This is not a traditional restore option, but occasionally you get lucky and can utilize this method. Manage Cloud Model version history Local Cache Model This AKN article has good step-by-step directions on how to restore a model using this method. So, this is kind of a last resort option. Additionally, once you restore to one of these previous versions, all versions that were created after that point will be deleted. Therefore, anything that has been changed to the current model after restoring the file will be lost. However, these versions can only be rolled back. This option provides access to a limited number of backups that are created when users Synchronize with Central for Workshared models or Save for non-Workshared models. The second option is to restore from within Revit via the Manage Cloud Models, located on the Collaborate Ribbon. So just open both Revit models in the same Revit session and copy and paste elements from the restored model to the current model. More likely, you only want a portion of that file. Be advised, this will replace the existing file and everything that is currently saved to that file will be lost. First Option – If you need to restore back to this model you can open it in Revit and upload it, replace the existing ACC (or BIM 360) Revit model. Clicking the icon shown in the image below will download that version of the file to your computer.

A popup dialog will list all the previous versions of the file. Click on the version number under the Version column. To download one of these previous versions, navigate to the Revit model within the ACC (or BIM 360) Document Management portal. And yes, one week can be a long time ago in the life of a Revit model.

This is most helpful if you need to restore the model or copy elements from a model from a long time ago. This would allow access to any automatically published models, as well as any manually published models. Project Admins can configure automatic publishing of models within a folder to once a week. One option is to download a previously published version of the model. These methods also work with models stored on BIM 360.īefore doing any of these methods, it is recommended that you download your current Revit model and save it offline. With that, we thought it would be a good idea to summarize the different methods to restore a Revit model that is stored on ACC. Then, ironically a few days later a similar question came in through the help desk. The other day I was asked if there was a way to restore a Revit model that is located on the Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).

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