Quick Way to Identify BIM360 Local File

I stumped on this the other day and thought it is interesting to share. If you have ever worked on any BIM360 (C4R) project, you should know by now that your local file resides on a hidden location other than your default Revit location.

From time to time, if you have sync issue between your local file with the central, you can run into issue where your local file gets corrupted. Autodesk has a KB article to walk you through the process of clearing out the local file. It takes some trial by error to clear out this folder when I first encounter this issue. From the KB, it asks you to open the journal file to determine the filepath of the damage model. I can tell you if you have never understand how to read a journal, this is going to be a tedious process. *You can however always clear everything inside the local cache but sometimes you can’t afford to do so if you have a few projects working concurrently.

The following tip might offer a quicker way to get to the damage model without…
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