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    <title>idea Fix the way Revit Backs up Files en Revit Ideas</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/fix-the-way-revit-backs-up-files/idi-p/8154568</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Revit is wreaking havoc with our cloud server backup system.&amp;nbsp; The way Revit currently backs up files is as follows:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;•&amp;nbsp;I have&amp;nbsp;"Project.rvt" open, made some changes, and click Save.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• Revit renames the file "Project.rvt" to "Project.0001.rvt"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• Revit then &lt;SPAN&gt;performs a Save As of&lt;/SPAN&gt; "Project.rvt" with my updates.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• I make more changes in "Project.rvt" and click Save&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• &lt;SPAN&gt;Revit renames the file "Project.rvt" to "Project.0002.rvt"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Revit then performs a Save As of "Project.rvt" with my updates, and so on.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;What this means is that Revit NEVER performs a simple "Save", but always performs a "Save As", and the files never get overwritten.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately for server backup systems that support Version History, Revit files never have a version history available because files are technically never overwritten/updated.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This method of saving backups in Revit wastes server space, and means that our server is cluttered with backup files.&amp;nbsp; We need the following control over Revit backup settings:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Global option to turn Revit backup files off, and perform simple "Save" commands (giving backup control to our server backup system)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Global option to set number of backup files (currently it can only controlled on a project-by-project basis)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Global option to define where backup files are saved&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;These settings should be available for both .rvt (Project) and .rfa (Family) files.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:21:47 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-07-25T14:21:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Fix the way Revit Backs up Files</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/fix-the-way-revit-backs-up-files/idi-p/8154568</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Revit is wreaking havoc with our cloud server backup system.&amp;nbsp; The way Revit currently backs up files is as follows:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;•&amp;nbsp;I have&amp;nbsp;"Project.rvt" open, made some changes, and click Save.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• Revit renames the file "Project.rvt" to "Project.0001.rvt"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• Revit then &lt;SPAN&gt;performs a Save As of&lt;/SPAN&gt; "Project.rvt" with my updates.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• I make more changes in "Project.rvt" and click Save&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;• &lt;SPAN&gt;Revit renames the file "Project.rvt" to "Project.0002.rvt"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Revit then performs a Save As of "Project.rvt" with my updates, and so on.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;What this means is that Revit NEVER performs a simple "Save", but always performs a "Save As", and the files never get overwritten.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately for server backup systems that support Version History, Revit files never have a version history available because files are technically never overwritten/updated.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This method of saving backups in Revit wastes server space, and means that our server is cluttered with backup files.&amp;nbsp; We need the following control over Revit backup settings:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Global option to turn Revit backup files off, and perform simple "Save" commands (giving backup control to our server backup system)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Global option to set number of backup files (currently it can only controlled on a project-by-project basis)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;• Global option to define where backup files are saved&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;These settings should be available for both .rvt (Project) and .rfa (Family) files.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:21:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-25T14:21:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Fix the way Revit Backs up Files</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/fix-the-way-revit-backs-up-files/idc-p/8155078#M21755</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;This is probably only valid with .rfa files.&amp;nbsp; To stop the backups simply make your project a workshared file (central file). It will no longer add the .0001 to the end.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:54:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/fix-the-way-revit-backs-up-files/idc-p/8155078#M21755</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-25T16:54:49Z</dc:date>
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