Revit Workflow and Dropbox

[jcb777]

Can Revit workflow work when the Revit file is stored on Dropbox, with two of the users in two different locations?

[david_peterson]

I've heard of it being done before. The results may not be desirable.

[Bill Gilliss]

As long as the model is only in use by one person at a time, the Dropbox workflow should be okay.

The preferred solution is to use Collaborate for Revit, which lets multiple people work in a single cloud-hosted model simultaneously. It costs about $900 per year per person, but works great in my experience.

[Steve_Stafford]

Only if you don't plan to work concurrently. Dropbox does not sync files fast enough to prevent two concurrent users from borrowing the same element at the same time. The first one that borrows and sync's wins and the other person won't be able to sync their work at all. They'll have to make a new local file.

If you work in different time zones, say 8 hours apart and your work doesn't overlap then you could host the file there. Latency might still get you once in awhile.

My choice...just say no to Dropbox...unless the time you spend and the work you do isn't valuable to you or your clients.