Student Users Error Message with "Edit Type"

[Anonymous]

I am in a high school and students are standard users on Windows 10 (1803 x64) computers.

Revit is the 2020 x64 bit version.

When I open Revit as me (a local administrator):

I put in a wall, then install a door.   I click on "edit type",  then "load",  I am pretty sure I get everything I need.

When I open Revit as a student (a standard user):

I put in a wall, then install a door.  I click on "edit type",  then "load",  I get a message........operation has been cancelled due to restrictions...

District policy requires students to be users on workstations. We also cannot use shared accounts, such as a generic local administrator account that's just for students.

Is there a setting or configuration that can be adjusted to make the feature work for a standard user?

[dzanta]

Try the following:

- Install software as Administrator logged in with admin rights

- run software to ensure it works fine

- log in to workstation as end user (student) who has admin rights

- run software to ensure it works fine

- log out of workstation as student/end user....

- change permission of end user/student to non-admin

- log out/in with updated account rights

- run software to ensure it still works properly

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your reply, but that is not a solution in this case.

Revit is installed administratively via an SCCM deployment.

Each student has their own local profile as we are an Active Directory
environment.

[dzanta]

for domain users...it could be necessary to start the program one time with right-click and Run As Administrator to set all options of the program

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the reply, dzanta, but the "Run As Administrator" solution
you suggest is not feasible due to the number of students, student
profiles, and workstations. Is this the only solution that AutoDesk has for
this particular Revit feature working for a standard user?

[RobDraw]

Could this be due to permissions to access the folder?

[Anonymous]

Thank you, RobDraw. Permissions to access what specific folder? What should
the permissions be set to? Revit has been installed with all default
settings.

[RobDraw]

I'm assuming that Revit is referring to the Windows security permissions assigned to the folder where the family resides. Sorry, I thought you would know what I was talking about as the administrator.

[Anonymous]

RobDraw, as you should be aware, AutoDesk software places
numerous files and folders in a variety of locations. I'm requesting
additional detail regarding your very general suggestion to check folder
permissions. I'm on here asking for help because I don't know how to
resolve this issue. You response of "I thought you would know what I was
talking about as the administrator" is unhelpful and unprofessional.
Belittling someone who're on here asking for help... cute.

[RobDraw]

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@Anonymous wrote:

RobDraw, as you should be aware, AutoDesk software places
numerous files and folders in a variety of locations. I'm requesting
additional detail regarding your very general suggestion to check folder
permissions. I'm on here asking for help because I don't know how to
resolve this issue. You response of "I thought you would know what I was
talking about as the administrator" is unhelpful and unprofessional.
Belittling someone who're on here asking for help... cute.

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You didn't ask which folder. I was assuming that you knew where the door family was located. Sorry I offended, I assumed that you had some basic knowledge about Revit.

[Anonymous]

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@RobDraw wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

RobDraw, as you should be aware, AutoDesk software places
numerous files and folders in a variety of locations. I'm requesting
additional detail regarding your very general suggestion to check folder
permissions. I'm on here asking for help because I don't know how to
resolve this issue. You response of "I thought you would know what I was
talking about as the administrator" is unhelpful and unprofessional.
Belittling someone who're on here asking for help... cute.

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You didn't ask which folder. I was assuming that you knew where the door family was located. Sorry I offended, I assumed that you had some basic knowledge about Revit.

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Yet you continue to offend and continue to not help. Thank you.

[RobDraw]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Yet you continue to offend and continue to not help. Thank you.

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Look, you're taking this too personally. Yes, I am being brief but it's not to offend or belittle. If you had this basic knowledge, my comments would not be offending you. I'm sorry, but your posts seem to suggest that you have a working knowledge of computers and Revit and don't need step by step instructions. If you had said that you know nothing about this stuff, my responses would have been much different.

[Anonymous]

I'm on here asking for help and all I did was ask which specific folders
you were referring to and what the permission setting should be. You told
me I should know what you're talking about if I'm really an admin or Revit
user. Look. Either you know and are refusing to provide the detail I
politely asked for, or you don't know what you're talking about. Which
is it?

[RobDraw]

Do I really need to tell you again that it would be the Windows security permissions for the folder that the door family resides in? If you don't know what I am referring to, you might not want to be messing around with this stuff. Get an IT person and someone that is familiar with your Revit installation to give you a hand before you mess things up.

I'm not even sure it is the solution. 

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I'm posting on here because we don't have such a person, but thank you for
your help anyways. I'll track down the folder, since you're not sure where
it is, and then inspect the permission set, and not know what to set them
to or even if they need to be adjusted. Good luck indeed.