Hi all,
Goal: Host a number of central Revit models on BIM 360 which can be worked on by a team of two remote designers - myself and one other.
I've been managing and working on 3 or 4 central models myself for the last year or two. These are saved to my BIM360 Document Management platform, and I access them via Desktop Connector on my laptop. I'm trying to bring in another team member to help carry the design load. I've just downloaded the most recent versions of Revit, Desktop Connector, hotfixes, etc. Myself and my coworker both have active subscriptions for Revit and BIM Collaborate Pro.
The issue seems to be that the central models all have file paths that are specific to my machine, i.e., "C:\Users\jonat\ACCDocs\...". Every time my coworker tries to access the files via the BIM360 drive (now "Autodesk Docs") on his own machine, he cannot toggle the option for "create a local copy" - and if he opens the central file, he gets an error that "the central file has been copied or moved" and is prompted to resave the file as a new central file.
I'm utterly confused by Autodesks mish-mash of products intended to create worksharing opportunities, and the fact that the platforms have changed name/description at least a few times over recent years - Collaborate for Revit, Desktop Connector, BIM 360 Hubs, BIM 360 Design, now Autodesk Construction Cloud Docs.
[Some additional information (could be irrelevant). In an effort to troubleshoot, I've tried detaching models and creating new central files. During this process, I've noticed that with the upgrade to 2022, I've lost the "Collaborate" button that used to live in the "Manage Collaboration" panel, which is what all tutorials and instructions on the matter point to. Also, the "Cloud Model" option in the "Save As" menu has gone grey. In my research, the only suggested solution is to check licensing assignments, which I've double and triple checked, unassigned and reassigned with no change.]
Please help! Any suggestions are much appreciated.
Best,
Jon
