
This is a complex topic with many variables, only a few of which can be gathered from your OP, so there's a lot of unknowns at play here. I'm not a Revit person (I use Civil 3D), but as an IT Admin person I do find it curious that this new server was introduced in addition to your previous server rather than in its place. But the structural model is still taking an extraordinary amount of time to open and I've yet to get it open this morning.ĭoes anyone have any ideas on how to make this go more smoothly? I'm sure I've spent over 8 hours alone on trying to get this one project open. to the new -SVR locations, and then SaveAs to the new -SVR location. My intent was to open the project from the -SBS server, re-path the links by using Reload From. This morning, I'm trying a different approach I'm trying to open the project from the old server location/path -SBS. I watched it for over 4 hours last night before our external IT contractor made updates to my computer and rebooted my machine. However, the Building link I have yet to be able to reload. worked for the MEP and the Parking Deck, and I was able to save the model. After 45 minutes, the structural model opened, without the three links. Yesterday, when I was told about the new server, I thought about the repercussions and went to try opening one of our most recent Revit models. Of course, those links have (circular) link to each other and my own Structural link. An Architectural Building link, an Architectural Parking Deck link, and a MEP link.

So the project in question has three Revit links attached to it. I'm structural, in a Structural Engineering office so we are a consultant to the Architects, in a separate office from other disciplines. I'm having a heck of a time even opening just one Revit project. They kept the old server for now, named -SVR. Over the holiday weekend, my firm installed a new in-house network server.

So I don't really know or understand all the IT technicals.

Let me start out by saying I'm not an IT person just a Autodesk end-user.
