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each user in the project by the username specified in the Application menu ➣
Options ➣ General ➣ Username (Figure 10.1). It is critical that each user work-
ing in the model have a unique username.

Figure 10.1 Username setting in Options

In the following exercise you will open an existing project, enable workshar-
ing, and save it as the new Central Model.

exercise 10.1: enable Worksharing
To begin, go to the topic's web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2015essentials ,
download the files for Chapter 10, and open the file c10-ex-10.1start.rvt .

1. With the example file now open, navigate to the Collaborate tab
and select the Worksets tool. The initial Worksharing dialog box
(Figure 10.2) appears, outlining the worksets that project elements
will be assigned to.

▶

The first time you click
the Worksets tool it
enables workshar-
ing. Clicking the tool
afterward allows you
to access and modify
worksets.

Figure 10.2 The initial Worksharing
dialog box

2. By default, datum objects are moved to a workset called Shared
Levels and Grids. Project content that is not view specific (geometry
and rooms) is all assigned to Workset1. Click OK to continue.