To all our readers out there, this is your daily reminder to synchronize your Revit model!
Although Revit isn’t for everyone, it has proven to be an excellent tool for work-sharing and collaboration. Instead of having to piece together multiple project files after one team finishes a drawing set, all 13 of us have access to and are able to work from one centralized Revit model. Whenever someone has completed their assigned task, all they have to do is synchronize with the central model, and whatever changes they made will be reflected across everyone’s computer the next time they synchronize also.
However, as you can imagine, with so much synchronization and changes being made all at the same time, it doesn’t take long for both the computer server and Revit to get overwhelmed and confused. This can create a domino effect where no more work can be done until we figure out the synchronization order that Revit needs us to follow to unclog the system. Additionally, for some of us in the studio, Revit is still a program that is new and unfamiliar. With this in mind, we have had several “family meetings” to discuss proper Revit etiquette as well as best practice so that we do not risk losing the project to error.
While there are pros and cons to using Revit, it has really helped the studio to stay organized as we continue to finalize our CD set before taking some much needed time off during Spring Break.