Upgrade issues.

[Jhatton5]

I have a Revit model from a school project I'm working on at home. Transferred the files to my home PC via USB. The model I was given was made in 2017, and at home I have Revit 2026. Every time I open the model it needs to upgrade, which is taking approximately 20 minutes. I've tried "save as" in a different location. Any other suggestions?

[HVAC-Novice]

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@Jhatton5 wrote:

I have a Revit model from a school project I'm working on at home. Transferred the files to my home PC via USB. The model I was given was made in 2017, and at home I have Revit 2026. Every time I open the model it needs to upgrade, which is taking approximately 20 minutes. I've tried "save as" in a different location. Any other suggestions?

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Are you not able to "save"? Saving a model that was upgraded is the normal way to save it in the new version (and to save any changes you make to the design). Post the error you see if saving doesn't work. 

The time it takes to upgrade depends on model complexity and your hardware. 20 minutes is pretty long.

Do you have a limited version like LT or a student license or a trial version? 

[Jhatton5]

I've tried generic "save" as well, but it still has to upgrade the model
everytime I open it. And there are no error codes. It is a student version
of Revit.

[iainsavage]

Does the model contain any linked files?

If so they will also upgrade during the upgrade process but they will not be saved when you save your host model and so they will upgrade again each time that you open your model.

You need to open the links separately and save them once they have upgraded.

Having said that when you are upgrading a host model which contains links there is a dialogue box which pops up to tell you to follow this procedure for links.

[iainsavage · Accepted solution]

This is the dialogue box I mentioned.

When upgrading your own model the first part of the process is to upgrade your host model, then when that completes it will update any links, so this dialogue box appears some time into the upgrade process and and you might have missed it.

[Jhatton5]

Alright i've give it a go and see if I can figure out how to open the linked models

[Jhatton5]

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[Jhatton5]

I did actually manage to get there. Opened and saved each individual linked file in the same place as my model, and now it boots up in seconds with no required upgrades