Revit – Database Connection Settings

You can modify where your MasterSeries Revit Link Manager databases are hosted. By default, they’ll be hosted locally on your computer, however you can host them in a shared location that’s accessible to a network.

Hosting the databases in a shared location will ensure changes are ubiquitous across your organization (provided that each users MasterSeries Revit Link Manager points to the shared location).

Database Names and Location

There are four databases that ship with the MasterSeries Revit Link Manager. Upon installation, the databases will be located in C:\ProgramData\MasterSeries\RevitAddin   and are named as follows:

Default Sections Database.mdf

MasterSeries Section Mapping Database.mdf

User Section Mapping Database.mdf

User Section Direct Mapping Database.mdf

Note: The Program Data directory is hidden by default. You may have to change your computer settings to unhide it. Alternatively, you can type in the directory location at the top of a Windows Explorer window.

Attaching a Database

When attaching the distributed databases to your own SQL Server instance, you’ll need to name the database appropriately for the software to connect to them. The database file name’s and their attached database names have been listed below.

Hosting the Databases in a Shared Location

1.Open the MasterSeries Revit Link Manager

2.Click the Database Connection Settings button from the bottom of the window

3.Select Shared SQL Server Database

4.Enter the SQL Server Instance into the textbox that appears

a)By default, integrated security will be used

5.If you are not using integrated security, uncheck the Use Integrated Security box

6.Enter a user ID and the password required to access the SQL Server instance

7.Click Save