Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 3.14
Save Changes To Local File dialog box
You can choose to relinquish any items even though your changes are saved
only to your local file and not the central file, or you can choose to keep
ownership of the items. Keeping ownership prevents others from editing
those items even after you close your Revit session.
Selecting the third option, Do Not Save The Project, in the dialog box shown
in
Figure 3.12
will also open a dialog box, this time specifying that you are
about to close a project without saving, and that any changes will be lost.
The options provided are identical to those in
Figure 3.14
for relinquishing
control of worksets and borrowed elements. So, even if you open the file
to make changes that you don't intend to keep, be aware that you may
affect others' use of the model by borrowing elements. It is important to
relinquishworksetsandborrowedelementswhenyouareclosingyourRevit
MEPsessiontoallowotherstoworkwithoutrunningintotheobstacleofnot
being able to edit an element because you have ownership.
Managing and Using the Power of Worksets
Any work done in a local file transfers to the central file when synchronized.
This is also true for worksets. When the central file is created, you may not
know what worksets will be necessary, so they may be created in the local
file and will appear in the central file after synchronization.
To make a model element part of a workset, either that workset has to be set
as the active workset or you can change the element after placing it. (This
is not necessarily the best workflow, because you then have to remember to
make the change.) You do not need to be the owner of a workset to place a
model element in it.
