Configure the Share Path for the Revit Vault Add-in

Share Path is a vault property that may be added to a vault folder. This property provides vault with the location of the Revit central project files on your network. The advantage of using the Share Path is that the Revit add-in will duplicate the folder structure of the network share inside vault. Having the Share Path configured also removes the need for users to select the vault folder while adding files to the vault.

By configuring Share Path, the folder structure on the network share is duplicated automatically in the vault as files are added.

Note Sharepath is only need for Add Files and Add Folder commands. All other Revit commands use the mapped folders defined in the Mapping options.

1. Log in to the Autodesk Vault Professional stand-alone client.
2. Select or create a vault folder that contains the project folders.
3. Go to the Edit menu and select Edit Properties.
4. On the Property Edit dialog click Select Properties.
5. On the Customize Fields dialog, set the Select available fields from value to Folders.
6. Select Share Path on the left side of the dialog, click Add -> to move SharePath to the right side.
7. Click OK to close the dialog.
8. On the Property Edit dialog, enter the path to the network share location of the Revit project folders in the Share Path field.
9. Click OK to close the Property Edit dialog.
10. Review the Property Edit Results and click OK if everything is accurate.
11. Open a local copy of a Revit project that has its central file in the network share path that you just added to the vault.
12. Log into vault from Revit.
13. When the next Revit Synchronize with Central is performed, a new version of the file is added to the vault.

Note

When using Revit Server, the Sharepath value should match the value in the RSN.ini file for the Revit server being mapped. For example if the server's IP address is 10.1.1.10 then the value for the Share path should be RSN://10.1.1.10.