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Reload latest Linked Models and Sync Simultaneously

Reload latest Linked Models and Sync Simultaneously

I would like an option to Sync to Central and have all the linked models reload at the same time.

13 Comments
lola.carbajal
Enthusiast

I like - a lot - this idea because I could keep the synchronization feature even if I have to work with several files linked... But sometimes it could take long (long) time reloading unnecessarily because none is editing some links (imagine the site model!).  What if instead of ALL the linked models Revit would "sync" (Reload) only the ones that have changed (if AutoCAD can know which link has been edited... maybe in Revit will be possible as well?).

Anonymous
Not applicable

I agree that this feature would not be something that I would be using all the time particularly with large projects as you say. I like your idea of having it only "sync" the changed items. I think Revit Server and C4R may work this way.

lola.carbajal
Enthusiast
Shame I cannot vote twice... 🙂
Basam.Yousif
Advisor
I don't want the reloading to be automatic. I want the STC dialog to include a checkbox to make this optional.
sdurkee_sa
Enthusiast

This really is expected behavior - if you are synchronizing to save and retrieve the latest data, you would expect that data to include the referenced files.

 

Yes, it should be optional. Maybe as a check box in Synchronize and Modify Settings. I could also see it as a separate Yes/No dialog that pops up with Synchronize Now.

brandipowell
Community Visitor

 I agree with this post. We should be able to check whether we want Revit to reload links at the same time we Sync to Central.

dwahlz
Advocate

Yes, we've gotten bit with tags associated to linked items being dis-associated because team members are syncing w/o the links being reloaded first.

Anonymous
Not applicable

I would love if Revit reloaded the link when someone on the team reloads a link and syncs.

 

At the moment, the other users on the project also have to manually reload the link to see the changes, even if another user has reloaded and synced and everyone else has synced. This then requires extra communication where there shouldn't have to be any.

 

If a user reloads a link, revit should flag that when everyone else syncs and should reload on sync for those users as well.

jan
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Great idea, and yes optional would be the way to go. The reload-before-sync option would help solve worksharing-induced loss of tags/dimensions to elements from Linked Models. (this post explains it well: https://revitoped.blogspot.com/2016/05/tags-dimensions-and-linked-files.html)

s.rukosuev
Explorer

Hello:) 
Please make possible to turn all revit links update in opened window by command “Synchronize”

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Thank You
Best wishes
Sergei Rukosuev

Rob_Fern
Contributor

Great suggestion! This would be so useful on larger projects to minimise the chance of mistakes happening.

psmGBPVX
Contributor

Just commenting to add support, hopefully will push it in front of someone at Autodesk to raise with the dev team. 

Ric_Weber
Advisor

One thing that will make this idea most powerful is that when it goes to automatically reload the linked Revit projects, that it has a way to know which links have been changed so the system knows which ones need to be reloaded.  

If this has been stated already, I apologize.  I also want to comment so that hopefully this idea might end up on the "Hot List" again to catch other's attention possibly.  

I can't believe anyone would NOT want this option to be able to do this.  

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