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Open 2021 revit file from 2020 file

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Anonymous
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Open 2021 revit file from 2020 file

Hello! I'm facing a situation, I was wondering if there's any other solution to open Revit files from an older version than using IFC's until now I've been exporting from 2021 to IFC and then I open it on 2020 but I cannot see the topography, annotations, and others, only architecture. Is there another solution to view the elements inside the 2021 file?

Thank you!

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Samantha-G
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi @Anonymous 

 

Thank you for the question.  There really is not a good workflow for what you are trying to do.  You can work the way you have been but there will be data lost.  It is recommended that all people on a project be on the same version, due to Revit not being backwards compatible.

Sam G, CM-BIM
Revit Certified Professional
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Anonymous
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Thank you for your answer. Have a nice day.

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tfergusonPZ6ND
in reply to: Samantha-G

Why would you not allow backwards combability Samantha?  This seems to be a decision by Autodesk to better control their products "financial strength" at the cost of its customers.

 

 

 

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Its been explained it pretty good detail by Sasha.Crotty in this thread. 

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