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When using Revit on a project, make sure everyone on the
team is using not only the same version, (2011, 2012, etc), but the same build
number as well. The build number can be found by clicking on the question
mark pull down in the upper right corner, and click the About button….
From there, you’ll see the splash screen of the version, and
the build. The first 4 numbers in the year the build was released, (2010)
The next 2 are the month of the release, (09-September), the next 2 are the day
of the release, (03-third). The last four are the actual build number
2115, and the service pack number is new to the newer versions. Might not
be shown for earlier versions.
I’ve seen fatal errors in Revit when teams are using the
same version, but different build numbers, and users are syncing their builds
local file to the central file, and the central file is receiving updates from
multiple builds, when there have been some changes to the software code, and
there is a discrepancy between two items, one new version, one old
version, and Revit doesn’t know what to do.
In order to make sure everyone is using the same build,
everyone should be using the latest build. For 2011, its build
20100903_2115 Web Update 2 Service Pack. For 2012, it’s build
20110916_2132 Update Release 2.
