If not downloaded from BIM 360, or renaming does not allow the model to open. Opens all worksets in the central model. That's true of any folder however. "C:\users\david\documents. Can't uncheck Make this a Central Model after save. You hijacked a thread with an question different from the topic. File PnntRange Current window -Vtste portion of current window Selected views/sheets Preview FIGURE 2-6.1 Print dialog Options Number of . In the Save As dialog, specify a file name and directory location for the central model. I have no idea why, any thoughts? Can't find what you're looking for? 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. Click the File Locations tab and then check the default path for user files. That means you are not opening a Central Model, but a local model. 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. Can't find what you're looking for? etc. I had no luck trying this. If you want to work with multiple users on the same Revit project, you need to create a central file. Maybe it has been detached in the past? I have looked this up and followed the steps indicated but my "save as central" is always greyed out as is "open workset default". .maybe you are working directly in the central model? Again, not sure what the problem was but thanks for your feedback, Rudi. Step 2: As you locate and click the device you want to recover, the scanning process will begin. 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. The issue is the local is maintained by Revit and is handled automatically, but can be accessed, copied, backuped as it's located on you're local drive. 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. Map all project members to the server location where the central file is stored in the same manner (UNC path, IP Address, and others). The central file is located on the . Specify different worksets or click OK to confirm the default. Is it possible that someone, opened by mistake the central file? One mapped by domain second by IP address. In the Collaborate dialog, select Collaborate within your network and click OK. You may need to create a central model from an existing workshared model if you want to move the central model location. However, if you read my post you would see that I was not looking for a work around, I am fully aware of how to save a file and then strip it from being collaborative or how to Google where BIM 360 saves it's local files that you then have to look to see which is the last saved because they all have non-sensical names. Press Ctrl+A to select all worksets in this dialog. If you select options you will notice that Make this a Central Model after save and Compact are greyed out and pre-checked. The backup folder contains the backup information and editing permission information for the central model. Go to Solution. then re-open the file and make sure to that create new local is checked. Any eTransmit location and/or backup location in this project will be enabled for selection, and the other locations in the project will be grayed out and disabled from selection. Solved by rudi.roux. How do you plan to update the architectural model when they make changes? 8.Now you are on your new local file copy. Resurrecting an old thread. Thanks again. Opening all worksets will significantly reduce performance in larger project files. Not sure what you did wrong. To connect to the new location every time you log on . 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. Can't find what you're looking for? ?i'm having the same issue and don't know what to do . Ask the community or share your knowledge. 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. This page was generated at 07:34 PM. Maybe the problem is that there is no workset or workset is not activated in the project which is why it's greyed out. I'm glad you managed to resolve your issue. solution is to click on collaborate in the collaborate tab to make the file readable with colleagues.after it save and close. Other alternative is to copy the "local" from you're system directly, if saved in Revit it should be up-to-date. are you the owner of all worksets in the Central model? "The central model has been copied or moved" when creating a local model in Revit, "The central model cannot be found, perhaps due to a lost network connection" when syncing in Revit, Autodesk support for Distributed File System (DFS), Using Revit files with Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SharePoint, ShareFile, Google Drive, Autodesk Drive, "Revit cannot create a local copy of the central file " when opening a central model in Revit | Revit | Autodesk Knowledge Network, Create New Local Disabled in Revit when working from home on VPN after working on office network, Do not sell or share my personal information. Give me Kudos or mark as a solution if this helps. Just a guess and this idea may have changed, but that how it used to work. Whatever you can still create and work with this central model file. Thanks in advance. All suers are in the same OU in Active Directory. Both users are in the same Domain Users group. I just want to understand why Revit is making this option unavailable to me in this particular menu in this particular circumstance. Please make sure you are not working on the Central Model. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Revit Architecture topics. August 20, 2020, 04:46 PM. Make sure you ticked Create new Local while opening the file. If a central file (file A) is detached from central (itself) is it possible to reattach a Local file to the Detached central file if "File A" Ive got a revit file, I just want to make a local file but I cant it keeps wanting to be a central file after I open it (detach from central). In the Save As dialog, rename the file, and click Options. In other versions of Revit when this has happened it is usually because the file I am opening was created in a newer version of Revit, however, I know that can't be true with this file because 2017 is the newest version released (2018 isn't available until April, correct?). I followed the instructionsin this link http://bimboom.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-is-create-new-local-grayed-out.htmland it fixed the problem. 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. Click File tab Save As (Project). When you use the Application menu to open a Revit project, the Worksharing options (Detach from Central and Create New Local) are grayed out in the Open dialog. Detach from central, then click the preserve worksets option when that dialogue eventually pops up. Initial status is based on when the file was last opened. Sync w/ Central and be sure to relinquish all rights. Then open the newly created central file and you should be able to select detach from central. did you dettach from central when opening ? When a user does not relinquish elements properly and is not available to reconcile it another user can access their local file if it is stored in a neutral folder like C:\Revit Local Files. Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. I think it makes sense if you think about it. This is the same location on your network. Work shared central model on the server: Make this a Central Model after save, Option - unchecked & not greyed out. @TripleM-Dev.netfirst let me say thank you for responding. 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. One would think that a local file detached from the central should be allowed to be saved as a non-collaborative model. 