Revit Worksharing and Collaboration 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What happens to a workset when a team member checks it out in Revit?
- It is deleted from the central model
- Other users can still edit elements in that workset
- Other users cannot edit elements owned by that user (Correct answer)
- The workset is automatically published to all users
Correct answer: Other users cannot edit elements owned by that user
When a user checks out a workset or owns elements, other team members cannot edit those owned elements until ownership is relinquished.
Question 2: Which command should you use to relinquish all your owned elements and worksets at the end of a work session?
- Synchronize with Central
- Relinquish All Mine (Correct answer)
- Close Worksets
- Detach from Central
Correct answer: Relinquish All Mine
'Relinquish All Mine' releases all element and workset ownership without syncing local changes to the central model.
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of the 'Reload Latest' command in a workshared Revit project?
- Uploads local changes to the central model
- Downloads the latest changes from the central model without syncing local edits (Correct answer)
- Creates a new central model
- Resets the local file to its original state
Correct answer: Downloads the latest changes from the central model without syncing local edits
'Reload Latest' updates your local copy with changes others have synced to central, without pushing your own edits.
Question 4: In Revit worksharing, what does 'Borrowing' an element mean?
- Permanently transferring ownership to another user
- Temporarily taking edit rights for a specific element without checking out its whole workset (Correct answer)
- Copying an element to a linked model
- Locking an element so no one can edit it
Correct answer: Temporarily taking edit rights for a specific element without checking out its whole workset
Borrowing allows a user to edit a specific element while leaving the rest of its workset available for others.
Question 5: When you open a central model directly instead of creating a local copy, Revit will:
- Allow full editing with no restrictions
- Open it in read-only mode and warn you (Correct answer)
- Automatically create a local copy for you
- Disable all worksets
Correct answer: Open it in read-only mode and warn you
Revit opens the central model in read-only mode to protect it, warning the user that they should work from a local copy instead.
Question 6: Which Revit feature allows you to see which team member owns a specific element?
- Workset Visibility dialog
- Element Properties > Phasing tab
- Worksharing Display Modes (Correct answer)
- Manage Links dialog
Correct answer: Worksharing Display Modes
Worksharing Display Modes color-codes elements by ownership, checkout status, or model updates so you can see who owns what.
Question 7: What occurs if two users attempt to edit the same element simultaneously in a Revit workshared model?
- Both edits are merged automatically
- The second user receives an ownership conflict warning and cannot edit until ownership is released (Correct answer)
- The central model is locked for all users
- The element is duplicated for each user
Correct answer: The second user receives an ownership conflict warning and cannot edit until ownership is released
Revit's locking mechanism prevents simultaneous edits; the second user is notified that the element is owned by another team member.
Revit Worksharing and Collaboration 2
What happens to a workset when a team member checks it out in Revit?