When working on projects in Autodesk's BIM 360 Design, you may find a need to roll back a group of changes made by one or more users. Today's post shows how to do that and includes a related tip to help the process.
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First, the tip... instruct everyone working on the project to add a comment every time they sync w/ central. Here are several examples; showing specific changes to the model and a comment added when saving those changes. Click to enlarge images.
Lets say we need to get those 'accidentally desks' back. First, we go to Manage Cloud Models on the Collaborate tab within Revit. Select your project.
Select the model you want to manage. Depending on how you organize your models, they might all (arch, MEP struct, etc.) show up here, in this single list.
Each designer's sync w/ central is listed here along with the time and, if supplied, a comment. Notice, these are the comments from the examples above.
If you click the Restore icon, step #6 in the previous image, you get an intense Restore dialog... intense, because you need to check two boxes indicating you understand the effect this can have on the saved work after this and any users currently in the model (I recommend you get everyone out of the model before doing a restore).
Now you need to close the model and reopen it to see the rolled back changes.
Notice the results to the plan. The desks are not back yet, as we did not go far enough back.
If we go back further we can get the desks back. In some cases it is worth losing work to get other elements back.
Notice, now the desks are back.
Have any related tips or stories about this feature, please share in the comments below!
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Keep reading to learn more...
First, the tip... instruct everyone working on the project to add a comment every time they sync w/ central. Here are several examples; showing specific changes to the model and a comment added when saving those changes. Click to enlarge images.
Lets say we need to get those 'accidentally desks' back. First, we go to Manage Cloud Models on the Collaborate tab within Revit. Select your project.
Select the model you want to manage. Depending on how you organize your models, they might all (arch, MEP struct, etc.) show up here, in this single list.
Bonus tip: Notice the Relinquish option here... be careful, if is someone has stuff checked out and is on vacation and cannot be reached, then this is the command for you (everyone else save and close first).
Each designer's sync w/ central is listed here along with the time and, if supplied, a comment. Notice, these are the comments from the examples above.
If you click the Restore icon, step #6 in the previous image, you get an intense Restore dialog... intense, because you need to check two boxes indicating you understand the effect this can have on the saved work after this and any users currently in the model (I recommend you get everyone out of the model before doing a restore).
Now you need to close the model and reopen it to see the rolled back changes.
Notice the results to the plan. The desks are not back yet, as we did not go far enough back.
Notice, now the desks are back.
Have any related tips or stories about this feature, please share in the comments below!
For BIM Chapters updates, follow @DanStine_MN on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn
I also write blog posts for Enscape - a new paradigm in rendering, animation and VR for AEC.
