Revit Worksharing and Collaboration 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Revit worksharing, which type of workset is automatically created and cannot be deleted?
- User-created worksets
- Family worksets
- Project Standards worksets and Shared Levels and Grids workset (Correct answer)
- View-specific worksets
Correct answer: Project Standards worksets and Shared Levels and Grids workset
Revit automatically creates system worksets including 'Project Standards' and 'Shared Levels and Grids' when worksharing is enabled; these cannot be deleted.
Question 2: A team member reports they cannot sync because 'another user is currently syncing.' What should they do?
- Force-close the central model and retry
- Wait for the current sync to complete, then try again (Correct answer)
- Detach from central and create a new local copy
- Delete their local file and re-download from central
Correct answer: Wait for the current sync to complete, then try again
Only one user can sync to the central model at a time; waiting for the current sync to finish before attempting is the correct approach.
Question 3: Which Revit command allows you to transfer a workset's ownership to another team member?
- Relinquish and request transfer via the Worksets dialog
- You cannot directly transfer ownership; the current owner must relinquish it first (Correct answer)
- Use the 'Transfer Ownership' button in the Collaborate ribbon
- Submit an ownership request through the central model admin
Correct answer: You cannot directly transfer ownership; the current owner must relinquish it first
Revit has no direct ownership transfer command; the current owner must relinquish the workset, after which another user can check it out.
Question 4: When setting up worksharing for the first time in a Revit project, where is the 'Worksets' command found?
- Insert tab > Link panel
- Collaborate tab > Manage Collaboration panel (Correct answer)
- View tab > Graphics panel
- Manage tab > Project Settings panel
Correct answer: Collaborate tab > Manage Collaboration panel
The 'Worksets' command to enable worksharing is located on the Collaborate tab in the Manage Collaboration panel.
Question 5: In a Revit workshared project, what does the 'Editing Request' feature allow a user to do?
- Request that another user delete their local file
- Ask the element owner to relinquish ownership of specific elements via an in-app notification (Correct answer)
- Submit a change order to the project BIM manager
- Request view-only access to a locked workset
Correct answer: Ask the element owner to relinquish ownership of specific elements via an in-app notification
Editing Requests let a user send an in-app notification to the element owner asking them to release ownership, enabling collaborative negotiation without leaving Revit.
Question 6: What is the purpose of the 'Show History' option available in the Synchronize with Central dialog?
- Displays a log of all previous sync operations and comments for the central model (Correct answer)
- Shows the version history of individual elements
- Lists all users who have ever opened the project
- Displays a timeline of view and sheet creation
Correct answer: Displays a log of all previous sync operations and comments for the central model
Show History provides a timestamped log of all synchronize-with-central events and their associated user comments, useful for audit and coordination.
Question 7: A junior team member accidentally moved shared levels in a workshared Revit project. Which workset controls access to shared levels and grids?
- Workset1 (the default user workset)
- Project Standards workset
- Shared Levels and Grids workset (Correct answer)
- The user's personal named workset
Correct answer: Shared Levels and Grids workset
Levels and grids shared across the team are stored in the 'Shared Levels and Grids' system workset, and ownership of this workset must be claimed to edit them.
Revit Worksharing and Collaboration 4
In Revit worksharing, which type of workset is automatically created and cannot be deleted?