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Force relinquish users in BIM 360

Force relinquish users in BIM 360

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Force relinquish users in BIM 360

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- [Eric] As good of a workflow as BIM 360 is, there is a unique problem that comes up from time to time. Every now and then, a user will own certain elements, even though that user has done their due diligence and synchronized and relinquished their elements. To compound this, sometimes multiple users own elements, causing a loop where nobody can open the models. Luckily, BIM 360 has a tool to fix this. So I'm going to jump into Revit. It doesn't matter what version. I know I'm using a really old version, but that just happens to be what version this model is in. All the versions have the same process. Don't have a model open. Go to the Collaborate tab. On the Manage Models panel, click Manage Cloud Models. Find the project that you have the issue in. Next, you need to find the actual model that's having the issue. Right now, mine is my mechanical electrical administration model. So if I come over to this icon right here…

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