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revit - moving content libraries to disk D:

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Moshe-A
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revit - moving content libraries to disk D:

Guys hi,

 

this is a little heavy :grinsendes_Gesicht:

 

have dozens of stations with 3-4 revit versions install on 240ssd disk (R2018 upto R2021). since office has it's own template and families on shared network drive and disk space on that disks (240) is very low, i decide to move revit content libraries (families & templates) from drive C: to D to save disk space on drive C:

 

is there a quick workaround to move these folders to D without reinstalling revit?

 

i notice this:

took a machine with full revit versions installed and moved the content libraries folders of R2018 to D. than changed the paths in revit.int under revit user profile. restart revit 2018 all works well (Options\file locations is set correctly) i open Revit 2019 and it complains that some libraries is not correctly set and Options\file locations was cleared and revit is stuck. this brings me to a thought that if Revit installation notice a previous revit version, it uses this  existing content library and does not install the current vertion content library - am i right?

 

I further investigate this, took a new machine (no revit installed yet) and start installing revit 2018 than moved content library to disk D than changes the path in revit.ini and start revit and all work well.

now start installing R2019 and the end of installation, revit 2019 copied all it's libraries to C: (sure it did not see the R2018 content) than i moved R2019 libraries to disk D than changed the path in revit.int and this time all works well :grinsendes_Gesicht:

 

What this mean (i'm affraid) ... to achive my goal i have to reinstall R2019 upto R2021 on dozens of machine?

please tell me this is un true  :Gesicht_mit_Freudentränen:

 

thanks in advance

Moshe

 

 

 

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ennujozlagam
als Antwort auf: Moshe-A

try this transfer/change to another drive , see screenshot and see if helps

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_Vijay
als Antwort auf: Moshe-A

or else you can create the shortcut with the original file path. then use that shortcut for the library location.

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Moshe-A
als Antwort auf: ennujozlagam

@ennujozlagam  hi,

 


@ennujozlagam wrote:

try this transfer/change to another drive , see screenshot and see if helps

 


Yes i did that but as i said R2018 is not the problem

 

what i did is:

moved "C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2018" to disk D

(actually i didn't move "UserDataCache" folder + dictionary files cause i discovered it's better i shouldn't and i do not mined cause it's volume is small).

 

went to C:\Users\<user profile>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2018

edit revit.ini

change every "C:\ProgramData" to "D:\ProgramData"

 

and the result was good for R2018 but then R2019 become unstable "options\file locations" was cleared (and i also have to do R2020 + R2021)

 

you think i have no other option but reinstall?

 

thanks

Moshe

 

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RobDraw
als Antwort auf: Moshe-A

Why not just eliminate the content from local drives and keep your libraries on a shared network drive? That way everyone is working from the same content. Changes and additions can be made all in a single location.


Rob

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Moshe-A
als Antwort auf: RobDraw

@RobDraw 

 

how to do it without reinstall R2019 - R2021?

 

 

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RobDraw
als Antwort auf: Moshe-A

How to do what? Move them to a shared drive or delete them from the local drives?

 

Also, Don forget to assign the new location as the default path.


Rob

Drafting is a breeze and Revit doesn't always work the way you think it should.
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Moshe-A
als Antwort auf: RobDraw

@RobDraw 

 

ok you say move the folders to a hared network drive and change the path in options\file folders and that's it?

well as i mention before twice, my experience showed something else.

 

Moshe

 

 

 

 

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