DWG Locking from Cloud

[kwilktrihydro]

Hi all,

I'm working with an Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro license. I've been having a problem lately where DWG files I open from ACC locations get locked after one save. Specifically, after saving the file once, I get an error saying it is now read-only when trying to save it again.

As a workaround, I've found that doing a Save As and saving to a new file allows me to keep working. But then the new file also gets locked after a single save.

It seems like there may be something funky going on with how the locking feature is working. Has anyone else run into this? Am I missing a setting somewhere that controls the locking behavior? I would love any tips on a better way to handle this.

Thanks in advance for any help! Kelby

[JM_K · Accepted solution]

Kelby, I've seen some perhaps related issues with locking when opening files from ACC in AutoCAD. In my case, once the file was opened and saved, then closed in AutoCAD, another user could not open the file as it was still locked. I have a suspicion it's related to Windows file locking.  Perhaps it will be addressed in an AutoCAD update though. In the meantime, before we get a proper fix, the only solution we found was to completely close AutoCAD to release the file. That's a total pain of course, but the file should be totally released.

[kwilktrihydro]

Thanks @JM_K , I appreciate the work around for the time being!

[JM_K · Accepted solution]

Build notes for August 17, 2023 (v.16.4.0.2062)

Locking Issues

• We fixed a bug where a DWG remaining Open for more than 30 minutes would unlock/lock automatically every 30 minutes.
• We fixed a bug where opening a parent DWG file would result in referenced files (Image, PDF, etc) to be incorrectly locked.
• Renaming a folder that contains a file locked by you will no longer fail.
• Moving a file showed inconsistent locking status between local and cloud views.
• We fixed known workflows where files would remain locked after closing
• Desktop Connector will no longer automatically lock or unlock Navisworks native files (nwf, nwc, nwd). Users can still manually lock and unlock these file types.

[kwilktrihydro]

Thanks! With the new update, it looks like you solved that one.