I am going to talk about file corruption in Revit. To keep things brief I will be doing a few separate posts on this topic. Today I will touch on 4 points:
- Initial Investigation
- First steps to resolution
- Common causes
- What if you can’t resolve it…
Initial Investigation
When you encounter an undesirable action or message from Revit is it important to take note of a few things. Ask yourself:
- What action did I attempt?
- What response did I get from Revit?
- Can you audit file?
- Make sure you save a copy of the file first as you will need to reopen to perform the audit action.
- If your file cannot be opened, can you open a previous version of the file?
To pinpoint the origin of the issue you need to ask yourself a few more questions:
- Can you complete the action in another file?
- The issue most likely originates with this file
- Can another user complete the action in that file on a different machine?
- Issue most likely originates with this machine
- Can another user complete the…