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. 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. Save over the central model. Open a file explorer and go to "This PC". When create local file, there was still the file in my d drive but revit mep no longer asking for overwrite local file. If it's the original model that you want to continue working in, first, as mentioned above, make sure that worksharing is enabled. 1- I shared the path to the central file with my network - OK. I was googling and going through the help screens. Go to Solution. Whatpuchaczmsuggestedwas the cause of my issue. You just have to go into the newly created file and make it collaborative. Ok man, just in the slightest case you are not a bored internet troll I will tell you that almost none of the architects use the cloud or collaboration tools correctly. If the model was downloaded from BIM 360, try renaming it from an RVT to a ZIP file and open the ZIP. 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 server where the central file is turned off, . you need to detach always all files you are not saving as a central mode, REVIT EXPERT ELITE is it working for you ? Can't find what you're looking for? Browse. 3. Then your first save creates the central. Another possible cause is a user has reverted back to a single user file (a dialogue box would have been displayed though warning them of this.) Welcome to Autodesks Revit MEP Forums. Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. The first file I opened was a model received from an Architect. Lastly, you can store your Revit file in any location when . Welcome to Autodesks Revit Architecture Forums. The Select detach destination dialog opens. (You really should have started your own thread.). Note: If you have installed the Revit Cloud Worksharing add-on, then: Click Collaborate tab Manage Collaboration panel Collaborate. Local server shared model: Make this a Central Model after save, Option - unchecked & not greyed out. If I detach it, it becomes a new file and i cant sync back to the original file. Opens all editable worksets. 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. You need to find the "real" Central Model: You rock! Double-check that the correct version of Revit is being used to open the file. Saved it as my local 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. Until you create a workset, revit sees no need for the central file. Ask the community or share your knowledge. You're doing it wrong. 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. I want to just save a non-collaborative version of the model as a backup. Specify different worksets or click OK to confirm the default. All times are GMT. This problem is caused by limited access ID to the central file. Open it again, this time checking the "detach from central" instead of "create new local" option from the open screen. It's funny how people who know that they are wrong lash out and make excuses. 2. 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. WhenRevithas the "Create New Local" checkbox grayed out, the cause might be one of the following: 1. 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. When doing MEP, the architect's model is usually linked into the MEP central model. Detaching and creating new central Revit model When you click Open, the Opening Worksets dialog displays. You may need to do this if, for example, a team member was working offline on a local copy of the central model and those changes need to remain in the project. Inhere there are several other GUID folders with project files, also GUID names, these can be opened as detached models. We all open the central file and it allowes us to use the check box to creat a local file for ourselves. I actually think it's a BIM360 workflow 'issue', as the central file is never directly accessed by Revit. Any other suggestions? You rename to avoid overwriting the existing central model and potentially losing all other team members' changes. If it has no worksets, it cannot be a central model. Or at least it used to. Depending on how many editable worksets are in the central model, this option may significantly reduce performance in larger project files. Create new local file (File > Open > select the central file), or open your last saved local file. Go to Solution. Just don't create local file with standard process ( Open-New project-Select central file-tick local file and open it), 6.You will receive error for move/copy central file to different location- Click to proceed. For example, if your central model is called OfficeBuilding_CentralFile, you see the project file and the backup folder (OfficeBuilding_CentralFile_backup) in the directory. If it has worksets, it has to be a central model. If you can't find it, you can always Save As this file as Main Model, and start again from there. Forum Discussions and Support AEC Revit Revit Platform Support 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. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. Can't find what you're looking for? 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. FILE > OPTIONS > FILE LOCATIONS > "Default path for user files". How to create a central model file with Autodesk Revit from a project file, setup basics of collaboration and worksets, also how to create Local files to have multiple users in a project and how to monitor who and what is happening within the project. The way the path is defined on the PC that creates a central file defines how all PC's must access the central file. I am having this same issue, even outside of BIM 360. Solved by marcin.puchacz. 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. Do not sell or share my personal information. 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). Its not so big problem. Important: Everyone needs to make a new Local file. The Worksharing dialog displays, showing the default user-created worksets (Shared Levels and Grids, and Workset1). I sincerely hope you didn't synchronize this second model after you created it, because if you did you probably just made your original model a duplicate of the copy. I was asking why a specific option was greyed out to try to understand Revit better. If you are detaching it from central, it is becomeing it's own thing. It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. Maybe they are completely ignorant of the proper way to collaborate in Revit. Learn how to Detach a file from a Revit Central Model and the difference between the 2 options. I just checked and all the computers match. Couple thoughts: 1) When you open a file with "Detach" selected, which option do you select: "Detach and preserve worksets" or "Detach and discard worksets"? It was the exact same topic. The central model has issues that needs to be investigated. We have this when the Revit installed do not match. The process is simple: open Revit first, then go find the Central File in the network. 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. Before you create a new central model, be sure to rename the workshared file or specify a different directory path before saving. projectname_New Central). Open the central model with "Detach from Central" checked. Did you relinquish all worksets in the Central model, i.e. If the latter, don't do that. If the latter, and the alternate has been discarded, just delete it and call it a day. - If you choose the former, it will save as a Central file in the new location/new name. Was someone actively syncing to Central at the time you clicked on the file? This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. 