I made it back safe and sound from AU 2012!
Another great year and another great round of information on Revit MEP 2013, AutoCAD MEP 2013, AutoCAD 2013, and more!
Had a great time nerding out with friends that I only get to run into there.
Special thanks to Davit Butts ( @dabutts7 ) and Lynn Allen ( @Lynn_Allen ) for some rockin classes and excellent tips!
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
R-MEP 2012: Reloading Links Not Automatic with Syncing
Let's start off with a little Revit tid-bit that seems to surprise people a lot. ...And by surprise I mean irritate and disappoint.
Many of you are past CAD users. You are used to having to go reload your cad file backgrounds manually. You are also probably used to seeing a pop-up in the lower right-hand corner that tells you your cad file background (aka xrefs) are out of date and you need to reload them.
Revit (atleast 2012) does not work that way. There is no pop-up to tell you your links need to be reloaded. Ok, I get it, Revit isn't CAD so we shouldn't make too many comparisons. The part that surprises many people is if you have File Sharing set up and you are working in a Local copy and you Synch with Central, it does *not* reload any of the files you have linked to your model. Nope. It just doesn't happen. I have watched several people when I tell them to reload my model (separate file than the file they are working in) into their model and all they do is go to Sync with Central and they are surprised when they do not see my updates. You *have* to go to Manage Links and Reload from there. Synching with Central will *never* reload the Links.
I have found I do this so much (due to constant changes) that I added the Manage Links button to the Quick Access Toolbar at the very top. { I also threw the Reload Latest (for Synch with Central), Synch with Central, Align, and Spell Check buttons up there as well. }
So there you have it. If you can't figure out why you are not seeing the latest and greatest of the Linked files...make sure you've actually Reloaded them. On the flip side of that...make sure the file you are reloading had been Synch'ed with Central before you reload it, otherwise only that person's Local file has the changes in it and no-one can access them.
Many of you are past CAD users. You are used to having to go reload your cad file backgrounds manually. You are also probably used to seeing a pop-up in the lower right-hand corner that tells you your cad file background (aka xrefs) are out of date and you need to reload them.
Revit (atleast 2012) does not work that way. There is no pop-up to tell you your links need to be reloaded. Ok, I get it, Revit isn't CAD so we shouldn't make too many comparisons. The part that surprises many people is if you have File Sharing set up and you are working in a Local copy and you Synch with Central, it does *not* reload any of the files you have linked to your model. Nope. It just doesn't happen. I have watched several people when I tell them to reload my model (separate file than the file they are working in) into their model and all they do is go to Sync with Central and they are surprised when they do not see my updates. You *have* to go to Manage Links and Reload from there. Synching with Central will *never* reload the Links.
I have found I do this so much (due to constant changes) that I added the Manage Links button to the Quick Access Toolbar at the very top. { I also threw the Reload Latest (for Synch with Central), Synch with Central, Align, and Spell Check buttons up there as well. }
So there you have it. If you can't figure out why you are not seeing the latest and greatest of the Linked files...make sure you've actually Reloaded them. On the flip side of that...make sure the file you are reloading had been Synch'ed with Central before you reload it, otherwise only that person's Local file has the changes in it and no-one can access them.
Switching it Up!
Now that I have my blog switched over to cover CAD and Revit and anything else along the way I thought it best to throw a little post out.
I am here to discuss the issues that I see people struggle with on these different software packages. I am by no means here to bash the products. You can do some seriously powerful and awesome things with them. However, along the way there are bound to be sticking points..areas that just frustrate you. I think for the most part it is because you see how much these products can do and you get disappointed in some of the areas that you find lacking. I know I do at times.
Also if I find cool tricks to make things go faster and more efficient I'll post them here as well.
So let's get started..... :D
I am here to discuss the issues that I see people struggle with on these different software packages. I am by no means here to bash the products. You can do some seriously powerful and awesome things with them. However, along the way there are bound to be sticking points..areas that just frustrate you. I think for the most part it is because you see how much these products can do and you get disappointed in some of the areas that you find lacking. I know I do at times.
Also if I find cool tricks to make things go faster and more efficient I'll post them here as well.
So let's get started..... :D
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