I couldn't remember how to do something. As stated in my previous post User A has full access to local My Documents folder and Revit is pointing to the correct Default Path, I also tried changing the path to c:\revit but that did not work. The central model has issues that needs to be investigated. I had no luck trying this. Go to Solution. Check the path name is correct C:\Users\Username\Documents as an example. Give me Kudos or mark as a solution if this helps. Then close the file completely and reopen it again. "Save As" back to back. Ask the community or share your knowledge. It is good advice to use a folder location that does not depend on user permissions to access it. Even other departments within a company usually prefer to have their own central model and import ours instead of the built-in tools. Detached from Central Model, Open it. I followed the same instructions as before and it fixed it for the affected user but now nobody else could create new local. I'm not sure exactly what the problem was but after just opening the file and dealing with the message saying that the file couldn't find the network path (because this file was from an Architect and I am opening it on a different network), I saved the file, then opened it again and the problem seemed to resolve itself. Open a file explorer and go to "This PC". The Revit_temp folder contains files that provide progress information on operations (such as Synchronize with Central) to the Worksharing Monitor. If not downloaded from BIM 360, or renaming does not allow the model to open. To translate this article, select a language. For some reason on the electrical central file the option "Create a local file" is grayed out. If not using an accelerator, or bypassing the accelerator does not clear the issue. This path: \\Ed2-rvaldes\3354_residencial habana, The path is of the central file is: D:\01_PROYECTOS\3354_RESIDENCIAL HABANA\160_ANTEPROYECTO\01_REVIT. The model is displayed as central for the member who created it but other members cannot create local copies from their machines. I tried that with the same results, the initial PC can open it with Create New Local but the other PC's can't. You need to find the "real" Central Model: Open the local file, click on Synchronize with Central, you should get the path of the actual Main Model. Maybe it has been detached in the past? The model is stored on the Autodesk Account Collaboration for Revit service: The accelerator or host server is not working: Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. Can't find what you're looking for? Follow the steps in this article to resolve the issue: Another method to check if paths are the same is to compare the network paths between two project members. Check or troubleshoot through the above-mentioned and let me know which one was the culprit! Create your central model again everything will work fine after you do this. You rename to avoid overwriting the existing central model and potentially losing all other team members' changes. Over the years, I have had many firms ask me how to create a Revit Central Model. Whatever you can still create and work with this central model file. In the Save As dialog, click Save. Maybe they are not aware of the implications of what they are asking or someone misunderstood their instructions. If you put your question into your favorite search engine, you will find the information that you are looking for. At least thats what i got from working with BIM360, don't know about the latest version of BIM360 and might change with future versions of BIM360 and/or Revit. If it's the original, save it as the new central using the "make this a central file" option and say yes when it asks if you want to overwrite/delete backups. Use Save-As to overwrite the old Central file. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Revit MEP topics. Both users are in the same Domain Users group. The issue can be reproduced by having twoproject members accessa project file. By default, the local file is created in MyDocuments folder, and your username will be added to the file name, like in the example below: SYNCHRONIZE Are you trying to open the model from the central file or from your local? Opens specified worksets. In my experience, clients like it when you tell them they are asking for something that is going to cause trouble down the line. Autodesk does not warrant, either expressly or implied, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information translated by the machine translation service and will not be liable for damages or losses caused by the trust placed in the translation service. Thanks for the reply. Go to Solution. I followed the instructionsin this link http://bimboom.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-is-create-new-local-grayed-out.htmland it fixed the problem. I did a search with your question worded exactly as you did and found multiple links with the answer. Since you are saving a cloud shared model to another location that BIM360 does not save files (and you cant break work sharing when saving) it has to be a central model when saved locally. To enable worksharing and create a central model. Make this a Central Model after save, Option unchecked & not greyed out. Select a default workset for local copies. Open the existing workshared file. Select a default workset for local copies. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. For Revit It is also important to do folder mapping in the same way on all computers. I have a BIM 360 cloud model I am trying to just save a backup locally before I make a bunch of changes to the model (yes I know BIM 360 saves a bunch of these files automatically). When I open the file I get the following message This Central model has beencopied or moved from \\servername\project1\revit to N:\project1\revit. If you're not going to answer the question, don't comment. