How to prove that Revit model is made by me and not plagiarism?

[Anonymous]

Dear,

I'm current a syudent of the university of sheffield, and one of my assignment was making revit model of a case study. However my teacher thinks I used other's work and submit them as my own. But I actually did it by myself. So I'm wondering is it possible that you experts can take a look at my models and pull some kind of back data or histroy with time on it in order to prove that I didn't do pagirasm?

This is very urgent because if I can't prove myself, I would fail the course and not get my master degree!!!

Looking forward to hear back from you as soon as possible,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes

[ToanDN]

Find the journal files. They show all the commands you performed working with the project. Hopefully you can get the older ones.

On the other hand, if you are indeed true to yourself, you can challenge the professor to prove the project is not yours. He also need to provide facts, not just opinions.

[RobDraw]

Your instructor should know how to prove that you did not do the work. It's not your place to prove innocence, if you are in America.

The journal file should be more than enough proof. If your instructor doesn't know this then he/she shouldn't be making accusations. Also, if this is a workshared model the information is accessible in the model with worksharing display on.

[chrisplyler]

1. University of Sheffield...not in America.

2. Innocent until proven guilty...an underlying philosophy of our criminal justice system in the USA, not necessarily of a particular educational institution's grading policy.

3. Not sure it applies within the criminal justice system of every country in America anyway. Pretty sure there are some countries here that have exactly the opposite philosophy.

[RobDraw]

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@chrisplyler wrote:

1. University of Sheffield...not in America.

2. Innocent until proven guilty...an underlying philosophy of our criminal justice system in the USA, not necessarily of a particular educational institution's grading policy.

3. Not sure it applies within the criminal justice system of every country in America anyway. Pretty sure there are some countries here that have exactly the opposite philosophy.

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Yeah, okay.

I made that statement as a personal opinion because I am totally aware that it may be different depending on where you live. Can you imaging how something like this would blow up if it were to make the news over here? IMVPO, it's an outrage to be presumed guilty without any proof.

(BTW, America is a country made up of states. Only one country.)

[DarrenP]

what proof does the teacher have?

is there not a way to create the model in front of the teacher?

[Alfredo_Medina]

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@RobDraw wrote:

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(BTW, America is a country made up of states. Only one country.)

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Technically,  America is the continent.  The country is the United States of America. 

[Viveka_CD · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous

Welcome to the Autodesk community!

I saw your files - the panel and the surface and the fact that you've used Dynamo code to generate the surface is just cool.

There is absolutely no need to panic, you can prove yourself from parsing your journal files at this location:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 20xx\Journals

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much!

[RobDraw]

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@Alfredo_Medina wrote:

Technically,  America is the continent.  The country is the United States of America. 

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Really?

There isn't a continent called America. There are three continents over here, North America, Central America, and South America. There are many countries within those continents but only one of them that gets called America.

America has always been accepted as meaning the grand ol' US of A.

Unbelievable the amount of misinformation about such simple stuff.

[rosskirby]

Central America is not a continent; it is part of North America.

[RobDraw]

Oops, you're right. Time to eat crow.

[barthbradley]

[barthbradley]

@Viveka_CD: What if Journal File Cleanup has deleted this evidence?

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @barthbradley

Journal files protect data and this can be assured by saving the file at regular intervals.

Regards,

[barthbradley]

Thanks @Viveka_CD. Yes, I get that, but what I meant was they have an expiration (based on Journal File Cleanup rules). It could be that this "proof" is long deleted. No?  

[Viveka_CD]

Yes @barthbradley

We can specify the number of journal files to retain, and the number of days to retain them.

Regards,

[barthbradley]

Are you following this exchange,  @Anonymous? This is what your Barrister should use to defend you against the allegations of plagiarism. No journal file; no smoking gun. Either that, or take the “deal” to avoid a trial.  

Just saying.  

…BTW: I looked at your file and I got to say: it looks mighty familiar to me; almost like something I did a few years back.

Hmm?  

Just thinking.

[Anonymous]

Like I said in the first place, this project is just a study case of the Al
Bahar Tower Facade, to study how the panels can open or close according to
the sun. So unless you designed that building or studied it too, I don't
know it is similar to your work.

[Anonymous]

And thank you all for the useful ideas, but I don't understand what you
said 'We can specify the number of journal files to retain, and the number
of days to retain them'

I'm now struggling because the old journal is already deleted, so what you
said to retain them, can this be done through Revit company backserver or
on my computer?