Options Dialog: General Tab

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.

When you collaborate within your network, 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.

When you collaborate using the cloud, the Username field is updated to match your Autodesk ID.

Note: If you need to assume another username so you can relinquish elements from a user if that user is unavailable, first log out of your Autodesk account, then enter the other user's Autodesk username in the Username field.

Journal file cleanup
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Delete journals older than (days)

Specifies the number of journal files to retain, and the number of days to retain them.

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 About Journal Files.

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.