System requirements of Autodesk Revit LT 2021.

There's a bizop there for anyone who wants to take-on Autodesk, but I don't see cloud 'dumb storage' companies wanting that headache.

Amazon, Dropbox, Egnyte, Box, etc aren't going to do that as it's outside of their scope. They handle the central file in a centralized way and you're webconnecting back to it instead of to a 'dumb' storage device. It's why BIM360 works and other solutions don't.

Essentially they're running Revit Server in the cloud and that's what we're syncing to. I hate Autodesk as much as any user, but they are providing a service that other cloud storage solutions don't and won't. This will auto-lock files (and force an open from the cloud) when you open them via Desktop ConnectorĪlso- I see several references to Autodesk forcing BIM360 as the only solution. If using BIM360 with AutoCAD, be sure to install the File-Locking for BIM360 addin. No IT overhead, no problems with VPN, no data loss due to someone overwriting the file at the wrong time. That said, BIM360 is, IMO, the only affordable and simple way for small firms to work connected via the cloud. I can't find anything on the cloud, and if anyone doesn't have it sync'd locally it may as well not exist.) (My company is wholly cloud-based for file storage. I point it out because I keep seeing/ hearing clients talk about 'Moving to the cloud' with no understanding that they're actually going to data storage costs per-machine AND the hidden cost of managing your cloud storage file structure and solution. This is true for ANY cloud-based system with a local-sync, however. (File cache + pagefile requirements for Revit, etc.) So if you have 2TB of file data across projects, you best be sure all employees have 4TB drives on their machines. So accounting files, executables, and other docs can't be moved up to the cloud.Īdditionally, keep in mind that you are replicating storage if you are using the Desktop Connector, which is required if using AutoCAD files. It is not meant to be a cloud storage replacement for a file server. Keep in mind, however, that BIM360 is a PROJECT-BASED system.

BIM360 integrates with MS Office365 to allow you to edit the files via the web interface, so you can do this.

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