Best answer: What happens when you audit a Revit file?

How long does a Revit Audit take?

Click “Open.” Revit audits the integrity of your project file and its constituent elements. This process may take several minutes, depending on the size of the project. Once the check is complete, the file opens in the application.

How do you purge and Audit in Revit?

Solution:

1. Open the file with Audit selected (If the file is workshared, Select Audit and Detach from Central). …
2. Purge unused. …
3. Review and resolve warnings (as many as possible). …
4. Remove extra views that are not needed in Project Browser (extra views will affect load times for model)

How do you purge files in Revit?

RUN “PURGE”

1. Make sure “Confirm each item to be purged” and.
2. “Purge nested items” is checked.
3. Click Purge ALL.
4. Click it a second time to make sure it was able to purge all available items.
5. Resave the file.

How do you fix a file not saved in Revit?

Solution:

1. Sign into A360 through Revit.
2. Go to Windows > System Configuration > Services > Activate “Hide all Windows services” (!).
3. Set Autodesk Services + the “Flexnet Licensing Service” to [ON] and deactivate all other services.
4. Restart Windows and check the behavior in Revit.

Where is purge in Revit?

To purge the model, go to the manage tab, select the setting panel, and choose purge unused. Revit’s automated purging only removes certain types of objects. After running the purge, you still need to go through your models and manually remove any unwanted area schemes, views, groups, and design options.

Why does Revit fail to open?

If the file cannot be opened in Revit and the error message appears, this can be caused by the following: The latest Revit Hotfix has not been installed. The model is physically corrupted. The model is in fact a zip file that was transmitted from another location and contains the central model and the linked rvt files.

How do I Audit a Revit file?

In Revit, click File tab Open (Project).

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Audit a Model

1. Navigate to the folder where the model resides, and select it. For a workshared model, navigate to and select the central model.
2. Select the Audit option.
3. Click OK.

How do you delete unused families in Revit?

Select the family or type to delete. Tip: To select more than one family or type, press and hold Ctrl while selecting. Do either of the following: Right-click, and click Delete from Project.

Why is my Revit file so big?

try this: make an Audit : before opening the project , from Application menu (big R) >Open Project – in dialog window check Audit and then : Open. Purge Unused : Manage>Purge Unused. erase all the unecessary Views from Project Browser.

How big should a Revit family be?

However, a 300k-500k Revit family file is an ideal Revit family file size. While we design for smaller family file sizes; we invest more time on “The Number 1 Item” that can adversely affect Revit project file performance.

What to do if Revit is not responding?

Solution:

1. Check for and apply any missing updates: Update your software.
2. Disable any third-party plug-ins and retest: How to disable add-ons for Revit.
3. Turn Worksharing Frequency to manual in Revit options.

What does encountered a sharing violation mean?

This could occur due to: Changed Windows User Account Control permissions. Security software scanning/locking the file preventing Revit from accessing it. Proxy/firewall blocking access to Revit cloud worksharing URL’s.

Why is the Save button greyed out in Revit?

Re: working on the Central file



But you are right, the Save button is grayed out because SWC saves changes to the Central file. But since you’re in the Central file already, the SWC function is saving the file.