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BundFang

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Hi

We are working on a project at school, where we use workset and a central file, so we all 4 can work on the same project. Unfortunately the wrong template was used, when the central file was made. Is there a way to transfer the central file to another template without loosing all our work?

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You can not in essance 'reload' a template.   If this is what you really need, you will have to use transfer project standards to get what you need out of the correct template.  Depending on your templates, this may not be an easy process.

Before discussing that furthur - where are you in your project?  If we are basically talking model, then there is a better answer.   In this process, you

1. create a new project with the correct template
2. Link in your project
3. in the new project, copy/monitor all levels and grids from the link
4. Bind in the link
5. Explode the resultant group
6. Delete the group.

Now you have all levels, grids and model elements in your new project but all annotative elements, line standards, families (except imported) will be per your template.

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Thank you very much. Fortunately we are not that far in our project, so we have deceided that the most easy solution is to start over.

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Prophecy99

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hey I didn't want to creat a new thread, here is my question.

How do I create a template file, from a project that used work sharing. It has been quite a task w a lot of dead ends.  I am not sure what I am missing.

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Prophecy99

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http://www.revitcity.com/forums.php?action=viewthread&thread_id=6196

looking at this thread now, hopefully that is my answer, after quick reading it makes sense.

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I can't see why the template would be enough cause to start your whole project over again. Unless you had a unit issue between metric and imperial. Otherwise you probably could get most everything you need from theprocedure that WWHub outlined. 

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