open as read only

[Ning Zhou]

sounds like stupid question, i must miss something very simple, how to open rvt as read only? thanks.

[Paul Monsef]

sounds like stupid question, i must miss something very simple, how to open rvt as read only? thanks.

ODD. I thought I had once just clicked the down arrow next to OPEN - now nothing happens.

[dlpdi5b]

Yes, I see the same thing, the dropdown next to the open button doesn't work.

[bregnier]

As I understand it the pulldown is for workset options, not for read-only. The equivalent of this in Revit is "Detach from Central," the check box to the right of the open button. In order to use this feature you have to first enable worksharing, which should probably be enabled anyway if more than one person is working on the file. If you don't want to do this you can always copy and paste the file into a different location, then open it.

[jamesgchambers]

Copying and pasting a Revit file within Windows Explorer is the same as creating a local file. The only way to get a separate file would be though Detach Central.

[bregnier]

Yes, the copy and paste only works if you don't have worksharing enabled. Thanks for clarifying.

[Ning Zhou]

what if i not use worksharing yet (for instance at concept design stage and only one person work on it)? man, should Autodesk give us back that very simple/basic option?