![]() It comes with 1 Power User, 20 Standard users, 2 Automatic Device backup licenses, and 20 GB of storage The Pro plan is $14.99/month or $9.99/month billed annually.The three tiers can be thought of as “good, better, best†in terms of storage, number of users that can utilize the service,and how many computers and devices can back up against the service.Įgnyte has an excellent chart seen here, but to summarize: It’s similar in concept to the recently reviewed SugarSync, but provides some additional features like integration with NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS devices, and significantly increased storage options.Įgnyte provides three tiers of payment plans and a free trial which does not require a credit card. But I feel like AutoCAD could do something with their bundles to make that more accessible from the get-go, and make the idea of Revit slightly easier to swallow.Egnyte is a cloud “file server†that melds concepts of cloud storage and cloud backup. I don't know, I'm rambling, and I'm clearly not a marketing expert. ![]() So they make you stick a bandaid on it until starts hurting reputation or billing. So by the time you realize you need Bim 360, or a server infrastructure, or whatever, it's just this HUGE extra cost that no one budgeted for and now no one wants to shell out for. Like, the bundle I have with my company has a CRAP ton of stuff I'll never use, but doesn't include something I would need to use Revit? I've just been at a lot of companies that sort of get sucked in to Revit without having everyone properly trained all the way up front. I guess I just feel like it would be smarter to get that in up front somehow. It would get more people to automatically consider it, easing the frustrations that a lot of companies have with Revit in general. And honestly, it would be smart to bundle BIM 360 for exactly that reason. I've clearly done enough digging to figure out why it doesn't work on other platforms. "Use BIM 360." So what's the percentage of serious users that AREN'T using BIM 360? Because I have absolutely considered what kind of infrastructure and IT people it would take to replicate what it does. I've asked this question in a couple of different groups, and pretty much everyone gave me the same answer. I would immediately suspend the use of any cloud based file syncing not claiming it should be free, but bundled. It also handles the Central and Local files automatically so no more "create local copies" and outdated sync issues, etc. I've been using it since its inception back in 2015 and I have never looked back and couldn't imagine not using it. It provides a 99.9% uptime rate, unlimited backup storage, user permissions and access to other tools that make your Revit world much easier. BIM 360 works so well, that by all reasonable accounts, it's the only option available. Without a doubt, BIM 360 is the easiest and overall cheapest (all things considered) option for those who use Revit on a consistent and frequent basis. The only two viable options are this: You can purchase a BIM 360 license and use Autodesk's cloud service, or you can have your I.T. You do have options, and Remote Desktop to a local machine on the network isn't a great or ideal workflow either. This topic has been asked and discussed for at least ten years, and is still asked today among new Revit users in the community and the answer has always been and always will be - it does not work. Is there any way to use Revit on this kind of platform? Or does it need to live on a hard server and everyone just accesses via Remote Desktop or something? We are geographically spread apart even without the plague shutting down the office, so this will be a permanent setup, whatever we do. So, my assumption is that even though Egnyte is not synced to individuals' desktops, it has to be caching data somehow, which is screwing up Revit. But the file is acting weird, and we keep having to restore an old copy of it, which is probably the most annoying thing ever. ![]() We are all opening without creating a local copy, as the central model, from the OPEN dialogue box in Revit. Now, there is an option to force certain folders to sync for offline access, which we have told anyone who accesses the Revit files to NOT do. Kind of like OneDrive, but you can map it. Our company uses a program called Egnyte for file management, which has an app which basically uses a Network drive as cloud storage. However, we are starting to have to do small bits of work in Revit, and we are having a few growing pains. I work in AV, and as an industry we still mostly work in CAD. Confession time, I'm not great with Revit.
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