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). In the Save As dialog, rename the file, and click Options. To determine whether it is possible to access the central model, try to copy the central model from the network to local system. The problem is that you didn't detach from central when you created your copy of the original model - the two are still linked, just like the local file in your documents folder does. 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). H311, I have a hard enough time trying to get people not to import schedules from Autocad and use families. Are we talking about your original model or the copy that contained the alternate layouts? This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. 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. **MOST COMMON REASON** The PATH in which the central model created is different for the user who created that central model than yours. \appdata\local\Autodesk\Revit\\CollaborationCache\\. 1. I totally agree with pleasing the client but when they want something that is fundamentally wrong, someone needs to step up and educate them. Opens specified worksets. Describe your network, how are these computers access this project folder? Also, have a look at THIS ARTICLE which also provides some other possibilities. By sending copies for collaboration they control revisions that are sent out and can internally check and correct issues before other people spend time trying to match up with things that are temporary. To enable worksharing and create a central model. 2. @willRYAZCI have found that when detaching a local model from central, it will ask you if you want to keep or discard work sets. So it needed to become a central model to be utilized within our company before being sent back to the architect for collaboration. If this helped solve your issue - remember to 'accept as solution' to help other find answers! Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Revit MEP topics. How to create a Central Model file with Autodesk Revit Products and versions covered John Offield at Seiler Design Solutions, LLC May 15 2020ScreencastBeginner Add to Collection The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Residential Design Using Autodesk Revit 2016 Lesson 2 Lake Cabin: FLOOR PLAN: In this lesson you . The central file is located on the server.Then, each us. Select File tab in Revit- Options. I'm having an issue with Revit 2016, two computers have the Create New Local greyed out, while three other computers are fine. The model is displayed as central for the member who created it but other members cannot create local copies from their machines. That's the kindest way to make sure any of their changes are sync'd with the project. 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. regular business hours. It will take a few seconds to run an all-rounded file scan. Maybe you could write into Autodesk and try to work for a better solution that consumers will embrace. If I did, I will write a followup. I don't know why this is. Fabio Itiro Sato| @fabioisato| Fabio Sato. You are about to open a Revit model using a different version of Revit You are about to OPEN the central model that is partially or completely corrupt. Ask the community or share your knowledge. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. The save local is greyed out for all my revit modles and it doesnt matter where its saved or the version I use. There is one more thing to say to this topic. Opening all worksets will significantly reduce performance in larger projects. 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 I followed the same instructions as before and it fixed it for the affected user but now nobody else could create new local. He checks also path to mapped letter - diffrences cause problems. When you click Open, the Opening Worksets dialog displays. In the Open workset default list, select one of the following. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Find out which GUID corresponds to which model (if multiple models), the GUID is always identical unless the Central is recreated on BIM360. Click Collaborate tab Manage Collaboration panel (Worksets). 3users could create new local and then sync. Could youfix it? Both assume the file is being accessed for the first time and it isn't known in advance if either situation is true. How did you "share" the folder. After reviewing your file, click the recovery button to get it back. This file is still completely separate from your working file because . Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. Maybe the problem is that there is no workset or workset is not activated in the project which is why it's greyed out. Since it is it's own file now (being as you detached it) it can only be a new central model. The model is displayed as central for the member who created it but other members cannot create local copies from their machines. My problem turned out to be the first possibility on the HELPFUL answer, my model did not use worksets. It's clear that you really don't have much experience working in a truly collaborative environment and won't accept the advice of someone with many successful projects under their belt. 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. Open the existing workshared 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. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening? Make this a Central Model after save, Option unchecked & greyed out. Hope this makes sense and thanks for helping me understand this. Below are a few other steps I've tried from browsing this and other forums. By the way, for the next person googling into this thread: Open the model. They remain disabled unless you select a project file that has already that has already had the Worksharing features enabled. 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. Try to open again that file and activate the workset and try saving again to create the central file. 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. Local files folder is "My Documents" - which is a terrible choice. Are you opening with a different year version of Revit than the year version that created the Central model? Make this a Central Model after save, Option - checked & greyed out. Close. Central file must be accessed by all users on the same location. If you can do that without an error, verify that it's the original and not the alternate model. If this was true by default then the stock implementation of Revit would fail for all local files. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. Solved by aRcHiTeCt.JM. "Save As" back to back. Opens worksets according to their state from a previous Revit session. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. 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. Welcome to Autodesks Revit Architecture Forums. Fix Greyed Out Revisions in Revit 8020 BIM 10.5K subscribers Dislike Share 3,777 views Premiered Mar 11, 2021 Make sure to Join the Free 8020BIM Community Server :. Enabling worksharing involves creating a master project model, known as a central model, from an existing model. But this won't workFor revit It is not the same. 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