Understanding the Revit link

The TeamWork with Revit provides the following functionality:

• Title block synchronization
• TeamWork property editing within Revit
• Automatic presentation file generation and import
• Worksharing

TeamWork can synchronize property values automatically at key events in a document’s life cycle and manually using commands in the TeamWork client applications and provided by an add-in installed in Revit. The synchronization events are determined by the document’s type, as described in Configuring title block updates. You configure the Revit link by specifying:

• Which Revit property to synchronize with which TeamWork property
• Which direction to synchronize each property, from Revit to TeamWork or from TeamWork to Revit

Property editing in Revit does not require any configuration. Presentation file import requires minor document type configuration.

The Revit link supports worksharing by detecting when a local copy of a model is synchronized with the central file in the vault.

The link will:

• Route the central file to an editable workflow state for the user
• Release the central file after synchronization has finished
• Update properties of the central file with synchronization information
• Maintain a TeamWork reference between the local copy and the central file

Worksharing configuration specifies the applicable TeamWork property names and option settings.

You configure the Revit link by editing an INI-like text file that is stored in a hidden area of the vault. The file can be edited in Configurator as described in the following topics.