"File not saved." When importing .rvt into a .iam

"File not saved." When importing .rvt into a .iam

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"File not saved." When importing .rvt into a .iam

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Greetings. My company is experimenting with interoperability between Revit and Inventor. Our experience with the feature has been clunky. I see videos such as this one that present the tool in a way where both applications are open, and when you save in one app it triggers an update in another. This works fine when I save+export the updated .rvt file from inventor. I can simply click the "reload" button on the linked document in my main revit file and I'll receive the updates. However, if I make a change to the revit model and save it, saving fails if the inventor assembly linking it is currently open. I have to close inventor, save the revit file, reopen the inventor file, and get the updates. Is this normal? It doesn't seem normal. Am I doing something wrong? We're not using vault, so it's possible that's the difference I'm seeing.

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I just discovered that if I interrupt the file save process by hitting escape in Revit, it behaves like I expect. the revit file is saved and the update behavior triggers in Inventor. I can't explain this. 

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Hi @HogueOne Inventor might keep the Revit file locked for write, this is why you cannot save recent changes from Revit. Interrupting the save process from Revit might result in missing or corrupted data. Please report this issue to the Inventor customer support team or Inventor Forum, the inventor experts can help suggest the best workflows for your needs. 

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