WORKSHARING

[lila]

How can i disable worksharing in a file so that i can save it as a template?

[Steve Jager]

Once you envok there is no going back

[Calvn_Swing]

The factory might be able to help you. Not sure though. They usually have the "magic" button to do almost anything...

[chris.macko125036]

are you trying to create a template with existing model elements too?
you could probably just create a new template and transfer project standards from your existing file.

[lila]

yes, i have a file that is our template which is fully set up but cannot be saved as an *.rte file because it has worksets.
i made a new file and did a project transfer but can't seem to do a quick transfer of all the legends and it doesn't bring in all the views. in addition i have to clean-up and restandardize the project properties for the new file and wish i could just remove the worksets of the original file and be able to save it as a template. perhaps that's just not going to be possible

[Haden]

Has this been made into a wishlist item?

This really becomes a major issue for me, since I am teaching a class in Revit and need to be able to "pre-build" each exercise, then thin down the results into a template for each student to use to begin the assignment. Once I move into teaching worksets, this is really a problem!

Any factory workers listening in here? Is it worth submitting a support request for a feature like this which is not available, and for which I need a workaround?

[l.fried]

I understand this is an old thread, but I didn't find newer.

I've found a workaround, that works for me.

1st, make note that EVERYTHING I do in Revit uses worksharing, so I always have to enable it for every new project.

I've simply taken my workshared project(detached from central), cleared out the project-specific information so I have what I want as the template, deleted all worksets except "General", saved it as a .rvt file, renamed it to .rte and voila, set it as my default template. Now everytime I open a new file, it's already got worksharing enabled, bonus!

If there is a way to disable worksharing, ignore this as I could not find it.

[Mcgregage]

once worksharing is enabled i dont believe it can be turned off

[Haden]

I've simply taken my workshared project(detached from central), cleared out the project-specific information so I have what I want as the template, deleted all worksets except "General", saved it as a .rvt file, renamed it to .rte and voila, set it as my default template. Now everytime I open a new file, it's already got worksharing enabled, bonus!

Thanks for the idea. I still would like a way to make a workset-free template to use when teaching the basics, prior to introducing worksets. I guess I can always resort to transferring project standards (as chris mentioned above), and copying certain elements from another file.

[tarrah]

The only way to disable worksharing is to send the file to Autodesk. I did this, took about a week or 2 when all was said and done. good luck!