Open without links option

[AdamHamilton]

Many times when troubleshooting the file it would help to ignore the linked files. a checkbox on open or in the options drop-down upon opening to open with links unloaded would be a terrific option!

thanks

Adam Hamilton

Perkins+Will

[DMK™]

As for me, it would be great for on/off option for Link loading while opening Host model, as sometimes it unnecessary to load all links and it took much time, for example when upgrading model all nested links will be upgraded for this session as well, what is time-consuming. attached screenshot for the assumption

[JasonKunkel]

I came here to add this idea. Glad I searched first. This idea is great for troubleshooting models and upgrading.

[Anonymous]

Yes, please!  Sometimes you don't want all the linked revit models and CAD links.

Also, it is stupid that CAD links automatically reload every time someone opens a revit model.  This should be an option or just turned off (make users manually refresh that link).  Don't slow down opening by doing that. 

Also that silly warning when there's nothing in paper space!  Link in a CAD with only stuff and model space and you'll get a warning EVERY time you open the model forevermore saying essentially:  "Hey are you sure you want to link this CAD file in?".  Yes we are sure, we did it on purpose.  Who links paperspace elements in!

Thanks,

Glen

[dplumb_BWBR]

There are already about 5 or 6 other Ideas posted about this

Type in "Open Links" in the Search this Ideas Board box on the right & you'll find several

[Anonymous]

I would like to reopen the post by Mark Zimmer regarding the above. Only I would add that there could be an option to open a Revit file with all links unloaded for me. See previous post here (archived): https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/open-with-links-unloaded/idi-p/6411764?search-action-id=3... For files I am working on regularly, I can always close the file with all links unloaded for me. But if I am opening backup files or checking files that I've not worked on myself, it would be more convenient to have an option to open with all links unloaded for me.

[Anonymous]

If you load references in a certain workset like, 'rvt links' for instance and you use BIM360. you can load specific worksets. So just dont load the 'rvt links' workset then.

If you want to be more specific about which links to load and which not.. create more worksets.

[Anonymous]

As an estimator/consultant, I spend a lot of time waiting for Revit to realize that the links it is looking for are not there, or loading ones that are not needed in order for me to upload the model into Assemble.  Really would like a way to disable links in the Open... dialog, like detaching from central.

[Disappointed]

Brilliant idea. For now, on saving your central file the first time, use the option Open workset default to 'Specify ...', you get to choose which worksets are to be loaded before the actual opening procedure. Of course everyone involved needs to discipline themselves to put links into separate worksets for this to work.

[matej.dlabal]

Could not agree more - especially if there may be issues with links that prevent the model from opening!

Matej Dlabal

- ZGF

[elicr]

northing has changed

[Frans_Lindell]

As Joost above wrote - if you load references into there own worksets, you CAN choose when you open a project. I just did and it saved me from a crashed xxx.ifc.RVT file that had become about 8-10 times the size of the other ifc-Revit-files. 
Anyway, when opening a project, click the down-arrow next to "Open" and choose "Specify". Then when it starts to load it lets you choose to close the troublesome workset(s). 

[minjie.wang]

Revit develop team has posted a related design proposal at Revit preview release forum with this Link, your insights or suggestions are much appreciated.

[s.primeaubeauchamp]

I wanted to do a simple task like copying a previous detail we have done on a past project. 

There are many linked Revit files, and some were quite big since it's from an industrial project. 

This is so time consuming since we also changed Revit version and so Revit needs to upgrade every linked file. 

I would like to just skip that operation like with Detach With Central but that would be Detach Links. 

[vlig]

One could move/copy a file to another folder temporarily just to open the file with "lost" links - if links are local. Instead, switch off network connection (stupidly pull the cord off) for a while - if links are in network. Crooked crutches, but what we can do if THEY don't care... Using worksets often is overhead.

[shawn.m4QP44]

I am just clicking cancel once the link starts loading and it somehow unload the links itself.

[Disappointed]

@Disappointed I have to revert my earlier post: I just loaded a project file carefully unloading/closing all worksets. Still Revit (btw, R22.1) came up with info on a linked cad file that contained geometry it considered wrong. Sorry.

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Some of these have been archived and some are similar ideas that would be sufficed with the ability to unload links at open - similar to the load worksets on open. Please spread this to your networks to get the leverage we need to Share with Autodesk how useful this is for our BIM Teams!

I'm trying to gather up-votes from these previous similar posts:

• Open with links unloaded
• Unload links prior to Revit project upgrade.
• Unload links and open checkbox in the Open Dialog Box
• right-click open&unload linked file
• Unload Revit Links and Open Detached Option
• Open Detached Model and Unload Worksets - to unload and attached models or links.
• Linked files shouldn't unload when detached from central (We could Control links before open)

[boyd_johnson]

2nd, 3rd, 4th...etc. this request. 

Depending on the "link conditions" (location, file type, size, i.e. point clouds) not being able to NOT load the links can really cause some slow unresovlable headaches.  Please provide this option.  Yes...we know you can do this via worksets...but if someone else set up the model arlready, it could be difficult to even get to that point.

[dfoxPQ2S9]

Please, any update on this? It would be super handy, especially when upgrading older models.

[GHASEM_ARIYANI]

We suggest introducing an option in the Open dialog box for RVT files that contain linked models, allowing users to choose whether or not to load the linked files upon opening the main file. This would be particularly beneficial in cases where RVT files contain multiple linked models, as the opening process can be significantly delayed—especially when the linked models are saved in a lower Revit version than the current one.

This feature would provide users with greater flexibility and control, similar to the existing functionality in Worksharing, where users can define which worksets to load upon opening a project.