Upgrade Issue

[Anonymous]

My firm is a consultant to another architecture firm on a collaborative project. The project team started our project in Revit 2017. Our firm recently upgraded to 2019 and a BIM tech saved our project file to the 2019 version. Does the rest of the project team (MEP, kitchens, Structural all now have to upgrade to 2019 in order to work in our project or is there some sort of work-around?

[cbcarch]

This sort of thing should be discussed with the entire team BEFORE any member upgrades.

The answer is yes--All files must be the exact same version (2019, etc)  AND build of Revit.

[barthbradley]

I'll echo what @cbcarch said: that's usually part of the contractual agreement -- typically, under the heading: "Deliverables".   

[Anonymous]

I was hoping for a different answer but thanks

[Anonymous]

No BIM plan was outlined for us and the format of deliverables was not included in the contract. Thanks but I was hoping someone had a workaround.

[barthbradley]

...would be nice though if Revit was backward compatible. 

...unfortunately, it ain't.  Lesson learned I guess; right?  

..FYI @Anonymous: your license does allow you 3 versions.  You're aware of that; right?  

[Anonymous]

Very valuable lesson indeed. Reverting the latest 2017 file to the current status of the 2019 file seems counterintuitive but at least my Revit homies feel my pain. Thanks!