Synchronization in revit through internet

[manoshj1534948]

I have my revit central file in a location(say India). But my local file is saved in a geographicaly seperated place (say US). The only medium between these

two is internet. When a suer make changes in the local file(in US) and click on "Synchronize now" , I wanna get the differentials(delta) and send it over

WAN(internet) and synchronize it to the central file(in India).

Is that possible?

I have implemented the Doument_Synchronizing method of Revit api.

Platform: C#.Net

OS: Windows 7 32 bit

Revit 2012 Architecture

Regards,
Manosh Jacob

[ColinStark]

This is not an API question - this is simply a matter of synchronizing the document.

Not to be rude, but based on the couple questions I've seen you ask, I'd recommend that you familiarize yourself a little more with Revit itself before you start looking into the API.

Your previous question (synchronizing when opening a local file) should instead be handled by creating a new local file from the central file when opening it, like so:

Revit open model.png

The only time users should be opening a local file directly is in the event that Revit crashes, or the central model becomes corrupt and you want to restore it from a user's local model.

In this case, you sound like you're trying to work on a local file in a location where there is no communication with the central file. This isn't possible - you need to maintain a connection between the local and central file at all times.

If you need to be on 2 different networks, you should look into either Revit Server, or WAFS, which are both products that allow users on 2 separate networks to work on the same file.

[manoshj1534948]

Thank you for you reply.

actually i am creating a plugin for the revit and I want to automate its function as much as possible.

I have already created the basic plugin and all.

Revit server comes with revit setup or do i have to buy it separately?

How much does it cost for a single license?

[david_peterson]

depending on workflow and if you can have separate files linked, the best method I've seen is Rsync and FTP. Set it and forget it. If you truely need to work in the same file across that kind of distance, I hope you keep your file small and have a direct fiber connection. The first time Revit times out due to network latency, you're done. Crash, kaput. Revit Sever helps a little bit with this, but can and most likely will cause issues down the road.

[MikeJarosz]

We've been using Revit server and it's been working well, but our corporate IT wanted the files on their centralized server. So we gave it a try. It was a disaster. Every linked file timed out.

The experiment was over in one day. We went back to Revit server.

[meng005]

We've been using Revit server and it's been working well, but our corporate IT wanted the files on their centralized server. So we gave it a try. It was a disaster. Every linked file timed out.

The experiment was over in one day. We went back to Revit server.

Agree with Mike completely. Even using Revit Server to connect India with the continental US does not meet Autodesk's Revit Server recommendations for network connections under 100 ms latency.
Revit Server uses IIS in place of SMB2/3, which is a much lighter protocol than SMB2/3.