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Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
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Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
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Jan 17, 2025
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"The data in [file name] is corrupt and needs to be manually recovered" when opening a cloud model with links loaded from Desktop Connector in Revit.
The same file can be opened without warning after downloading it from the cloud and saving it locally.
While loading the RVT files from Desktop Connector, they may be seen by Revit as a ZIP file, not an RVT if they include out of date links.
Use the following troubleshooting guide to work through this behavior:
Troubleshooting BIM 360 and Autodesk Construction Cloud model access from Revit.
If the link is not required in the model, remove it:
Open the cloud model with worksets turned off to be able to open it
Remove the links that give the error
Synchronize.
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