setting up work sharing

[Kenny Gee]

Ive got a large file with is around 200meg. Ive tried setting it up for work sharing. Ive clicked on the worksets button and it crashes the file after it thinks for about 5 minutes.........

What am I doing wrong????

[Steve_Stafford]

Most likely you are just running out of RAM. What are your pc options in the office? Anything with 64bit and more than 6 gb of ram?

If not...purge the project of anything you really don't need. Do it carefully so you don't purge stuff you need but just haven't used yet. Save the file using File > Save As and use the option to create a new central file. This will result in a smaller file size that may be able to enable worksets. Good luck!

[Kenny Gee]

Thanks Steve for the response
We are using R2009 on 32bit systems with 4gig RAM. My scene is just over the 200 mg mark and crashes when I try to purge. Ive manually deleted unused/old families from the browser to try and minimize file size....Looks like we we have to look into a 64bit pc.

Good session/s at RTC by the way

[Kenny Gee]

I found this in a quick search - geez I wish I was aware of this earlier


Paul,

The 32 bit OS and 4 GB ram limitation results in a threshold of approximately 200MB as a maximum file size in the Revit 32 bit environment.

The 64 bit OS and Revit software allow larger models to be created, saved
and shared in a workset environment, as well as the ability to handle linked models from Revit Structure and MEP.

A good rule of thumb for file size management is:

4 GB Ram = 200 MB file size. Even with the "3G switch" enabled, only 3G are available
for Revit 32 bit systems.

8 GB Ram = 400 MB file size. 64 bit systems can easily handle and exceed this threshold.

When working on large projects in Revit, and when files sizes exceed 200 MB,
the 64 bit OS and software are required.

Best practice experience from our real world projects demonstrates that 32 bit and 64 bit machines and software should not be mixed on projects larger than 200MB, as the 64 bit machines will be able to save and produce larger models, and the 32 bit machines will reach their memory limits and not be able to open or save the project.

Hope this helps. Looking forward to the new book!

Cheers.