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Fix the way Revit Backs up Files

Revit is wreaking havoc with our cloud server backup system.  The way Revit currently backs up files is as follows:

• I have "Project.rvt" open, made some changes, and click Save.

• Revit renames the file "Project.rvt" to "Project.0001.rvt"

• Revit then performs a Save As of "Project.rvt" with my updates.

• I make more changes in "Project.rvt" and click Save

Revit renames the file "Project.rvt" to "Project.0002.rvt"

• Revit then performs a Save As of "Project.rvt" with my updates, and so on.

 

What this means is that Revit NEVER performs a simple "Save", but always performs a "Save As", and the files never get overwritten.  Unfortunately for server backup systems that support Version History, Revit files never have a version history available because files are technically never overwritten/updated.

 

This method of saving backups in Revit wastes server space, and means that our server is cluttered with backup files.  We need the following control over Revit backup settings:

• Global option to turn Revit backup files off, and perform simple "Save" commands (giving backup control to our server backup system)

• Global option to set number of backup files (currently it can only controlled on a project-by-project basis)

• Global option to define where backup files are saved

 

These settings should be available for both .rvt (Project) and .rfa (Family) files.

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Anonymous

This is probably only valid with .rfa files.  To stop the backups simply make your project a workshared file (central file). It will no longer add the .0001 to the end.