CAD Forum discussion (EN) : Revit Compatibility Issues

Revit Compatibility Issues : The reviews for Riverbed are positive...

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:58:36 +0000

Author: damienrange
Subject: 379
Posted: 14.Mar.2008 at 10:58

The reviews for Riverbed arepositive from all sides. We had a test trial and found that it addressed allthe issues that we were facing, in terms of application acceleration, bandwidthsavings and usability; especially sharing large graphic and design files (RevitFiles).

Looking forward to get these productsin, in the coming time.

Revit Compatibility Issues : We have Riverbeds in all our offices....

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:26:53 +0000

Author: charlesbentt
Subject: 379
Posted: 10.Mar.2008 at 12:26

We have Riverbeds in all ouroffices. We did our benchmarking well over a year, and it was definitely worththe expense. We just recently added the Steelheads (Riverbed) Mobile Softwareto our laptop users. I went from Save To Central times in excess of an hourdown to 10 minutes connecting from a hotel with VPN. I have had the SteelheadMobile for maybe 3 months and I now wouldn't work without it.

Revit Compatibility Issues : You are very right raysirois....

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:06:24 +0000

Author: sherlikt
Subject: 379
Posted: 04.Mar.2008 at 11:06

Youare very right raysirois. Let me share our experience too.

Wehave a small company with two locations. Working with Revit worksharing used tobe so slow that it was not possible for us before we upgraded to a set ofRiverbed boxes (WAN acceleration devices).

We have a relatively slow line 2mbit in and 512 MB out, and thought aboutgetting a city to city dedicated line, which would probably solve our problems.But the price per month was outrageous.

One of the Revit gurus in Autodesk recommended Riverbed. It worked, and theguys at Riverbed have been absolutely fantastic and helpful in setting it allup for us over the phone/email. The boxes were expensive but the performancewas outrageous.

We had a huge Revit file of about 100 MB, which took 30 minutes before theboxes were set up. After the boxes were installed it uploaded in something like20 seconds. The first time you transfer something over it takes a long time,then the second time it transfers really fast.

Hope it helps.

Revit Compatibility Issues : http://aec.cadalyst.com/...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:28:22 +0000

Author: raysirois
Subject: 379
Posted: 26.Feb.2008 at 20:28

http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=353654

We have been using Riverbed Steelhead appliances for 4 years to solve the problems you guys are chatting about. Good article above.

http://www.ray.sirois.com

Revit Compatibility Issues : The technology you guys need to...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:18:00 +0000

Author: raysirois
Subject: 379
Posted: 26.Feb.2008 at 20:18

The technology you guys need to consider in your environments is Riverbed's Steelheads. These WAN acceleration appliances go on either end of your WAN links (T1 or VPN typically), and basically give performance nearly as fast as a local area networks gives. We have been using this

technology for 4 years now, and it has enabled us to have a 99% central data model, including our AutoCAD. Civil3D works very well with this. (Land Desktop did not work very well with it, (MDB files don't work well.)) We do not use Revit. See http://www.riverbed.com AND http://www.ray.sirois.com for more information.

Edited by raysirois - 26.Feb.2008 at 20:18

Revit Compatibility Issues : The Riverbed devices offer pretty...

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:14:37 +0000

Author: charlesbentt
Subject: 379
Posted: 25.Feb.2008 at 11:14

The Riverbed devicesoffer pretty much the best performance, especially for MS Windows environments.

They will improve the performance for Revit users. You do need to start with adecent network (as in LAN). And also worth noting, they can never offer thesame performance as those on the same LAN experience, but they can move it muchcloser. For smaller files and office type docs, this is often insignificant -but for larger CAD files, you will still notice it.

My suggestion is to get some in for a trial.

Revit Compatibility Issues : Some people do the VPN / Remote...

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:35:33 +0000

Author: grachel21
Subject: 379
Posted: 18.Feb.2008 at 12:35

Some people do the VPN / Remote Desktop approachinstead of the Riverbeds.

They setup cheap headless desktop units in the main office that remote userscan log into and work from, so that Revit is on the LAN all the time. With adecent VPN / Remote Desktop setup its workable.

The Riverbed stuff is awesome, if not cheap.

Revit Compatibility Issues : Some Revit users are using...

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:50:31 +0000

Author: sherlikt
Subject: 379
Posted: 13.Feb.2008 at 11:50

Some Revitusers are using Riverbed WAN software/hardware solutions:

http://www.riverbed.com/solutions/accelerate/cad_apps.php

It'snot cheap, but if you workflow requires working on the same file from multipleoffices; it may be worth it to you. Short of speeding up the WAN, I think Iwould have each office working on a separate file that is linked into the filesof the other offices.

Revit Compatibility Issues : We did first test over our...

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:00:03 +0000

Author: charlesbentt
Subject: 379
Posted: 08.Feb.2008 at 09:00

We did first test over our standard T3 WAN using a 110mbproject file. Working directly in the Central file over the WAN was impossible.Saving to central, required upwards of 30 minutes.
The second test was performed after Riverbed applianceswere connected between three of our offices. The same file was usable andsaving to central was reduced to several minutes.

Revit does work over a wan, but it is indeed very slow.The Riverbed appliance is the best bet right now.

Edited by charlesbentt - 08.Feb.2008 at 09:04

Revit Compatibility Issues : There are various WAFS and...

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:55:24 +0000

Author: grachel21
Subject: 379
Posted: 04.Feb.2008 at 11:55

There arevarious WAFS and caching appliance and software-based solutions which work verywell for other applications as well, for example Steelhead from Riverbed, theTacit Networks appliance, and Availl software. While work sharing, Revit isconstantly checking to make sure items are not being edited by others, andlocking items when you edit them. If the network is slow, Revit will be slow.