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Revit MEP topics. If a corrupt file is received, invalid filehandle, or past its end message, the central file may need to be, Make sure to have enoughhard disk space free: See. Specify different worksets or click OK to confirm the default. I just checked and no, the two current users working on the file are working on a New Local file. I am trying to figure out why Revit doesn't allow this, not how to do it another way. Go to Solution. Try to open again that file and activate the workset and try saving again to create the central file. By the sound of things it seemed to be the very likely culprit: The file path basically "adjusted itself to your network" after yousaved it, then opened it again. This page was generated at 07:34 PM. At that point they just need to make that new file a central model again.Collaborate Tab > Click worksets button > then click OK to enable worksharing > then click OK again > then save and close the file. You got me thinking and here is my breakdown and thoughts. You're doing it wrong. Opens all editable worksets. I am the only person working on the new file but because we were in a hurry and waiting on information I made a copy of this file in which I created alternate layouts. Check the file location path to see if there is a path? The Worksharing dialog displays, showing the default user-created worksets (Shared Levels and Grids, and Workset1). That's true of any folder however. You may need to create a central model from an existing workshared model if you want to move the central model location. Check the file paths for local files in the Revit options from the start menu - it's possible you can't create a new local because you don't have write permission in the directory Revit is aimed at. Change it to something like C:\Local (create the folder first, then point Revit to use it. )Revit Mechanical & Electrical Systems 2018 Certified Professional | Revit MEP & Architecture 2015 Certified Professional AutoCAD 2015 Certified Professional | Autodesk Building Performance Analysis (BPA) Certificate If this post resolved your issue, kindly Accept as the Solution below. Forum Discussions and Support AEC Revit Revit Platform Support I have no idea why, any thoughts? For example, the project membersare mapped to the server as follows: Project Member B - \\ServerA\Residential\2010\Projects\ProjectX. In the File Save Options dialog, select Make this a Central Model after save. Welcome to Autodesks Revit Architecture Forums. No Home Folder configured. Important: Everyone needs to make a new Local file. Once the file is open, Save As with a new file name (eg. Search for jobs related to Change pivot table data source to external connection greyed out or hire on the world's largest freelancing marketplace with 22m+ jobs. Both assume the file is being accessed for the first time and it isn't known in advance if either situation is true. Perform the following steps to check to see if project members are accessing the central model through different paths: Open the central file after browsing to the location in Revit. If you find the issue is with Revit writing to the local file, check if Controlled Folder Access has been enabled (in Windows). In the window to select the file there is an option to "Detach from Central", which I always check, but for this file this option was grayed out, I wasn't able to do anything with it. Opens specified worksets. It will take a few seconds to run an all-rounded file scan. Screen capture of the full post including screenshots: My other older self here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/46056. Solved by rudi.roux. Revit Mechanical & Electrical Systems 2018 Certified Professional, The file does not use worksets (occasionally to blame), The network connection/resource is busy, or disconnected (likely culprit), Someone is creating a local at the same moment (less often, but happens), Opening a file created in a newer version of Revit (less often), File is a Local file (user copied a local over a central), The network path at each workstation is not the same as each other (very likely culprit). Collaboration tab > Collaborate > Within network > then save as > Project > Options > Make Central. Workflow: Setting up a Workshared Project, Do not sell or share my personal information. See the following help topic for initial troubleshooting on this topic: If the central model opens, then the issue is with writing the local model. Only worksets open in the last session open. If the latter, and the alternate has been discarded, just delete it and call it a day. How to create a Central Model with Autodesk Revit SeilerSolutions 5.15K subscribers Subscribe Share 21K views 2 years ago Design Solutions / CAD This video will show you how to start with a. The main complaint is that it causes sync to be too slow or that things move around too much while multiple disciplines are working on the model simultaneously, i.e. Note: If you have installed the Revit Cloud Worksharing add-on, then: Click Collaborate tab Manage Collaboration panel Collaborate. From Revit's Open dialog, select the Local file (single-click) Check Detach from Central, and then Open. Autodesk does not warrant, either expressly or implied, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information translated by the machine translation service and will not be liable for damages or losses caused by the trust placed in the translation service. Welcome to Autodesks Revit MEP Forums. Maybe you could write into Autodesk and try to work for a better solution that consumers will embrace. He checks also path to mapped letter - diffrences cause problems. But this won't workFor revit It is not the same. 2. Try having another project participant attempt to open the central file to rule out a profile/system-specific issue. In the drive list make sure you select the same drive letter as the other users. If you are opening the file for the first time, all worksets open. All the other central files don't have this problem. If it has no worksets, it cannot be a central model. Can't find what you're looking for? 1. Opens all worksets in the central model. Click Collaborate tab on the ribbon > Relinquish All Mine. The error is caused by one or more of the following possible scenarios: Two users (or more) having the same user name In a very rare case, certain user names Revit will just not accept, and have to change to something else.
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