BIM Skills: How to Fix Errors and Manually Restore Your Upgraded Revit Model

Question:

When upgrading a local Revit model between versions, the process fails and an error occurs.

Error Message:

The Revit file is damaged.

The data in the file is corrupted and requires manual restoration.

Cause:

Conflicts caused by additional modules.

Solution:

Identify problematic add-on modules by following these steps:

1. Close Revit.
2. Temporarily disable all add-on modules by moving them to a different folder.
3. Restart Revit and check if the issue still occurs.
4. If no problems arise, close Revit again and enable each add-on module one at a time, restarting Revit after each activation.
5. Repeat this process until the problematic add-on module is identified.
6. Contact the developer of the faulty add-on module for further assistance.

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