topic Re: Upgrade a set of Central Models in Revit Architecture Forum

Upgrade a set of Central Models

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:40:25 GMT

I want to upgrade 3 central files, structure, mep, and arch from 2014 to2017. But keep it a central file. How would one do this?

Re: Upgrade a set of Central Models

ToanDN — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 21:56:50 GMT

Assume you will be working on 2017.

- Archive the 2014 files to a different folder.
- Open 2014 files in 2017 and save to new centrals, one by one. Keep the file names so that the links stay intact.
- Close them and re-open to create new local files.

Re: Upgrade a set of Central Models

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:54:20 GMT

Thanks! Yes, 2017. This may be silly to you, ha!, but just to verify, I am assuming you just double click or drag the file into the 2017 window to upgrade, versus using the open-project then selecting any options such as "detach from central, is that correct?

Re: Upgrade a set of Central Models

RDAOU — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:59:25 GMT

@Anonymous

Make it a habit (more of a bible verse)

"Thou shalt not Double Click to open a Revit File"

Always open Revit first then either/or

drag and drop in Revit
open from application menu

Re: Upgrade a set of Central Models

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:51:02 GMT

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