Click the General tab of the Options dialog to set notifications, user names, and parameters for journal file cleanup.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Notifications | |
| Save reminder interval | How often the software reminds you to save recent changes to open files. |
| Synchronize with Central reminder interval | How often the software reminds you to Synchronize with Central (when worksharing). |
| Username | The identifier associated with a particular session of the software. The first time Revit is run on a workstation, it uses the Windows login name as the default username. You can change and save the username. In subsequent sessions on the same workstation, Revit defaults to the saved username, not the Windows login name. If team members are not consistently working on the same workstations day-to-day, they must be sure to reset the username for each session because the default name will be that of the previous user. In a multi-user (worksharing) Revit environment, editing permissions are based on the username. Two (or more) active local models (or a local model and the central model) should never be edited under the same username; doing so could cause the local models to be incompatible with the central model. |
| Journal File Cleanup | |
| When number of journals exceeds...then | Specifies the number of journal files to retain. Journal files are text documents that record each step during Revit sessions. These files are used primarily in the software support process. Journals can be run in order to detect a problem or recreate lost steps or files. They are saved at the termination of each session. See Journal Files. |
| Delete journals older than (days) | |
| Worksharing Update Frequency | How often the software updates worksharing display modes. |
| View Options | |
| Default view discipline | Specifies a default discipline for views where no default view template exists, or where a view template exists but no view discipline has been specified. Changing the current selection alters the DefaultViewDiscipline parameter in the Revit.ini file. |