Ok, like leonid mentioned, revit uses the settings/options workset name.
Now, this name will default to the windows login name when you run revit for
the very first time and there is no previous revit.ini file present. I
assume you are log in as administrator on that machine? that's why you
seeing administrator as your workset name. It is very important to make
sure you workset user names are set-up the way you want them. In our office
we use first name ie Chris or Mark. Once that setting is changed, it sticks
until you change it again.
Being able to impersonate other has advantages, like when user Bob leaves
early and does not release his worksets (for which I punish severely, lol)
you can change your name to bob, get into the central file and release what
you need to.
-Z
"Mark McDonough" wrote in message
news:418a639a_2@newsprd01...
> I had the following question from one of our newly trained Revit users:
>
> I initiated the central file and created a bunch of worksets when my
> "worksets username" (under settings/options) is still "admininistrator" (I
> was the first and only one person to work on the file and I believe is the
> default for everybody when they first start?). I developed the model up to
a
> certain point and then I thought it will be a good idea to change the
> "worksets username" to my own name since other people will be sharing the
> file too. After I changed the username, I logged out and logged back in,
> reopened the file and discovered that I cannot check out or do any
> modification because the program told me that the owner to all the
worksets
> was still "administrator" (shouldn't it have vanish right after I changed
my
> username?) The only way I could continue to modify the model is to change
my
> username back to "Administrator" again.
> I think from the file management standpoint, the username "Administrator"
> should belong to the PM or PA. I started the model and apparently
"inherit"
> this title. Is there a way to "transfer" the title to someone else and why
> does the program keep telling me that the owner is "Administrator" even
> after I changed my username?
>
> Any suggestions are welcome:
>
> --
>
> Mark McDonough
> Sasaki Associates
> http://www.sasaki.com
>
>
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