IMPORTANT: Please be aware that Autodesk now requires you to verify you are a student by sending a photo of your student ID. Autodesk is now requiring our students, even eStout students with Stout-issued laptops provided to them, to create a free Autodesk account and install the software titles they wish to use. Most Autodesk products, such as AutoCAD and Maya, are now free for students to install on their laptops provided they are using the software in a manner related to learning, training, research or development. You still need to have a sufficiently good Internet connection to support the remote desktop connection and you need a second workstation capable of running Revit.Autodesk has changed their licensing and delivery method for educational institutions using software for educational purposes.

This would work around the issues associated with working over a WAN connection. One user would remote into the computer on the same network as the other one and access the central model. Another approach, if you have two systems available at one of the locations would be to use Remote Desktop. there is a risk involved when using this worksharing over a WAN connection). If you have a sufficiently good Internet connection (between the systems) you may be able to use this type of worksharing, but as it is not designed for this environment, network interruptions can lead to operation timeouts/failures and model corruption (i.e. The advantage of using Revit Server versus file-based worksharing over a WAN connection is that Revit Server is designed to handle network interruptions which file-based worksharing would not.įile-based worksharing: This is the original worksharing option and is designed for use within a local network (LAN). Windows Server 2012), you could set this up to allow remote users to connect and work in the central model.

If you have a Windows server system available (e.g. Revit Server Enterprise: This is designed for use between offices in a large company to facilitate worksharing over a WAN (Internet) connection. There is a 30 day trial available, if that would be sufficient to try out the features for the project in question. Revit supports three types of worksharing:Ĭloud worksharing: As you mentioned you don’t currently have access to this. Thank you for the question and welcome to the Autodesk forums!

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