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How to lock family in Revit model ?

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Message 1 of 18
thao.ngo123
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How to lock family in Revit model ?

How to lock family in Revit model to avoid someone else can edit or re-use ?

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Message 2 of 18
EmptySaturnV
in reply to: thao.ngo123

As of right now there is no way to lock your families that I know of. 

Message 3 of 18
ennujozlagam
in reply to: EmptySaturnV

@EmptySaturnV Hello, you cannot lock families in Revit at this time. BIM is a coordination and sharing. Thanks





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Message 4 of 18
Arthur..G
in reply to: thao.ngo123

You can't lock a family, BUT, You can lock a family workset, so other will not be able to modify them.

 

Simply make the families workset editable, and don't relinquish that workset.

Message 5 of 18
ToanDN
in reply to: thao.ngo123

@thao.ngo123

Someone in your organization or someone outside?
Message 6 of 18
thao.ngo123
in reply to: ToanDN

Someone outside 

Message 7 of 18
thao.ngo123
in reply to: thao.ngo123

As attached files , they lock family and create warning for Revit 

Message 8 of 18
ToanDN
in reply to: thao.ngo123

Don't send Revit files then. Export it to IFC, DWF, Navisworks, SAT...

To be honest, I don't care if someone else uses my families. Sharing is caring. Plus, one's treasure may be another's trash.
Message 9 of 18
thao.ngo123
in reply to: ToanDN

My customer doesn't want to use IFC or something like that. They just want to lock family 

Message 10 of 18
thao.ngo123
in reply to: ToanDN

Revit is for sharing community and environment but some exceptions require copyright. That's point 

Message 11 of 18
Kimtaurus
in reply to: thao.ngo123

Currently there are no lock or password options in Revit.

If you want to send a model to a client it's an all or nothing scenario: either they get an IFC/DWG which can't be edited or they get a Revit file.

 

Locking Worksets or Design Options only "locks" (detaching the project and resaving the project makes the worksets editable again), one can still save the families used in the project.

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Message 12 of 18
architerio
in reply to: EmptySaturnV

This attached family appears to be locked so there must be a way to do this.

Message 13 of 18
ennujozlagam
in reply to: architerio

hello, what do you mean locked its a family, edit your family to modify. thanks





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Message 14 of 18
ennujozlagam
in reply to: architerio

sorry double post.





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Message 15 of 18
architerio
in reply to: thao.ngo123

Not sure that the earlier post got through but the nested families in the attached dining table cannot be edited so there might be a way to lock families.

Message 16 of 18
architerio
in reply to: ennujozlagam

Hi, and yes the main family can be opened. However the nested families inside are somehow locked and cannot be edited.

Message 17 of 18
ennujozlagam
in reply to: architerio

refer to this LINK previous threads. thanks





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Message 18 of 18
D.M.ETCENG
in reply to: architerio

@architerio Did you find a solution or an explanation? How were nested families locked?

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