Reload Latest on open project

[damon.sidel]

I'm considering getting into the Revit API to start automating some of the tasks I encounter no a regular basis. I've been scripting in Rhino for some time (VBScript), so I'm not adverse to learning how to interact with the Revit API, either VB.NET or C#. However, I wanted to check that I'm not reinventing the wheel with my first task: I want to Reload Latest every time a I open a Workshared file. Does this already exist? What are good sources for Revit scripts? Do people share them somewhere?

Many thanks for any helpful information.

[patricks]

The proper workflow when using worksharing is to ALWAYS navigate to and open the Central file stored on your office server. Since 2011 there has been a "Create New Local" check box at the bottom of the File Open dialog, which automatically creates a new local file on your machine from that Central file, which means you always have the latest model with latest changes.

We have made it a policy to never continue working in the same local file. A new file is created at least every morning, if not more often than that.

[damon.sidel]

Why is that necessary? I did just found in the User's Guide this statement:
"It is good practice to create a local copy of the central model every day. Creating a new local copy ensures a local copy is always on your hard drive each time you begin modifying a project."

But it doesn't explain why creating a new local copy every day is better than just keeping your local file up-to-date.

What's the advantage? I can't think of any and I see it as an annoyance (granted, it would be quite small), to open the central every day and save a new local before I start working. Besides, that has the danger of a user overwriting their previous local that may not have been synchronized.

Saving any computer file is like a nervous tick... you get in the habit of doing it all the time. My project team syncs every 30-60 minutes.