Central File Naming
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I’ve always recommended appending the word “Central” to the file name of a project that is using Worksets. I’ve done this because I want to make the file “special” or distinctive to users. With the new Local File process I described in yesterday’s post I find myself rethinking this habit.
Revit will append the username to the Local File for us so we don’t have to worry about the Central and Local files having the same name (technically Revit doesn’t care about this though). We do have to acknowledge that putting “Central” in the file name will remain in the file name plus the username, for Local Files.
A couple examples would help?
Using my established recommendation:
Our Big Project-central.rvt [Central File on server]
Our Big Project-central_username.rvt [Local File on local pc]
Our Big Project-central_username_ddmmyyyy_hhmmss.rvt [additional files]
Abandoning my recommendation:
Our Big Project.rvt [Central File on server]
Our Big Project_username.rvt [Local File on local pc]
Our Big Project_username_ddmmyyyy_hhmmss.rvt [additional files]
I offer this as something to consider. If most of your projects have Worksets enabled anyway then perhaps making the file name “distinctive” isn’t as important as it might seem?
