Standalone and Workshared Revit Files are backed up and restored in completely different ways. Here is an explanation and some best practices…
You should probably refer to this blog post for additional info..
You should probably refer to this blog post for additional info..
Revit Files are Clogging Up My Server Storage!
Standalone Revit Project Files
Revit makes *.001.rvt Revit files in the same Folder as the Revit File.
The amount of these backups are controlled by SaveAs-Options-Maximum. Every time you save, a backup will be created. The highest number will be the latest. In my opinion 3 is plenty. Default is 20, too many!
You can be reminded to save every so often by setting Application Menu-Options-Save Reminders. Set to 30 mins.
You can restore a backup file (*.001.rvt) by renaming (remove the .00) it and opening it. So as an example a file called PROJECTA.001.rvt would be renamed PROJECTA.rvt.
Workshared Revit Project Files
Does not have *.001.rvt like Standalone.
You can be reminded to save every so often by setting Application…